04 Aug 1894
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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Aug 04, 1894
Page
1
Ad fragment from The Sun weekly edition edited by Nad Hingate Notre Dame Bay listing yearly rate ten dollars per annum for clergymen rate one dollar fifty nine cents and fifty cents per inch for first insertion ten cents per line for continuation special six, twelve month terms noted.
In urging relief from indigestion costiveness headache nausea biliousness and vertigo the ad promotes Ayer's Pills as a purely vegetable sugar coated easy to take fast acting family medicine. Mrs M A Brockweet of Harris Texas says the pills cured her headache and neuralgia.
Promotional copy touts Webster's International as the successor to Unabridged with ten years of revision by 109 editors and over $300000 spent. It markets the dictionary as a library in itself offering history spelling pronunciation meanings and facts about eminent people places and phrases. Local papers praise the work as the best working dictionary and a profitable household investment.
A July Telegram letter denounces as inhuman the attempt to smear Sir William Whiteway and Robert Bond with bribery claims over road spending. The author defends their 38 and 50 year public service, condemns Tory opponents, and warns Newfoundlanders will respond with strong, collective sentiment.
July.11 in a thinly reported trial the anarchists Salvador Franch Antonio Alfaro and Jose Pratts faced charges over the Lives theatre explosion on November 7 killing over 30. Franch admitted he threw two bombs with the aim of destroying the bourgeoisie and said he was glad so many died. Alfaro and Pratts denied knowledge of the attack as the court heard the shocking testimony.
During the daily dense facting the event involves Ayers and a plot motif. The readable fragments hint at a character named Ayers influencing a detailed sequence within a crowded scene.
Westminster Budget discusses how a fall in silver and rupee value has reduced tea production costs since 1881. It analyzes machinery, labor concentration, transport, and expenditure cuts, and notes government mint closures raising rupee costs and a 1d per lb differential tax against silver-currency tea producers. The piece questions if conditions favor expanding tea cultivation amid potential price depreciation and China and Japan competition.
From Constantinople July 11 four fresh shocks shook the city. Many houses toppled at Stamboul and the Grand Bazaar area suffered severe damage and loss of life. Over 150 people reportedly buried under ruins as fires and collapses hit Djouvali and Prinkipo. Galata and Stefano also reported deaths and heavy damage amid widespread destruction.
The article notes ongoing suburban expansion toward Croydon, West Ham, and Richmond, with outer districts soon absorbed into London. It cites an estimated population of 4,306,380 in 860,000 families across 49,283 houses, highlighting a diverse mix including Irish, German, French, Dutch, Polish, Italian, Swiss, and Jewish residents.
The passage describes the shark as the greatest long distance swimmer among fish and capable of keeping pace with swift vessels while hunting for morgels. It notes sharks’ deadly nature if overboard and contrasts it with faster fish like salmots, dolphins, and Spanish mackerel. It also explains physical cues of speed such as fin placement and body shape.
A playful critique contrasts how value varies by skill and context. It cites poets, Vanderbilt, a national unit, a mechanic, a merchant, a bonnet buyer, a ditch-digger, and an editor, illustrating how perception and labor shape worth in society.
A man so distracted by a tale and his watch drops the timepiece into a kettle with an egg. He forgets the watch, continues reading, and only later discovers the watch had boiled away hours later.
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