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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Aug 13, 1949
Page
2
The passage muses on success and worry, then shifts to Newfoundland bears, noting Sable Island dangers and a proposed method to bring bears to Newfoundland for farming, despite ships avoiding the area due to treacherous shoals and murky seas.
Newfoundland observers report on wild horses on Sable Island likely descended from cavalry stock shipwrecked long ago. A 500 head sale prompted D J Gillis to send R S James and Nova Scotia officials to inspect the herd. About 25 horses were gathered by island residents for inspection and study. The horses range 700 to 950 pounds and survive year round without shelter amid scarce vegetation and remote conditions.
A searing appeal urges immediate national action against tuberculosis. It condemns apathy and calls on government and citizens to train, educate, and support TB victims to avert a health crisis and defend the country’s welfare.
The Edinburghs have left and royal rooms will be used by family only. The King and Queen employ a private floor for relatives while officials occupy others. Tea time in the royal living room. Princess Margaret brings liveliness to afternoons as the King phones to check her availability for social plans.
George Bourke, 19, of Syracuse, says a lit cigarette in bed ignited a rifle bullet near his ash tray. He awoke with chest and leg blood, cut by a razor while leaping. Detectives found no explanation beyond his account and did not clarify why he held a razor.
An eccentric old entlétian accused others of blocking his bat sighting. He thanked those who pointed out the “to bat” moment and claimed a wall shave freed him from the nuisance. The quirky exchange reads like a read-in-ink memory from a bygone page.
A royal household note shows Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh relocating from the King and Queen’s home to Clarence House. The old palace rooms, once occupied by Prince Charlie, now stand bare and deserted as the couple establish their official residence.
A Bennington College study analyzes cigarette butt disposal to infer traits. Dr Edward Ball and Mrs. Erich Fromm describe patterns from tossing butts, burning actions, and littering as indicators of hostility, defiance, or self contempt.
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