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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Aug 23, 1930
Page
4
The Twillingate Sun announces subscription rates for Newfoundland Canada and international destinations with advance payment required. Advertising options include long term contracts and short term rates. notes of Thanks carry a 25 cent fee. Publication date August 24 1930.
The Fishermen's Advocate notes Merchantable Stove Fish at six shillings per quin til for the season with fishermen preferring eight shillings and cautioning against ten shillings seen last year. Labraco cure may be four shillings. plan to dispose early and stock provisions. Flour is two shillings cheaper. Beef and Pork prices drop. other foods cheapest. Iceland Labrador cure fish listed at 24 shillings in European markets.
Mr George Stuckless Sr. died Tuesday and was laid to rest Thursday by Rev Hol lands at Arm Cemetery. He was brother to Mrs Geo Blindford and Miss Isabella Stuckless of South Side.
The Annual Flower Service at St Andrew's Church will be held tomorrow afternoon. At St Peter's their service was held on the 10th inst.
The Supreme Court on the Northern Circuit will convene in Twillingate on September Sth and 9th with Mr Justice Kent as presiding judge. Miss Annie Newman was surprised with a party by local women on Wednesday night at her home and received useful gifts. She plans to go to New York next month and then embark on married life.
The Magistrate and Constable traveled to Herring Neck this week by Mr. Manuel's motor boat. Mrs. W. K. Chancey of Grand Falls and Mrs. R. M. Farnell of Tizzard's Harbour were in town yesterday. Mr. Michael Byrne from Waldron's Cove and Mr. Arch Lush from St John's visited Mr. and Mrs. Robert Boyd at Tizzard's. Mr. Edward Luther and his family are in town from Boston.
Belle Isle Report lists Twillingate sailors with standings: Stanley 750, M P Cashin 650, Carrie 650, N Dunkin 600, Melita 550, Violet 450, Hattie Heckman 500. Other names include Smith and Annie.
A long subscription list gathered by Miss Nellie Clarke shows numerous names with amounts ranging from $700 to 10 cents. Totals indicate a grand sum of $10395, with many individuals including John Gillett Edgar Hawkins Thomas White Sr and James Churchill contributing varied sums. The item ends with the note to be continued.
A poem depicts Elisher, the hired man, as a source of cheer whose simple smile lifts neighbors. His cheerful influence spreads from morning to night, giving the countryside a temporary holiday spirit. The speaker contrasts financial worry with Elisher’s optimism, noting the return of smiles after each visit to town.
Funeral services for Mrs. Florence M Arnott were conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday at her sister Mrs. B G Purchase’s home in Worcester. Rev Dr Taylor presided. Hymns were sung by Mrs. Esther Warner of Boston. Interment was in Ridgedown Cemetery Watertown. She was born in Newfoundland 34 years ago to George Minty and Lucy Wheeler Minty and married J Arnott in Brighton seven years ago before moving to Worcester. She leaves a daughter Marion and her husband. The late Mrs Arnott had previously lived in Willingate with her parents about twelve years ago.
Moncton Newfoundland officials meet CN officials on traffic matters to promote rail links between Newfoundland and Canada via North Sydney and Port aux Basques. Tompkins, CN Traffic Manager, Atlantic Region, visits St. John's offices of the National System in August 1930.
Two massive iron cannons believed 600 years old were unearthed by demolition work near the Shunevih gate in Peiping. Experts say they were used by Ming emperor Chien Wen during a thirteenth century expedition against northern tribes.
A list of individuals and families associated with The Primmer House includes Ralph Taylor Mrs James Taylor M J Small Rev H Burge D L Small O Wheeler Edgar Small Summersford G W Sivans Mr and Mrs W Lever Nellie Lever Alice Lever H Lever St John Sceviour Exploits Pastor A Winsor Grand Falls Prof F Dewey Notre D B Rev Watkins Fogo W Bannister Baccalieu.
At Symms Hospital Arlington Massachusetts a baby boy was born to Mr and Mrs Garfield Jenkins nee Lucy Bourden on August 1. At Jamica Hospital Long Island New York a baby boy weighing 8 pounds 9 ounces was born to Mr and Mrs John Pearce.
Schr. Dazzle departed for Hali fax carrying 1212 barrels of herring shipped by Messrs. R. Boyd of Tizzard's Hr and Alex Sansome Friday's Bay with Joseph Knight Morton's Hr. The shippers are Messrs. Roshua and Chafe.
Dr Roy Chapman Andrews announced fossils found in Mongolia show animals with jaws so large they scooped their food like dredges. The creatures are dated at about 3,000,000 years ago and preserved in near perfect condition.
Personal notices list residents and visitors in town last week including Mr. Robert Verge from Pilley's Island, Mr. George Evans of Elliott & Co. from St. John’s, and families traveling via Prospero and Meigle. Mentions arrivals from Port Union, Grand Falls, Corner Brook, and Barry's Harbor with church figures and local business names.
The Salvation Army Sunday School annual picnic took place on Thursday with a parade through the Mer Hospital route ending at Mr Grime's field for amusements and games.
An ad explains sour stomach after meals as indigestion caused by over-stimulated stomach nerves and excess acid. It promotes Phillips Milk of Magnesia as the tasteless, quick, safe remedy used by physicians for 60 years and sold with full directions in drugstores.
Telegraph from St. John’s reports cold storage plants in St. John’s West opened for berry freezing amid heavy shipments despite wet weather. Exporters cut transport charges to keep industry alive despite higher US berry duties. Other items note Caribou wreck recovery talks, a Corner Brook fraud case, a drowning incident at Aquaforte, legal clashes at Duckworth Street, liquor aboard Lilly M Corkom, Partridge Berry picking rules, and race lures at Regatta Day.
Mr A Manuel hosted a boat party on Thursday for picnickers planning a sendoff for Mr and Mrs Harry Colbourne and Mr and Mrs Thos Churchill before they depart for New York.
S S Strathcona with Sir Wilfred Grenfell aboard touched here en route south from St Anthony on Thursday. The first cod arrival was Schr Stanley Smith from Belle Isle with 800 barrels. Schr Lone Flyer from St John's delivered freight to Ashbourne and others. Sehrs report fish slack and showers mostly well fished.
Fall planting bulbs for house garden or cemetery plot with a new price list and colored pictures available on request. Also requests for tree and shrub catalog. Howard R. Frost P.O. Box 5384 St. John's Newfoundland. 8w.
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