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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Aug 25, 1928
Page
3
George M A Cain narrates a pursuit after a raid for priceless records. The narrator carries delicate sound-boxes in a knapsack while tracking the enemy across sand and tracks a pursuing tribe. The enemies retreat believing they won a scare victory, heading back to their old site.
The narrator recalls a group from St. John’s led by J. W. McGrath who sing a victory tune after a tiring day. He records four tunes he describes as music savages might call fierce. He notes the professor’s claim that this music rivals their war song in impact, and mentions the chance to speak only briefly to a distant companion.
A narrator recalls a chaotic scene as a worried man searches for Horace and Horace’s fighter instinct. The boss orders action amid the scramble to secure a boy believed missing while handling sound equipment and a valuable record.
In a jungle trek tale, Horace Vantiner is found safe near camp. Elaine and I share a kiss amid tented darkness while Ruth and Sir Edward Hampton-Beacon move in and out of focus. Sir Edward’s charm and Ruth’s presence fuel suspicions of a clash between Old World nobility and New World money.
The narrator recalls a drained performer finishing a demanding set and seeking solace with Elaine Tuckerton. He worries about the young violinist's volatile temperament and urges Elaine to guard against his potential breakdown, while acknowledging the musician's rare talent and fragile mind.
The article traces silk weaving origins to 2500 B.C. in China and earlier in Egypt, noting multiple independent origins. It explains early weaving by hand, the shift to looms, and the evolution from hand and treadle looms to the power loom invented by Dr Cartwright in 1787, with subsequent refinements to modern times.
A Confederation Life remark notes that men often apply better judgment to selecting a cigar than to choosing a wife, reflecting a satirical view of personal decision making.
A farmer faced slander charges in a local court. The judge questioned if he called his neighbor rogue and liar, to which the farmer admitted the accusation. When asked about calling him a thief, he confessed to forgetting that term.
Lewisporte resident Llewellyn Lilly offers the motor boat Honeymoon, about 30 feet long with 15 horsepower four cylinder engine, for travel to any part of Notre Dame Bay. Wire or meet at Lewisporte any time, most often tied under the Dot. Ahoy and show me the way to go home.
Notice states the motor boat Bay Rupert is ready for movement between Lewisporte and Twillingate and to bays from Cape John to Caper Freels. Interested parties should apply to David Wheeler in Twillingate.
Harbor View Hotel sits on the South Side just steps from Memorial Hospital. Comfortable accommodations with reasonable terms. Motor boat ferries steamers to haul passengers and baggage across the water.
In Georgia every unmarried man or woman of 30 has to pay a tax of six dollars yearly.
A quantity of cast off clothing shipped to heathen lands has been sent back with the explanation that the locals were simply shocked by the few necks and short skirts.
A riddle asks why a water with a single horn can fling a man farther than a two horned bull. The puzzle implies counterintuitive leverage or physics rather than literal animals, inviting thinking about force vectors and balance.
Perry Davis Painkiller is praised as a valuable liniment for sore throat rheumatism bruises sprains and chilblains. Sold in bottles of 25c and 50c highlighting its usefulness for common injuries and ailments.
An exchange remarks that brevity is the soul of wit as the skirt designer delivers a quick, pointed joke. The remark lands as a witty moment in a light exchange, highlighting concise phrasing and a playful air.
A professor records a girl baby tripling her birth weight in the first year while Rod attempts to halve that growth by the fortieth month, presenting a curious contrast in early development and measurement.
A fragment from a social note hints at a fur coat and a kiss tied to a quarrel over a costly gift. The lines imply infidelity involving a husband and a maid, presenting a sharp, ironic social moment.
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