Beginnings and Betrayal in Wartime St John's
In 1940 St John's, Matt Holborn, a older, portly newcomer, hides a murky past and schemes to seize control of a missing business by killing his partner John Rankin and destroying promissory notes. He flees to Montreal with a plan to unwind debts and disappear, while preserving his alias and reputation.
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Matt Holborn
St. John’s
Holborn
Ile
Newfourdland
Ard
Halborn
London
Lucy
Montreal
Jalose
Mitt Holborn
Nan
John Rinkin
John Pividy
Matthew Holborn
John
Trepassey
Helborn
Old John
Rankin
Joan
Salmanier Wey
Listborn
Matt
Neyer
Holborn Did Like Was To Borrow O’d John
Sydney
Matt Idol
Matt Tin Rorn
Jeff
Fali
Ale
New Zealand
St John’s
Bim
Newfoundland
England
Little Boy Blue and Bop Echoes in Quirky Verse
Odd column mixes playful couplets about Bop and a dancing horn with ditzy quips on hair loss and paper bags. It then shifts to a Wanted ad seeking a steady traveling man for a large manufacturer, plus a light jab at late hours and a final flippant question.
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Ronald Cooke
Atlantic Guardian
Toho
Hibarn
Matt Hetborn
Tled
Iloboro
Ho'born
Tie
Water Street
O'D
Winchester
Winchester Cigarettes
Virginia
Velvet Blend
Carnation Co. Limited
Nild
Qoreraten
Blue
Orlor
Twillingate
Rawleigh
Newsfoundland
S.S. Northern Ranger
ST. John’s Corner Brook
St. John's
Corner Brook
Ford Motor Car
Hillman
Sunshine Bicycles
Maid of
Purity Factories Limited
Parker & Monroe, Ltd
Nfld
Newfoundland Savings Bank