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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Aug 29, 1914
Page
3
War day by day notes report mixed Allied and German activity with no major engagement. British ministers discuss French and Russian fronts as German plans and Allied responses unfold across Belgium and Lorraine.
Special to the Sun reports Newfoundland residents enlisting for Canadian regiments and notes war duties. Archbishops and local officials react to the Popes death with bells half masted. Local incidents include vandalism, fires at Tobacco factory, and a 3 year old reunited with a mother after a police rescue. Seven brothers join the war effort from Conception Bay amid broader shortages and ship news.
The notice mentions nurses volunteering for foreign service as the war ends, names General Hospital staff including Nurse Burson and Miss Minnie Patten visiting parents, and reports on a Red Cross commitment. It also notes Sidney Wells arriving from Cameron County and a ship arrival by Clyde, with other scattered references to visitors and local hospital activity.
The report indicates the first volunteer from Twila gate District has entered service abroad and placed his name with Bradley J. P. The note confirms the individual is among the earliest volunteers linked to the country’s program.
Sunday services listed for St Penn and St Awpenn with Matins Luncheon and Sermon times. Notable details show no service in an early afternoon slot and reference to Rev Alfred Fe Marsh and Rev Bennett on the South Side with Bible classes at 2 40.
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