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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Dec 15, 1928
Page
2
A narrator recalls Dorothys career and Elaine Tuckerton as Horace Vantine confronts guilt over a jungle expedition and a lost genius. The piece reveals a ruined marriage, a deafening silence about records and a pledge to replace past harm with a new gift of music.
A speaker describes marriage to Dorothy in Para and twins born a year and a half ago. He hides the true facts by using an alias and claims a writer will fictionalize the story, aiming to avoid Dorothy recognizing the details. The tone hints at secrecy and caution about repeating truths.
An aged inventor discusses paying for experiments to create a perfect playing sound box. He contemplates Horace C. Vantine as the namesake and names his late son as the substitute gift. The dialogue reveals pressure to fund the project amid high costs of raising twins and personal loss.
Thirty two British public school boys led by Rev Gr Wooley MC return from a two month Canada tour aboard the Tanrentic. They visited all Canadian provinces and spent eight days in Newfoundland. A student quips that Canadian girls look younger due to makeup, while Newfoundland girls have a schoolgirl complexion and would be marryable. Schools represented include Eton Harrow Haileybury Cheltenham and Marlborough.
A classroom joke erupts as a student answers a teacher mystery with a misspelled scenting of the swallow home. The exchange reveals humor amid the lesson and ends with playful mispronunciation.
The report notes a white flashing acetylene gas light on Sandy Point Island in Labrador with coordinates 56 24 00 N and 61 00 00 W positioned 6% miles S 10 E of Ford Harbor light.
Fishermen report large schools of potheads visiting Bonavista and Trinity Bay and at Faro Island each June. The meat is salted and sold at government max prices, exported to Norway Denmark and Sweden, and used in hotels. The fat entices oil production and the mid layer sells as a pork substitute known as spec. The community relies on this annual harvest for meat and economic value.
A short health note urges prompt relief of constipation using Davis Liver Pills. The 40 pill bottle is priced at 25 cents and marketed by Davias & Lawrence Co of Montreal.
A Ladies' Aid rummage sale incident ends with a shopper selling a donor’s new hat for 35 cents while attendees helped. The event drew attention to community fundraising and the mishap caused mild local chatter.
An old lady who lost her umbrella saw a sign reading Shears sharpened umbrella repair and recover. She spoke to the umbrella tinker and said I ve lost my umbrella, and when you recovered it phone me at No 110 Summit Street.
The excerpt lists donations collected by Nina Manuel and others at Jenkins Cove, Darrells Arm, Farmers Arm, and Little Harbour. Names include Nina Manuel, Mrs Theodore Jenkins, Mrs Nath Jenkins, Mrs George Stuckless, Mrs Peter Jenkins, and many others with small cent amounts totaling multiple dollars. Also notes collectors Gertie Gidge, Margaret Churchill, Pearl Linfield, Ada Smith, Annie Podle, Bennett Anstey.
A list of coast and cove collected amounts by collectors including Mrs Edgar Warr Mrs L Colbourne Peter Anstey and many Hodder and Roberts members. Totals show 2 totals: expenses 17.30 and grand sum 135 64 for the collection across Bluff Head Cove Manuel's Cove Gret tle Cove and other local locations.
Perry Davis Painkiller touted as valuable liniment for sore throat rheumatism and chilblains. Advertises bottles priced at 25 and 50 cents.
Modern Shopper quips about rubber bands while assistant replies with a playful line about fly paper. The exchange showcases a lighthearted catalog dialogue and the store’s punny tone.
Workman tells employer the show starts at 8 pm. Employer retorts that the worker has nothing to do but still must go. The brief exchange hints at workplace rigidity and scheduling pressures.
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