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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Dec 17, 1927
Page
3
Hans Langseth, 82, a Richland County farmer famed for his 17 foot beard, dies in Wahpeton North Dakota. He grew his beard since July 14, 1875 and traveled worldwide with it. Langseth won the world’s longest beard championship in Sacramento in 1922 during the days of 49 celebration.
A message to Inspector General Hutchings from Grand Bank notes Chas Hl Forcey fined 260 dollars and George Diamond 109 dollars for obtaining money by false pretenses from the Withroads Commission Force. Forcey headed reconstruction supervision while Diamond, an assistant, handled payroll extraction during a bridge project at St. Lawrence.
In Ottawa a police court magistrate named Hopewell fined two women who continued to carry live hens with heads downward after Humane Society warnings. The case emphasizes humane treatment of animals and ties to public duty and business ethics.
A woman finds a lace collar and a tarnished note in a Cambridge professor John’s desk suggesting a previous love. The plot hints at a hidden romance, possible past infant loss, and a maternal plea from a letter writer, with a note to continue.
A testimonial from a 72 year old reader describes relief from kidney and bladder trouble after using Gin Pills. The letter praises prompt relief and urges others with similar symptoms to obtain a box from their druggist at 50 cents, referencing National Drug & Chemical Company of Canada, Toronto.
A wife finds a letter starting my dear daughter Lillian that reveals a concealed past. The note hints a writer eager to meet, while the husband John has claimed no previous love, stirring doubts about trust, secrets, and possible connections within the family.
In St Johns agent J W McGrath notes a witty remark by Mr Hichins about women and glass. Miss Sharpe retorts that the glass reflects while a woman speaks. The dialogue suggests a sharp social exchange with humorous edge.
A bride quips that married life differs little from courtship as she reveals she now waits up half the night for her husband instead of for him to leave. Her joke highlights enduring routines and shared evenings in a lighthearted exchange.
A joke exchanges a stock tip about temperature rising. Joe the stock broker jokes that in six months the temperature will rise from twenty to over ninety, prompting a laugh at the financial forecast based on weather rather than markets.
A garbled exchange notes hangover headaches after drinking and a remark about a wife’s reception. The dialogue hints at marital friction and social embarrassment without clear context or full sentences.
A reflective note on how fools gesture with empty smiles while the wise show care in person. It contrasts the fleeting glory of life with the lasting memory that follows a funeral, keeping memory from decay.
A dog owner frequently voices A complaint about noise from neighbor children. The remark highlights tension over street noise and neighborhood disputes in a typical quiet community.
A blunt reflection on repairing fractured dialogue in relationships and daily discussions. It hints that fixing miscommunications takes patience, listening, and deliberate clarification to restore trust and flow. No names or specific events are mentioned.
A mother applies Perry Davis Painkiller to an injury described as a common bruise or sprain. The advertisement promotes the product as the solution to soreness with 25 cent and 50 cent bottles available.
A fragmented dialogue shows one line about a wonderful time at a party and a counterclaim of attending another party. The exchange is terse and lacks clear context or additional details.
Mrs. B F Hubbard of West Rochester Vermont has finished a bed quilt with 2259 pieces. It contains samples from all dresses of two generations spanning seventy years. She recently celebrated her eightieth birthday.
The United States last week placed the carrier Saratoga into service. The vessel is 35,000 tons with capacity for multiple air groups and operations, signaling a boost to naval aviation and defense capabilities.
An elderly man argues with a younger in a fragmentary exchange about belief in ghosts. The older man asserts there is abundant proof and cites the Dead March as evidence.
A man in an eastern city dies leaving nearly five million dollars. His unusual bequests spark attention but his will’s paragraph offers practical guidance: be frugal and generous, support one another, and remember that money cannot replace family. He emphasizes honoring the mother as the heart-string of the family and cherishing her through joy and sorrow.
A ten mile undersea tunnel in Japan connects Moji and Shimonoseki, replacing ferry routes. Builders face soft strata and other obstacles as they bore eighty feet below the seabed with challenging engineering feats highlighted by Popular Mechanics.
Sheffield inquest hears Dr A T Simpson claim a doctor may let a dying patient die rather than prolong life. He describes Robinson who suffered dropsy and heart disease and ingested poison, deciding not to counteract it to spare further misery.
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