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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Dec 24, 1943
Page
2
Orrek Gordon confronts unrest among his Ambit gang as Christmas night brings music. Marcia plans a bridge table and a Christmas gift of musical instruments to lift spirits and restore harmony, inviting volunteers to form a string band before New Year.
A wartime poem appeals for divine aid and endurance. It laments battle losses and destruction while urging faith, perseverance, and hope for a brighter tomorrow. Composed by Reverend F T Fuge of Fontoria Ohio, it closes with grace and blessing.
A brief scene focuses on Marcia gazing into her lover’s eyes as a wolf’s howl echoes beyond the pines, suggesting tension and intimate connection in a moment of quiet danger.
A Christmas poem evokes the Star of the East guiding wise men to Bethlehem. It praises charity and grace that bring hope to the world and calls for gifts and devotion to the Christ Child.
A calendar of 1944 public and bank holidays including New Year’s Day St Patrick’s Day Good Friday Empire Day Labour Day Armistice Day Christmas Day and Boxing Day with observances and weekday alignments.
A lead plaque recovered during dredging in Bay Balls Harbour was sent to the Dominions Office for expert examination. British Museum and Victoria and Albert Museum authorities concluded it is probably part of a water pipe from the first half of the 18th century, with no special historical interest beyond assembly marks or workshop signs.
A witty remark claims a man is smart if he has never let any woman pin anything on him since infancy, humorously implying avoidance of commitment and entanglements.
The 1604 Strassburg mention marks the first literary reference to a Christmas tree in Germany. The custom is linked to Strassburg, then spread through Germany and to America via early emigrants, later popularized in Britain by Prince Albert.
A 68 year old man says Kruschen Salts relieved eight months of lower back pain from neuritis after two weeks, noting restored appetite and sleep. He asserts the salts purify the blood and aid kidney function to expel poisons, claiming rapid, lasting improvement and a healthier state.
A group of soldiers recount their Guadalcanal experiences aiming to outdo one another with early fears. One veteran recalls digging a foxhole deeper after every shell burst until his lieutenant shouted that two inches more would be desertion.
Old English belief links Santa’s descent to the chimney with New Year sweeping to invite good luck. The custom on Christmas Eve may have originated from the practice of chimney cleaning for favorable fortune.
A pupil explains in a joke exchange with a teacher that eight people in the family caused a late start because the alarm was set for seven. The humor rests on the small misalignment between family size and alarm timing.
The young bachelor was asked which he thought were happier people who were married or those who were not. He replied that he was unsure and joked that there may be as much uncertainty in happiness as in life itself.
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