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Twillingate
Roberts
Newfoundland
Cvada
England
U.S. A
Christmas Foreteller Calls for Aid Amid Poverty
The Christmas message laments poverty darkening the season and urges wealthy donors to form a special organization to provide Christmas boxes and ongoing winter aid, while asserting the true spirit of Christmas endures despite hardship and cold.
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Promised Kingdom
Santa Claus
Christ
Winter Travel Notes From Newfoundland River Route
Personal notices list several travelers via the Northern Ranger and Clyde boats. Carrie Pelley visits Valleyville to spend winter with her aunt. Edgar Peyton arrives from Grand Falls by Clyde. Burden returns by C M Wheler. Ashbourne family from St John’s travel with Clyde. Prole and Susie Prele visit Mrs C Baird from Indian Burying Place, returning by Ranger. Manuel from Loon Bay heads to Pacquet. White and Colbourne travel via Clyde and Millertown Junction. Edith Manuel from St John’s on Xmas holidays. Barnes Young Stewart Young and Rideout arrive from Grand Falls. Cyril Lunnen sails to Pacquet or Fleur de Lys.
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Carrie Pelley
Valleyville
Northern
Edgar Peyton
Grand Falls
Clyde
Rev. Burden
C. M. Wheler
T. G. W. Ashbourne
Child
St. John’s
Mr. Prole
Susie Prele
Ranger
Indian Burying Place
C. Baird
Douglas Manuel
Loon Ray
Pacquet
Joseph White
Augustus Colbourne
Millertown Junction
Lewisporte
Edith Manuel
St. John's
Messrs
Robert Barnes
Alfred Young
Stewart Young
Harlan Rideout
Cyril Lunnen
Northern Ranger
Pacquet Or
Fleur de Lys
Marriage of James Norman Percy and Emma Louise Anderson at Twillingate
On December 23, 1886, James Norman Percy and Emma Louise Anderson wed at North Side Methodist Church Twillingate. The couple, both natives of St John’s, later settled in Montreal with five sons and two daughters, residing at 5578 Park Ave. Their careers ranged from education to dry goods trading and wholesale firms in Newfoundland and Canada.
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James Nortman Percy
Emma Louise Anderson
North Side Methodist Church
Twillingate
George Bullen
J. W. Vickers
Georgie Stirling
Helen Scott
W. E Waterman
W. J. Scott
Thompson
Bullen
J. Stirling
St. John's
Wesleyan Academy
Trinity Bay
Notre Dame Bay
Little Harbour
St. Andrews Academy
Stotts
John Steer
McDougall and Templeton’s
Chown Gibb and Co
H. M. Gibb & Co
Waterman & Co
Canada
Montreal
Percy
Gault Bros. Co
Chicago
Ottawa
Could Hardly Walk For Swollen Feet
Mrs. George H. Whitten of Petty Harbour Newfoundland says Dodd's Kidney Pills relieved four years of rheumatism and swelling. After using two boxes she regained ability to walk and perform work, praising the remedy as effective for kidney trouble. Thousands report similar benefit and the pills are promoted as a trusted remedy for over half a century.
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Petty Harbour
Nld
George H. Whitten
Dodd
Britain's Policy And The League
Neville Chamberlain spoke at Leeds outlining a core aim of British policy to draw the United States Germany and Japan into the League of Nations. He argued the League must be strengthened and shown as a forum to vent grievances and resolve issues peacefully, warning that unresolved disputes could be settled by force.
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Neville Chamberlain
Leeds
United States
Germany
Japan
League For Nations
Chamberlain
Italy
League
Shipping news from the bay reports vessels and cargo gains
Shipping notices show Gloria Jean and Edna Louise went into the Bay on Wednesday for fire wood. Motor Sinbad owned by Edward Clarke went into the Bay on Tuesday. Bessie Grace was refloated and again carries limestone to Botwood. Grace Boehner is taking fish from A Manuel and near Moreton claims a catch from F N Osmond. After Herring Neck, the schr. heads to St. John s for its last season trip.
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Gloria Jean
Edna Louise
Sinbad
Edward Clarke
Bessie Grace
Botwood
Grace Boehner
A. Manuel
Moreton
F.N. Osmond
Herring Neck
Schr
St. John's
The Wrong Way Poem Excerpt by Kipling
A fragment from Rudyard Kipling warns Willie that stopping to seek wages and praise will lead to danger and rejection. It contrasts sea travel and land work, suggesting boasting or questioning orders may doom him. The verse cautions against delaying duty for personal gain.
Christmas Greetings From Mrs Temple Senr
Mrs Temple Senr sends kind greetings to friends in Twillin gate wishing a happy Christmas and bright New Year. She recalls summer visits from Tw'gate friends and memories of the old town where she spent many years.
Freight theft suspect leaves for St Johns after visit
Sdr. Hazel P. Blackwood took a quantity of freight from Ashbournes Ltd. and Hodge Bros and departed for St. John's on Tuesday morning.
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Hazel P. Blackwood
Ashbournes Ltd
Hodge Bros
St. John's
Sun Ready to Receive Material for January 9 1937 Issue
The Sun announces it will not publish until January 9 1937 and that on Monday the 4th it will be ready to receive material for publication.
Community Club Annual Meeting Announces Officer Election
The Community Club holds its annual meeting on December 30 for officer elections. Members in good standing may vote, and those in arrears are requested to pay up.
Calendars Received From Tobacco and Insurance Firms
The Imperial Tobacco Co. Ltd. and Manufacturers' Life Ins. Co. have supplied calendars for distribution. Details on quantities and distribution plans were not disclosed.
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Imperial Tobacco Co. Ltd
Manufacturers
Life Ins. Co
Derailment at Buchans kills Russian resident
A Buchans branch derailment Thursday left six loaded cars and a caboose off track. Mr. Goldman, a Russian resident of Grand Falls Station, died at Buchans hospital. Five passengers and two trainmen were aboard. others had minor injuries.
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St. John’s
Buchans
Thestrack
Goldman
Grand Falls
Buchans Hospital
Caboose
Secretary For Natural Resources
Court House
Dept. Public Works
Dept. of Rural Reconstruction
Colonial
Northern Ranger
Humbermouth
Battle
Englee
Hounsell
Queen's College
England
G. W. N. Wareham
Harbour Buffet
J. W. Young
Upper Island Cove
S. M. Bradbrook
London
Prince’s Rink
Guards Association
Arthur Johnson
Samuel Andrews
St. John's
Dick Merrill
Musgrave
Atlantic
Port Jervis
New Jersey
Pope
General Post Office
Express
City
Dutler
Province of
Nova Scotia
Halifax
Barn Social at St. Peter's Parish Hall
A parish social titled Barn Social presented by St. Peter's Sanctuary Guild will be held Tuesday evening December 29 at 7 30 with admission 25 cents. Dress code calls for men overalls and fin hats and ladies cotton crepe and sun bonnets. Refreshments served.
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St. Peter’s
Sanctuary Guild
Young Harp Sails to Fleur de Lys After Tuesday Stop
Auxiliary boat Aux. Young Harp arrived Tuesday night then departed for Fleur de Lys the next morning. Grace accompanied by Dr. O 49 and Sergi Delahunty visited Herring Neck on Thursday.
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Aux
Classified Advertisement Items for Sale and Hardware
Stamps 10 complete sets from 1928 first printing with singles pairs and blocks of 4 mint and well centered. Motor boat new 40 by 12 by 6 decked with cabin and 18 hp Kelvin engine. Projector with films for two night shows runs on 6 volt storage battery with optional 110 volt. Gramophone Orthophonic portable. Burpee sealer complete for 1 2 lb Nb and 2 1 2 lb cans. Surveyor's dump level by Keuffel Esser with extension tripod, one year old. Desk all oak with 2 inch top. Engine 22 HP Bridgeport two cylinder, two years use, cost 1000, selling for 150.
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Humphrey Gilbert
Corsica
Keuffel & Esser Co
New York
H.P. Bridgeport
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Mrs. Percy
Park Ave
Miss Marjorie Percy
Mrs. Whitten
Britain
Shipping News
Willie
Son
Rudyard Kipling
Confederation Life
Birchy Bay Lumber Co., Birchy Bay
Wiew Hotel
T’gate
Wm. Pynn
Newfoundland Railway
NEW Coleman
Josiah Oake
P. O. Box
Fogo
Odessa
Old Jensen
I +ster
FB. W. Chalmers
Rencontre
Dana Engineers
Southampton
King’s Cross
King
Queen Wen
Elizabeth
Princces
Margaret
Queen May
Sidringham
Russia
Komsomol
Dallas
Texas
Air Line 1d
Sam. D. Grant
P.O. Box 106
Harbour Grace
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