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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Dec 31, 1892
Page
2
Readers send New Year greetings while the Sen column notes the goal to make 1892 a remarkable epoch. The piece by American author Mary M. Price is highlighted and reprinted from the recently received Rail Plat columns.
A reflective column urges a purposeful start to 1893, noting blessings and sorrows from 1892. It urges daily resolutions, steady effort, and growth aligned with God, aiming to make the year’s record worthy and meaningful.
At St Peters School under Mr H. C. Thompson an examination was held before Christmas across subjects. Miss Louisa Pearce of Back Harbor won a prize for top marks in most subjects. Standard VI pupils led by Pearce included Frank Dove and Herbert Purchase in geography and grammar, with others excelling in arithmetic, drawing, Euclid, algebra, and navigation.
December floods flooded the N E Arm near Churchill's saw mill complex driving residents to shelter in a barn. The dam held. inside dam breach suspected. Diphtheria struck Jacob Manuel's family but appears contained with care. William Sharon of 8 W Arm died on Sunday in Louth after prolonged illness.
Dear Sir the event on the 23rd drew a full schoolroom. The programme featured songs recitals a dialogue by four young ladies and a children’s drill led by Miss F Manuel. Miss Maiied sang Nellie Gray with notable effect and the Queen’s praise closed the performance.
In a private letter the late Mrs Colbourne is mourned as a faithful wife and mother with sympathy offered for her long widowhood. The report notes the ongoing toll of family life and honors her contribution as a steadfast figure. The Hercules, under Captain Christopher, arrived from Seroh's Thursday evening with freight and passengers including Walter Pelley and Geo Stewart among others.
Local items report coastal steamers Virginia Lake and Virgenia Leake continuing service with delays due to ice. Several ships return or proceed to ports. plan for seal fishery and ship movements noted. Church services and Chamber of Commerce events also documented along with accidents and local notices.
Telegraph entries report political prosecutions intensifying, votes defeated, market panic, severe weather across Canada and Atlantic gales. Baltic and Atlantic shipping suffer. explosions kill detectives, rail blocks, resignations urged, autopsy finds natural death, and a Turkish court martial terms set for rioters with prison sentences.
A fragmentary New Year appeal discusses turning New Year money into farm eggs and poultry gains. It cites E A Hubbard of Lintfield Mass and Mrs Warren Delano of Arupden Me praising Sheridan's Condition Powder for hens profits. Product offers from Johnson & Co Boston include poultry powders and Farm Poultry papers, alongside Dr Sage catarrh remedy guarantees.
A damaged OCR fragment notes an extraordinary almanac and a stan’ almanac seen by the public, with emphasis on its large dent and curiosity about its contents.
On Christmas Day at the bride’s father’s base Rev Jabez Hill united Wim Ashbowrow and Lucy Goodise Linfield. In North Sid Methodist Church Rev J Gleason joined Richard Gleason and Emily Greenham. In Vientsin Nut China Rev C A Samley wed B Thompson to Mise T Diewewett on October Taentay 189y.
The bank declares a six percent dividend on paid up capital stock for the half year ending November 1892. The meeting is held at the bank building in the city, with the payout dates from the 6th to the 9th, under the board’s order signed by James Golding.
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