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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Feb 06, 1892
Page
2
Postmaster General directs all postal staff to register letters containing money or valuables sent within the Colony. If the sender does not prepaid the registration, the addressee will be taxed a double registration fee on delivery. Freer notes by Fraser, General Post Office, Be John’s, December 12, 1891.
The Pyrites Mining Company at Pelleys Island adopts the Lahmeyer electric lighting system. A 220 light, 16 candlepower plant supplied by John Atary of Halifax, installed by C A Hoyt lights offices stores dwellings wharves tramway and underground workings. It promises safer cheaper illumination with 1000 hour bulbs.
The proposal argues that a shared electric lighting plan for St. Peter's Church, the Methodist Church, and nearby merchants could be installed at a low cost per premises. It claims electric light would become cheaper in time and be safer than the current dangerous method used.
The Sux Society held its anniversary on February 2 at St Andrew's Church with a walk across the ice to the Arms and a brief service by the Chaplain. Collecting about five dollars, the event featured a lengthy program of recitations songs and dialogues, with Rev. Hill Kelly and Peck among the visitors and an evening entertainment to conclude the gathering.
A solemn 10.45 p.m. service at St. Mary’s Herring Neck begins with Hymns and Litany. Rev G S Chamberlain preaches on the value of life from Isaiah. Congregation kneels in private prayer before singing Te Deum as the benediction ends.
The 1992 seal fleet from Messrs John Munn & Co keeps the same four steamers and crews as last year. Vanguard sails from Harbor Grace under Capt Robert Gosse of Spaniards Bay. Greenland, commanded by Capt Henry Dawe of Bay Roberts, has a near quarter million seals in his tally. Iceland sails from Pool's Island led by Capt William Windsor, famed for bumper trips. Mastiff will be captained by Capt Hector Curtis, new to steering, aiming for a large quota in the Gulf. Devout wishes for prosperity accompany the Mastiff and fleet.
A Heart's Ease report dated June 2 describes a tragic skating accident on salt water ice. Mary Ann Peddle aged 13 died after submerging beneath the surface while Julia Jacobs aged 12 was rescued and recovering. The grieving mother, long left without relief, seeks government aid.
A man from East Orange New Jersey regained sight in his left eye after a year of total blindness. C Ferdinand Schnitzpahn, injured in a carriage fall, lost vision following illness but soon experienced a return of light and full sight in the left eye. Doctors had given up. restoration began after a rest in Morris Bowl. The right eye remains blind and observers await further results.
The Indo Gangetic plain in northern India spans about 1 700 miles of fertile land beneath the Himalayas and could supply half England with wheat. It hosts 150 million people across 500000 square miles, with 26 million acres under wheat yielding about 10 bushels per acre. The total harvest reaches roughly 140 million cwt with exports under 13 percent.
A French writer exposes a vast Paris centered hair trade. Rag-pickers gather discarded hair from city bins, then chiffonniers cleanse and sort it before sale to wig makers and dealers.
The Aiur class cruiser, 1350 tons, built at Devonport with machinery by Andrew Laing of Haifield Company Glasgow, shows record speed in trials. Natural draught surpassed guarantees, forced draught trials reach 14 463 indicated hp, contract 12 000. Measured mile over 71 knots with 18 000 hp. Four boiler sets and two engine sets drive two screws. armed with two 22 ton guns.
Edison introduces a speaking watch with a dial shaped as a human face and a phonograph inside. The mouth announces the hours and quarters in a human voice and can be set to wake up calls. Florida sponge fishermen use water-grass in a glass-bottom bucket to detect sponges.
Weekly Bible word puzzles offer cash prizes from 200 to 3 dollars for correct first to fifty second etc at the LADIES Home Magazine office in Peterborough Canada. Subscriptions and postal payments are required with each answer submission.
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