10 Feb 1894
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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Feb 10, 1894
Page
1
The New South Jubilee Scholarship will be awarded annually to the top student among colonial candidates in the University of London matriculation exams. Eligibility requires five years in the colony and prior study in local academies. funds amount to four hundred dollars. Announcement appears in the Royal Gazette three months before the June examination.
Thomas Peyton Notary Public offers to prepare wills and other court documents for island residents. He provides diagrams where needed and will attend to public affidavits and conveyances with attention to accuracy and reasonable charges.
Notice states LS will be dispatched from this vessel for Labrador on 2 November and 27 December and January 7 1804. Fully paid letters will be delivered. no papers or parcels. PRASER, P.M.G.
An advertisement touts Webster's International Dictionary as an exhaustive unabridged reference. It claims ten years of revision and $300000 spent, praising its utility for spelling pronunciation meaning and historical notes. It quotes The Globe Toronto and The Times Hamilton praising its value for families and education.
G and C Merriam of Springdale Massachusetts advertise against inexpensive photographic reprints of ancient editions. They offer a free prospectus with specimen pages and illustrations to interested buyers.
Fragmentary notice describes a tailor offering clothing fitting and measurement services. Mentions Water Street St John and prompt execution of orders for good points of clothes. Includes scattered phrases about persons desirous and perfect fit.
A compact survey of varied items from ancient to modern times. Topics include Bible editions, the Hoosac Tunnel cost, vintage wine destruction, ancient Palestine excavations, naval color choices, the Black Death, German industry, London hospitals, choroform statistics, Welsh mountains, water testing, gasometers, UK land, Gray's Inn walls, future urban power, Dead Sea navigation, imperial proclamations, ancient fragments, Euripides finds, Columbia River fish, English torpedo crew conditions, a Floyd County incident, and the first American iron casting.
Lt H J Coningham of the Leinster Regiment undertook an unofficial eighteen month journey through Persia and Central Asia. He crossed into Trans Caspia with no credentials, earned access from General Kuropatkin, and learned Russia’s views on regional policy and an apparent path to Anglo Russian friendship. The account promises publication of his unedited observations.
Dr Barnardo Homes presents The Message of the Bells a True Tale of Christmas about rescuing a girl from Hast End slum area. It notes Emigration work claims and cites official figures while describing Personal Notes rescue cases and Harry Jeffries story. The Homes shelter nearly 5000 children and appeal for support across the UK.
The Medical Press and Circular notes mass evidence that injuries from rusty nails can lead to tetanus. It explains that tetanus is caused by a specific bacillus found in garden mould and wound discharge, urging prompt antiseptic treatment to prevent infection.
The text urges restraint in discussing others and condemns dwelling on faults. It warns that constant character analysis in family or social boards harms atmosphere. It advocates kindness, privacy, and focusing on the good in people.
A spider’s web is a curious and beautiful thing. The spinning organs are tiny tubes and the threads are a white sticky liquid. Different spiders make different webs and gossamer serves as a rope, a flying bridge, or buoyant lift. Astronomers also use spider silk as a substitute for wires in delicate observations.
The Lima dispatch reports Peru’s government seizing people to fill the Army. Children as young as ten are dragged to barracks and forced into service, while grave diggers are taken from cemeteries to join. Officials target press writers with conscription and compel firemen and guards to enlist.
The piece argues that gratuitous lies are more dangerous than necessary truths, praising minimal, well-framed falsehoods while warning against elaborate fabrications. It discusses trust erosion and the need for honesty in commerce and society, and briefly advertises Ayers Hair Vigor products.
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