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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Feb 10, 1894
Page
2
A fragment reports a local paper's plan to start anew with a common goal, praising initiative and urging unity. It critiques detractors who oppose the project and suggests that supporters must pay and act in good faith to ensure a better publication.
Members marked the twenty one year anniversary of the SUF Lodge with a church service a tea and a packed Hall. The sermon urged strictness and mutual support amid growth plans and a generous entertainments program followed led by Miss Temple and the choir.
A Sun column ponders why umbrellas supposedly affect moral restraint, joking they come from the heathen Chinee and hail from a land with hazy notions of mine and thine. The piece hints umbrellas and beer influence behavior, dismissing the claims with satirical tone.
A faded tale describes how a single umbrella causes social embarrassment and memory lapses. A man borrows and never returns, a memory lecturer is mocked, and a traveling salesman forgets his umbrella after a strange night seul.
A writer rants about an opposition paper, suggesting names like the Twillingate Jigger or Tate Moon. He jokes on editorial roles and mocks hooks in noses, while debating talent, money, and the paper’s tone without endorsing any outcome.
A reader vents about politics and moon influence on "loon y ticks" and the Sun election rants. They joke about a moon for feminists, urge a noosepaper outlet, and end with a plea for help if punished, asking the editor for a dictionary.
A reflective column urges youths to heed parental guidance, then think for themselves as they enter adult life. It warns against quick opinions, demagogues, and partisan misdirection while promoting study, open-mindedness, and awareness of diverse perspectives.
The Bulawayo telegrams report Captain Wilson and his men died fighting to the last against Matabele forces near Lobengula. Wilson's party of about thirty four British troopers with native auxiliaries were surrounded and overwhelmed. many natives claim to have witnessed the massacre and the mutilation of corpses, while the British survivors fired to the end and fell in action alongside Captains Fitzgerald Judd Greenfield Kirkton Berrow and Lieutenants Hagden Hoffmeyer.
Patrons note the launch of Hutchings and Blandford Barristers and Solicitors in the Total Abstinence Hall basement. They display energy and tact in their practice and have moved into airy offices, expected to attract liberal patronage. Hutchings is described as courteous and painstaking while Blandford is praised for thorough preparation.
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