17 Feb 1894
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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Feb 17, 1894
Page
1
The Sun records weekly publication from its office in North Twpilingate Notre Dame Bay Nid with Thompson Sditar noted.
The Jubilee Scholarship provides annually four hundred eighty dollars for the top colony student at the Matriculation Examination of the London University held in June. It is limited to colony residents or those five years resident, with study in local schools, and can be held for two years. Notice will be published in the Royal Gazette prior to the exams.
A fragmented notice by Peyton promoting a notary public appointment and readiness to handle affidavits wills protests and conveyancing diagrams. The text urges attention to conveyance diagrams and related documents in the context of Supreme Court procedures.
The Webster's International dictionary advertises a ten year revision with 160 editors and over $300000 spent. It promises comprehensive coverage of history spelling pronunciation and meaning plus biographical and geographical facts and foreign phrases. Calgary and Hamilton newspapers praise it as the best working dictionary and a valuable family book.
G. and C. Merriam of Springdale Massachusetts urge readers to request a free prospectus showing specimen pages and illustrations, warning against purchasing cheap photographic reprints of ancient editions.
Water Street in St John's hosts Mark Chaplin Fashionable Tailor and Clothier offering self measurement cards by post and postal orders. Prompt execution of outport and city orders with a perfect fit guaranteed.
An 19th century note discusses variability in sight across individuals and even between the two eyes. It describes cases of eyes diverging in acuity, notes common one-eyed usage, and cites Herschel. It explains simple experiments to observe the retina’s vessels and the blind spot, and notes that pupil size can be influenced by attention and will.
The piece extols Japanese gardening artistry and flower etiquette, noting attentive care, natural harmony, and ceremonial respect for blossoms. It recalls practices like tying twigs, arranging with thread, and public homage to flowers, including poems tied to branches and a proverb about flowers versus dumplings. It also mentions a British minister’s wife, an empress’s gift, and a term for picnics meaning viewing flowers. It closes with a blunt health ad for Ayer's Sarsaparilla.
Dr B W Richardson argues for bright rooms in private homes and hospitals noting sunlight improves air, reduces organic poisons, and lifts patient spirits. Dark sickrooms foster dirt, disorder, and a belief in imminent death, while daylight aids recovery and wards off gloom.
An American Review excerpt analyzes Australian women as stylish yet lacking in grace and taste, noting bold vanity and uniformity in dress. It contrasts Melbourne’s relative elegance with broader society, praising adaptability and tact while criticizing emphasis on piano prowess and lax parental oversight.
A stance on shaping girls from infancy to be strong wives builds a stable society. Emphasizes avoiding jealousy and gossip, keeping promises, speaking respectfully, seeking good in others, and serving others. Promotes character as a universal foundation regardless of wealth, enabling resilience in hardship.
The passage urges keeping a stout spirit and rising above hardship. It ties hope and daily joy to perseverance, music in work, and the view that cheerful conduct strengthens endurance. It also invokes proverbs about light after darkness and the virtue of a positive temperament.
The piece extols laughter as a universal stimulant to the body, boosting life and strength by speeding blood and signaling organs. It argues future medicine will favor mental influence over drugs, using mind and vital forces to treat patients.
An advice piece recommends choosing flowers with a delicate posture for invalids and notes that bright crimson or deep yellow blooms please convalescents more than white flowers. It also comments on long stemmed arrangements and cites Ayer's Sargaparilla as a proven blood purifier supported by testimonials. The piece briefly mentions a hop crop estimate being higher than last year.
A fragmentary item notes Minaras Liniment cures burns and jokes about an imagined great jumper. It compares a man leaping distances from Chicago to St. Louis in two jumps, illustrating playful, improbable feats.
Minard's Liniment supposedly cures Dandrus, a creature known from only two examples. The result defeats a long standing legend about Washington, described as an early sophoina of Great, DG.
Minard's Laniment advertised as a neuralgia remedy claims relief while noting Natal houses South Africa's only woolen mill, producing about 1800 yards of cloth monthly. Includes a sale notice for Minard's Laniment jewelry.
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