Boots for sale at St Johns shop window
Bryan O’Lyon seeks boots, panning stores along Prescot Street for the right pair. JD Martin promises the cheapest and fixes any leak by pegging or patching while you wait, with no extra charge.
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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Feb 20, 1892
Page
1
Bryan O’Lyon seeks boots, panning stores along Prescot Street for the right pair. JD Martin promises the cheapest and fixes any leak by pegging or patching while you wait, with no extra charge.
Published by Authority announces rules and regulations made by the Board of Health for Pruney's Island, approved by the Governor in Council. R. Bond, Colonial Secretary, Office, December 30, 1891.
The Board of Health imposes restrictions on movement of infected persons and belongings, requires disinfection of clothing and goods, bars entry to other dwellings without permission, and mandates reporting of infectious disease. It authorizes placards on infected houses, permits inspections, and assigns duties to owners, teachers, and officials for isolation and prevention of spread.
The Pilley’s Island Board of Health lays down quarantine and house management rules for inmates to protect the public. Police assist Health Board as needed. penalties up to 50 dollars per offence apply, with summary proceedings before magistrates and possible imprisonment up to three months for nonpayment.
The article advises poultry farming methods to maximize egg output and profitability. It emphasizes high egg production per hen, efficient feeding regimes with wheat, middlings, and corn, and specific diets for chicks and turkeys. It also discusses housing conditions and preferred chicken breeds like Nose Comb White Leghorn Wyandots Plymouth Rocks Dominiques and Dorking for table use.
A True Gentleman cites that not all boys enjoy cruelty to animals and many show gentleness. A girl with a disfigured face is welcomed kindly to school after teachers persuade her mother. In a street encounter a deformed shoeshine boy is treated with respect as the well dressed man faces modest payment and a gentle rebuke.
The Agriculturalist announces a grand prize program offering $3,500 in rewards for the best word lists formed from letters in Tap Illustrated Agriculturist. Entries require 100 words, submission with $1 subscription, and judges include J. G. MacDonald and Commodore Cald Curr.
An 19th century style advertisement extols Mrs Winston's Soorsina Syrup for teething and infant ailments. It claims immediate relief for sick children, cures dysentery and diarrhea, regulates stomach and bowels, and strengthens the system. The product is praised as pleasant tasting and widely sold by druggists, price 23 cents.
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