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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Feb 22, 1936
Page
3
The Nanking government orders all public officials and government employees to save a portion of their salaries. A savings scale is drawn up, reflecting a belief that traditional methods remain superior in personal finance.
A Scotsman and an Englishman dine and order tea. The Englishman jokes for others to see “Now you be mother and pour out,” and the Scotsman complies. After the meal the Scotsman turns the prank around by declaring “Now you be father and pay.”
A doctor tests a patient with a physical exam noting heart and lung sounds and blood pressure. The patient recalls his heaviest weight at eleven stone ten pounds and his lightest at right and a quarter pounds, as notes are taken at the desk.
A five year old girl named Jessie attempts to thread a needle and, frustrated, pleads with the needle to behave. The scene captures a child's persistence and comic worry over the stubborn thread.
A royal remark contrasts dictatorship and monarchy by noting the British royal family's peace within and its desire for harmony with other nations. The late king expresses comfort in the nation’s unity and internal peace as a model for international relations.
A reader claims Kruschen Salts eased nearly a year of rheumatic pain and swollen hands. She credits two ingredients with dulling and dissolving uric acid crystals and aiding natural elimination.
A conversation unfolds with a doctor who jokes he is a doctor of music. An old lady explains she seeks his help for a terrible singing in her ears, prompting a humorous exchange about expertise and diagnosis.
The railway superintendent demanded immediate accident reports from station-masters. A telegram arrived saying a man fell from a platform in front of a moving train with details to come. Five minutes passed then another telegram stated everything is okay and no one hurt, noting the man was moving backwards.
Hearst and Lindbergh era papers highlight a Hearst protege in New Jersey Governor Hoffman reopening the Hauptman case. Hearst reporters allegedly halted a Lindbergh automobile in a forceful photo taking of Jon Lindbergh. Hearst deplored Communist pressure that drove Col. Lindbergh from the United States.
Rudyard Kipling was buried today in Westminster Abbey with other English literary immortals. His ashes join Chaucer Spenser Johnson Macauley Tennyson and Browning in the poet's corner as King George V's funeral occupied Westminster Hall.
A 17th century penance chair dated 1655 was kept in St Ishmael church near Ferryside. It bore texts urging husbands to love their wives and wives to reverence their husbands. Couples in quarrel sat on the chair during divine service, head covered by a white sheet.
Detroit Free Press notes the nation mourned King George V with unprecedented affection and sorrow, comparing public grief to historic tributes for Lincoln and Edward VII. The piece emphasizes his duty, friendship, and the deep trust he earned from the people.
C D Spake of Gastonia explains he is his own uncle through a tangled remarriage chain. His grandfather married his wife’s mother making his wife his aunt. Spake notes his mother in law is his grandmother and his grandfather his father in law, so his children are his own first cousins.
A joke tale from New Orleans follows two men one curious about Canada. Sam rows a long time in a swift Mississippi current trying to reach Canada, only to be found still far from his target as his friend calls from the riverbank.
A fragmented diner line shows a speaker describing a “smart little waitress” and a customer exchange with scrambled phonetics. The text hints at a rough local mood and informal speech style without a clear incident or outcome.
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