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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Feb 27, 1892
Page
2
Jewellery made and repaired Wedding rings ordered Watches repaired by experienced European workmen at J. T. Lams’s Little Bay.
The Lunatic Asylum, through the Board of Works, will no longer admit patients using old forms. New blank Medical Certificate and Statement forms, with instructions, are available on application at the Attending Physician’s office and Board of Works. The State ent may be sworn before a Justice of the Peace or other affidavit taker.
The text outlines duties of holders to notify authorities about infectious conditions, penalties up to fifty dollars for noncompliance, and requirements for people exposed to infection to avoid public conveyances or to take action as directed. It emphasizes precautionary measures and board orders to prevent spread.
The third session opened with Sir I. O'Brien delivering a long address praising prosperity, fisheries, mining prospects, and public finance. He notes coal and iron deposits near Grandee, railway progress to Halls Bay and Gander Bay, and pending trade talks with the United States and Canada. The assembly adjourned to consider an address of condolence to the Queen on the Duke of Clarence’s death.
A correspondent from Little Bay lauds local progress with five churches, multiple Sunday Schools, four denominations, two free night schools run by volunteers, Epworth League, and a working men’s benefit club. He cites teachers, volunteer supervisors, and a network of night schools at Bight and Loading Wharf as models others could adopt to aid youth and education.
Fishermen from Fox Harbor and vicinity who had been supplying Newfoundland and American schooners with herring in Sound Island returned home by January 7. They earned sixty to one hundred twenty dollars each, with the highest fare at one hundred twenty dollars. Some earned nothing. Early sales were salt care, slowed by easterly winds and river tides. About forty American schooners remained seeking frozen cargoes, with many local crafts ready to supply when favorable.
Letter from Fred. White of Greenspond dated January 16 1892 urging the Newfoundland House to stop killing old seals aboard steamers bound for Pool's Island and overhaul the seal fishery. He argues few in power control many, condemns slaughter for profit, and warns of future poverty on the French Shore. He calls for a weaker fleet, reduced crew shares, and renewed seal protection measures.
An advertised medical pitch lauds Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a purifying blood tonic that revives tired and nervous systems, with a money back guarantee and claims of curing scrofula salt rheum skin and lung diseases. A German statistic notes 180000 suicides yearly worldwide.
The schooner Avenger, en route from Boston with kerosene oil, ran aground on the north head of Petty Harbor in a blinding snow storm at 6 15 yesterday morning. The crew reached Cape Spear lighthouse exhausted after being without food since 5 am. The vessel broke up, sails lost, boat destroyed, and fifty barrels of oil were saved by tug Favorite. The Avenger, owned by Geo Wightman of Montague PEI, was new and insured. crew sent to Sailors' Home for care.
The mail from Gambo left Thursday morning and should arrive this evening. Mail for Fogo and nearby places closes Tuesday at 8 p.m. L. C. A. Morton's Harbor held their anniversary last Thursday. a report will appear in the next issue. Little Bay notes keep steady conditions, and at South West Arm the mine shows promise as a gang works a new road from the bight toward the mine.
Readers of the 16 days paper are invited to consider a letter by Mr. Fr. White of Greens Pond about the killing of old seals. The shareable piece is expected to engage readers in the district and be of general interest.
The annual festival of the North Star Division No 16 of the Sons of Temperance will be held on Tuesday next March 1 at C.V. Tickets for tea and entertainment cost 30 cents each and may be bought from Geo Roberts F Linfield S Payne Jr J W Roberts R Blackmore or N Gray.
A letter from Sydney, CB, credits Minard's Liniment with helping his family through illness and claims it saved his life during a severe la grippe attack last winter. The writer endorses C. C. Bionarps & Co. gents.
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