Death of Mrs Annie Locke A Twillingate Pioneer
Mrs Annie Locke, aged 93 years and 7 months, longtime Twillingate resident and oldest local citizen, died November 21 1927. She was laid to rest November 23 in United Church cemetery after a funeral by Rev Z Davis. Survived by four daughters, two sons Joseph, sister, and many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Known for remarkable health and memory, she kept house for her youngest son in recent years and told stories from the early 1840s.
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Annie Locke
United Church
Z. Davis
Ron
Thomas Locke
Joseph
Joss
Wouran
Faithful Christian Passes After Long Life of Service
A devout believer who walked five miles to Bridgeport years ago and attended her son's funeral on foot in August has long lived a faithful Christian life. Converted young, she spent her years serving God, and her family notes she has fought a good fight, finished her course, and kept the faith, now in peaceful rest as quoted from scripture. H C Locke.
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Bridgeport
St. Paul
H.C. Locke
Newfoundlander killed at Ottawa Ill in industrial accident
Stephen C. Wills, 27, formerly of Three Arms North Dakota Bay, was accidentally killed at the National Plate Grass Co plant in Ottawa Illinois while adjusting machinery it was his first day on shift he had worked there two months Interment was in Ford City Pennsylvania with his brother Pearce and parents John and Biss Wells noted as mourning his loss.
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Stephen C. Wills
Three Arms
N.D. Bay
National Plate Grass Co
Ford City
Pearce
Steve
Biss
John B. Wel S
Emma
Beasie
Ralp
Nellie) Moores
Thre
Many Get Back Young Appetite Diet Warning
A vintage health column warns against quick lunches spoiling digestion and causing indigestion, heartburn, and weakness. It recommends keeping Pape's Diapeps handy and chewing a tablet after meals to help digest food and maintain a youthful appetite.
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Rce
Ford City Man Steve Remembered in Military Funeral
Steve, a member of the 12th Infantry Co OG of the Pa National Guard, was accorded a military funeral at Ford Memorial M E Church with Rev Meintorff officiating. About 70 attendees, including Newfoundland families in Ford City, attended. flowers from Ottawa plant workers and friends from Boston accompanied condolences from the AWeeky Newfoundland Weekly.
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Ims
Pearce
Ford City
Steve
12Th Infantry Co OG
National Guard
Ford Memorial M.E
Y A. Meintorff
Ottawa
C. Co. 112Thi Infantry
Boston
Newfonodland Weekly
Toston
Confed Life Salesman And Credit Man Exchange
A terse dialogue questions a salesman about a customer named Bill Jones, asking if he owns a car while the credit man approves leniency, implying his broad purchasing ability without auto ownership.
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Bill. Jones
Phillips Milk of Magnesia for Indigestion Relief
A vintage medical ad promotes Phillips Milk of Magnesia as a remedy for indigestion and sour stomach. It claims rapid relief by neutralizing stomach acid, reducing gas, and aiding digestion without purging. Distributed by Gerald S. Doyle.
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Phillips
Gerald S. Doyle
Husband and wife spar over who sees truth
A humorous dialogue fragment shows a husband urging proof by sight and his wife retort that she sees him every day, challenging his claim. The exchange hints at a domestic debate on belief and perception with playful tension between spouses.
Pen God bless you pen a vow to the craft
A reflective note on the value of work and writing, praising the pen as a noble instrument. The speaker recalls childhood dismissal of labor's virtue and now affirms faith in labor, letters, and poetry, pledging to compose a worthy poem before death.
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Pen
Hillaire Belloc
Vancouver Boys Begin Transcontinental Walk to Saint John
Paul Christensen and William Work of Vancouver depart Victory Square on December 2 for a transcontinental walking tour to Saint John New Brunswick by next September. Both are noted as prominent athletes.
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Paul Christensen
William Work
Vancouver
Victory Square
Saint John
N. B
My Aim Helen Winchester Harvey Not human praise
A reflective verse from the Christian Science Sentinel, expressing humility before God. The speaker rejects human praise and pomp, seeking to prove love faith and gratitude to the Lord as the true aim. The text centers on devotion and personal spiritual intent rather than outward achievement.
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Helen Winchester Harvey
Christian Science Sentinel
Discovery of $4000 in Ottawa hospital incinerator ends frantic search
A frantic search concluded with the recovery of 4000 dollars in radium found discarded in the Ottawa hospital incinerator. The material had been thrown away with failed dressings, triggering a costly cleanup and investigation.
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Ottawa Hospital
Rain Savvy Fare Sparks Double or Nothing Bet
A rain-soaked railway traveler seeks a taxi to Smith Street. The driver quotes five shillings, then fours until the passenger Isaacson proposes double or nothing. They flip a coin, it lands heads, and Isaacson grumbles he will walk home.
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Tur
Oge
Smith Street
Iack
Isaacson
Britain leads world in economic production of nitrogen from air
Nitrogen from the air is praised as a British economic triumph while chemists weigh the risks of exhausting the atmosphere by removing nitrogen. The piece adds that Rene Savard, a French youth, rode a water bicycle from Calais to Dover, claiming it as the first such Channel crossing by this method.
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Britain
Rene’ Savard
Calais
Dover
Lindbergh Reaches Paris Without Help From Back Seat
An exasperated driver quotes a remark that Lindbergh flew solo to Paris, noting no advice came from the person in the back seat. The line underscores the pilot's independence during the historic flight.
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Lindbergh
Paris
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Tizzard
Twillingate Sun, Twillingate
Dodd
Ottawa, Ill
Confederation Life
Phillips Milk
Magnesia
Scotland
Duffs
Macleay, Duff & Company
Glasgow
Board of Liquor Control
E. J. Linfield
Standard Marble & Granite’ Works
P.O. Box
ST. John's
George Reid
J. McNeyre
Wood
Lewisporte
Shue Cove
Bay
Beaver Cove
St. John’s
Port Aux. Basques
Newfoundland Railway
FORD
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