Memorial Hospital Debt Reduction Campaign
A historical notice lists numerous donors and contributions totaling 969.55 dollars for Memorial Hospital debt reduction, with names including Elijab Mart Agnes Guy Miss Agnes Guy, Miss Agnes Guy, Harold J. Earle, and more. The document items gifts from individuals and groups, ending with total and treasurer K.M. Batten dated January 10, 1927.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Marle
A. Cook
Hyde
Harold J. Earle
Dr. J. McKenzie
Miss & M- Hyde
Harold Jr. Earle
Society of I. Fishermen
R F. Mercer
Loyal Orange Association
A Gill
Stanley Layman
Benjamin Oake
Divah Payne
Thomas Butler
A. L and
Mes. Earle
R. F. Scott
W. Verge
M. J. Walsh
William Freeton
Pierce Oake
Darrel Bennett
A. J. Sims
Wilson Oake, Jr
Terry Oake
Gladys Oake
Dorothy Q Oake
Frederick Simms
Mark Jones
Gilbert Payne
Thomas Simms
Frank Oake
Claud Oeke
Gliy Stuuts
Josiah Oake
Joyce Furze
We Furze
Wm Furze
F. Cofin
H. Snelgrove
Ballington Snelgrove
W. J. Brien
Allan Cole
Joseph Snow
Chas
Wooldrize
Charles Chaffey
Ezekiel Ludlow
Elijah Ludlow
C. J. Ludlow
Wor
E H. Simms
Henry Farewell
Walter Gard
James Gard
George Pope
William Pope
Geo. Blandford
Henry Jones
Elijab Mart
Agnes Guy
Stewart Orlee
Thomas Rendell
Hiram Combden
James Reid
Bertie Bennett
John Gill
Mark Warrick
Ered Torravile
Thomas Heilings
Walter Pops
Harry Layman
George Rendell
Reg Layman
G Lavalan
Geo. Mills
William Mil
A Prize Story Of A Teacher In A Fancy Goods Shop
A school teacher enters a fancy goods store asking for a comb for a friend at Christmas. He emphasizes grammar, but the clerk misinterprets his phrasing leading to humorous wordplay about a man’s comb and a catchphrase.
Alphabet Dictation Behind Closed Doors
A business man quits work to dictate a coded message to his wife and friends at the club. He forbids revealing the wording and asks one table companion to note the letters he dictates, ending with a cryptic string.
An Easy Trick With a Wishbone Optical Illusion
A described party trick uses a wishbone bound with thread and a rapidly released match to create a circular motion illusion. The setup involves threading the wishbone ends, tying tight, inserting a match, twisting, and releasing to deliver a convincing, eye catching effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iere
Gin Pills Herald Back Relief After 17 Year Struggle
A letter from Harry H. Buss of Egmont British Columbia claims Gin Pills cured his lame back after more than 17 years of pain. He reports rapid relief after two and a half boxes and urges others with back or kidney symptoms to try the product. The ad lists 50c boxes from National Drug and Chemical Co. of Canada Toronto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry H. Buss
Egmont
B.C
Sam
National Drug & Chemical Co. of Canada, Limited
Toronto
Canada
Editor's Epistolary Funny Answers To Reader Questions
The piece presents a reader letter asking playful questions and the editor's humorous responses. It includes quips about string length, ice weight, the moon, beards, and water, with punchlines referencing measurement, newborn babies, and the chemical composition of water.
Wrong Guess In Comic Exchange Over Baton Fashion
A light domestic quip features a wife questioning if her baton is straight and a hurried husband who assures her then urges departure. She decides to return, noting it is not fashionable to wear the baton tat straight. The exchange captures playful, era styled humor.
Sheep Riddle Stumpage in Country School
A city girl teaches a country class arithmetic using sheep as a problem. A farmer's daughter answers with a witty twist, insisting she knows sheep better than math, prompting a playful exchange about counting and logic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Childgetr
Bine
Department of Agriculture and Mines Notice
Official notice from St. John's inapplicable date December 3 1926. Department announces actions under agriculture and mineral oversight with administrative details to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newfoundland
W. C. Winsor
Marine and Fisheries
Department of Marine & Fisheries Spirthouse Department
St. John's Newfoundland
Wud. Walsh
Agriculture & Mines
Dept. of Agri. & Mines
St. John’s, Nad
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Alfred Fifield
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Alfred Ludlow
Max Nn
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Frank Banks
George Banks
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Claud Gill
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Malcolm Leyte
Jonas Moores
Matthew Bennett
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Jamies Witham
Johan Reid Sr
John Miller
M. Morgan
Wo. Cofin
Daisy Terraville
Albert Payne
Frank Payne
Walter Payne
Arthur Oake
Thos Qake
Allan Vorraville
John Waterman
Teonard Hart
James Simms
Jas Coombs
Valentine Freake
John Walbourne
Peter Miller
Miss M. Cole
Pierce Farrell
Augustus Dwyer
Adam Freake
Joseph Fore
James Ford
Roland Oake
John Snow
James Bignell
John Dover
Thomas Ludlow
Mia Jimma Miller
Luke Miller
George Ludlow
Michael Farewell
Joseph Sargent
Frank Newman
Hedley Strickland
Myles Farewell
Wm. Bull
John Leyte
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Clane Green
M. Best
Israel Mahaney
Matthew Mahaney
Israel
George Downer
Llewellyn Sibley
James Hiscock
Joe Green
William Jones
Stanley
K.M. Batten
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Davis & Lawrence CO
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W.J McGrath
St. John’s
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Dodding H
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