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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Jan 30, 1892
Page
2
Published by Authority. The Board of Health rules for Istan are approved and publication authorized by His Excellency the Governor M R Bond and Colonial Secretary. Secretary's Office, Dec 0, 1891.
The Pilley's Island Newfoundland Board of Health adopts strict rules to curb diphtheria and other infectious diseases. It requires isolation, disinfection, and restricted movement. placards on infected homes. school exclusions. mandatory reporting. and enforcement actions by authorities.
Mails from D P Ingraham wait at Fogo for forwarding or courier delivery. Orange Lodges Loyalty and Crosby designate Feb 16 for an anniversary dinner with limited outsider tickets via ZA W Beott after Feb 12. Also notes a poem line and a Dr Sage's Catarrh Remedy with a $300 reward for incurable cases.
The Musicians' Guide describes 212 pages of musical info with 10000 pieces, 150 composer bios, portraits, and sample new music. Respondents can mail eight two cent stamps to Brainard's Sons Co in Chicago for a free copy and a sample issue featuring new music and reading material.
The Governor in Council appoints Alfred H. Seymour Sheriff for the Northern District replacing John Bemister. Simon Avery becomes Stipendiary Magistrate at Bonne Bay succeeding Dr. B R Somerville. James F Bancroft named Sub-Collector of Customs at Bonne Bay in N N Taylor’s place. Brenry J Watts to Clerk and Landing Waiter at Harbor Grace. C H Bowen John Colborne Samuel Anthony and Horas Herbert named Board of Health for Pilley’s Island Notre Dame Bay. Jan 5 1893.
A Newfoundland community reports the first electric lighting at Salt Pond Pilley's Island, installed by Mr. Chas A Hoyt with equipment from John Starr of Halifax. The Conscript carrier will bring officials to St John’s for legislative work as the Pyrites Co Limited oversees mine improvements. Mrs Bowen hosted a New Year Christmas tree for over 250 children, with gifts for every child.
A bold Rue Breda robbery ends with a 14 year old thief named Auguste Vaterlo captured after snatching a purse from a 72 year old woman. He warns authorities that the guillotine will hear more of him in years to come. Also reported is the sudden death of Lord Lytton in Paris from heart spasm, linked to prior bladder inflammation. The London annal rental is estimated at £20,000,000.
From the Shansi mission in China a district magistrate's visit is described as the first official recognition of missionary work. The magistrate pledged protection for their duties, blessing the mission's standing. The account notes preaching outdoors to large gatherings and the conversion efforts of Mrs Liu, with emphasis on the favorable political climate and rented premises at Jen tsun.
Mr. Nielsen, Superintendent of the Fisheries, packed herring at Sound Island in Placentia Bay using birch barrels with iron hoops. Some batches were shipped to Europe and America at high prices, while others tested on Starvey & Co.'s wharf sold in New York for 8 dollars per barrel, surpassing Norwegian and Scotch herring. He advocates standardizing barrel shape and material through legislation to boost prices and expand the local herring packing industry.
The fragment lists world figures on sheep in Argentina about 90 million, U S newspapers 16 310, Dutch colonial area and British tonnage details, gold coin holdings, British fruit acreage, US swamp drainage potential, railway and mining tonnages, sugar refining in Britain, and New York tobacco employment with demographic notes. It reads as a broad statistical digest across nations and industries.
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