Gems for your Scrapbook
Experience life consists in the alternate pro cess of learning and unlearning, but it is often wiser to unlearn than to learn. We are prophets to others because we are our own historians. The rules experience sug gests are better than those theorists elaborate. In all past experience our judgment as to the future amounts to moral certainty. Christian experience teaches faith in the right and disbelief in the wrong. It may serve as a comfort that he who loses anything and gains wisdom by it is a gainer by the loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. S. Storra
Beattie
Mary Baker Eddy
Sanitary Drinking Cup Aims to Keep Family Healthy
A Confederate era scene shows a visiting doctor asking how Sambo and his family stay well. Sambo attributes their health to buying a sanitary drinking cup and sharing it among household members.
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Sambo
You can't straighten out the other guy by hammering at him
A compact aphorism notes that forceful aggression toward an adversary only backfires. It suggests patience and restraint as wiser strategies in conflict. The statement emphasizes psychological dynamics over direct confrontation.
Questioning Democracy: Do We Rely on Statesmen Too Much
A reader-era lament asks why citizens defer thought to lawmakers yet still call the system a democracy. The piece critiques burden on legislators and the public’s passive engagement, urging more active participation and critical thinking from every voter.
Beebe Seeks Phoebe Amid Clerical Fees
A light verse records Beebe wishing to wed Phoebe but needing to settle a clerical fee before the wedding can proceed. The playful couplet riffs on names and a bureaucratic hurdle.
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Phoebe
Sergeant Commands Cadre To Move In Music Camp
In a drill room a top sergeant orders musicians to advance for a plan move. Six men step forward hoping for concert tickets as the sergeant assigns them to follow the group.
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Erks
O.K
Plano
Miner Will Probate Sought for Kingsville Naturalist
Application for probate of the will of Jack Miner filed in the surrogate court by his widow Mrs. Laona Miner and two sons Manly Forest Miner and William Edward Miner. The will leaves real estate worth 10 500 and personal estate valued at 1 785, totaling 12 285.
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Jack Miner
Kingsville
Laona Miner
Manly Forest Miner
Wiliam Edward Miner
Public Health Welfare releases on wartime stock reserves
A statement from the Public Relations Officer explains 1942 government stockpiles in St John’s were partly sold in 1944 to wholesalers in the city and the balance kept for institutions. Proceeds benefited the department as market prices rose. Remaining reserve was allocated to public institutions across Newfoundland and Labrador.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commission of Government
St. John's
St. John’s
Department of Public Health and Welfare
J. B. Mitchell & Son
Ayre & Sons Ltd
Harvey & Co. Ltd
Bowring Bros.Ltd
C. R. Bell Ltd
A. E. Hickman & Co. Ltd
Baird and Co
Wilso’s Ltd
T. & M. Winter, Steers Ltd
Geo Neal Ltd
Canada Packers Ltd
Naval Canteen
Child Welfare Association
Mental Hospital
Merchant Navy Hospital
Children’s Home
Home For
Civil Defence
Whitbourne
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Nfld
Canadian National Railways
Canadian Pacific Railway
ALC
Canada
United States
U.S. A
Grand Falls
Corner Brook
Port and Basques
Port Aux Basques
Muir's Marble Works, Ltd
Twillingate
E. J. Linfield
Fred. T. Fuge
McDougall Street
Fostoria
Ohio
Lewisporte
Sun
Sun Mon
Thur
Firat
New Moon
Stewart Roberts
Newfoundland
Ence
The
Twillingate Sun
Eddy
Redbirds
Comets
F.M. O'Leary Ltd
Scott
Grannie
Chase & Sanborn
Chase & Sanborn Coffee
Madame Swetchine
Confederation Life
Beebe
Christian Science Monitor
CAMPO
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