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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Jul 17, 1926
Page
3
A sleepy Freddie falls asleep during a French lesson and dreams of a fairy guided journey to King Day's palace. Freddie helps by painting the palace green and silencing the fairy lights, then wakes to discover the class laughed at his nap and vows to avoid late-night reading.
Ferdinand Schulz, famed German glider pilot, set a new world two passenger duration record by staying aloft nine hours 21 minutes 53 seconds with a student. He previously held the five hour 43 minute mark.
A cheerful verse urges cheering up with a tossed head and grit teeth. The piece shifts to a comic scene in a department store where a clerk teases a lady about dress size and a deaf institution attendant answers a visitor with a wry boast about summoning inmates by ringing dumb bells.
A clipped excerpt shows Mrs. Clancy promptedly urging a donor to consider contributing to the new hospital. The dialogue reflects a canvassing moment as a patient was involved in the discussion about hospital support.
A reader questions a $20000 payout from the railway company claiming it was not an accident but an act of violence as alleged in a recorded speech. The remark suggests a staged mishap and implied intent in a disputed incident.
A wife enthuses about a magnificent sight to Henry and Niazara. Henry silences her with a quick rebuke and a sharp retort.
A fragment mentions Archie Reggie Van der Wissen connected to a spring warning phrase Stop look and listen. The text hints he is now numbered among the missing.
A tongue twisting scene shows Sylvia drowning after a splash as Sammy shouts for help. Six sailors aboard rescue Sylvia while Sammy issues a panicked call and later consoles Sylvia with concerned words.
A five year old asks if Africans wear clothes and if a button dropped into the collection plate has any use. The mother answers no, and the exchange reflects a child's blunt curiosity about charity and cultural norms.
A humorous exchange suggests many girls prefer not to marry. The speaker asks a counter question and replies that he has asked them, implying varied views on matrimony among women.
A salesman boasts a gadget will increase a car's speed by claiming it twists the tail of each horse in the engine. The exchange centers on horsepower and the device's claimed effect.
A child misreads a sign as "This is a warm doughnout" then "step on it" and later learns the sentence actually reads "This is a worm. Do not step on it." The father overhears the boy's reading and confirms the humorous miscue.
A light exchange features a teacher urging Sammie to calm the four seasons and Sammie replying with a list of condiments salt mustard vinegar and pepper suggesting a playful culinary solution.
A witty exchange questions medical ethics and the power of doctors over other doctors. The dialogue hints at manipulation and autonomy within professional ranks, framed in a playful, almost comic, tone.
A retired jam manufacturer who married an earl's daughter is ashamed of his wealth and writes in anger about trespassing servants. The neighbor replies with a witty and courteous insult, calling it poaching on his preserves.
The July issue of Rod and Gun features official photographs and an account of the Canadian Government Arctic Expedition of 1925. It also includes Bourmont to Maniwaki canoe tale by J Jeckins and Dalton trappers wrinkles. Editorial opposes Senator Belcourt’s firearms bill and urges opposition.
Public Notice reports complaints about stallion owners of two years and over allowing horses to run at large, violating Consolidated Statutes Vol 1 Cap 51 Sec 31, with penalties up to fifty dollars for contravention.
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