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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Jul 26, 1941
Page
2
Stella, urged by fear and loss after Derrick’s presumed death, marries Sandy Ogilvie as sirens wail and guns fire in the distance. Denise jokes of danger while Stella hides dread of a life without Derrick, clinging to the wedding as a shield against memory.
Denise places carnations on the breast of the bride while Stella prepares to leave for a short honeymoon. Denise’s blue eyes glisten with farewell tears as Sandy remains stationed out East.
In a Scottish glen the Ogilvie family estate is shown to Sandy and Stella. She senses his hidden passion as a dangerous path called Ogilvie'n Path is described and a legend about a bride crossing it is recalled. A note on summer fashions ends the fragment.
The American Friends Service Committee proposes a six point dynamic peace to President Roosevelt and leaders. It urges creation of an international emergency commission to address urgent postwar problems and advance a possible world government with disarmament third party dispute resolution and global resource access.
A brief seaworthy quip from The Stanley World notes a destroyer stuck fast in mud. The joke suggests such a ship would become a record breaker on the open sea.
A cropped OCR fragment shows a quarrel between spouses about going home to dinner. The line hints at misunderstanding and raised voices during a morning dispute. No clear names or places are provided.
Stinging nettles will supply about 107 tons for chlorophyll production this summer aiding medicine nerve tonic and soap coloring. A major British chemical firm will expand output and export excess to war-ravaged markets. Collection will be done by Women's Institutes and Boy Scout troops harvesting drying and sending the material to factories.
The USSR covers 8 819 791 square miles and through 1939 hosts 49 nationalities. Russians are 58.41 percent of the population. Census efforts in 1937 failed and 1938 results listed 170 467 186 people, with post war estimates at 192 695 710. Stalin is described as a Georgian from the Caucasus.
Quebec Le Soleil reports Charles Lindbergh demands a shift in United States leadership though the constitution keeps President Roosevelt in office until 1944. The piece frames Lindbergh’s campaign as an anti Allied effort aiding Germany, with implications about Canada and Britain.
A couple's crossword game turns sour when the wife asks for a female sheep word and the husband answers ewe. The moment triggers an unpleasant quarrel that upends their evening.
The village schoolteacher was leaving and received a clock and a purse as gifts. The vicar presenting the items quipped that the purse contents would vanish, but the clock would never run down.
A rough exchange quotes a visitor asking if hogs yield better income than corn and potatoes. The hillbilly replies that hogs require less labor since they do not need hoeing, implying lower cultivation effort.
A humorous exchange suggests an extreme solution to preventing fish smell in heat, joking that cutting off noses would stop odor rather than addressing proper handling.
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