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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Jun 03, 1933
Page
3
An old notice touts Nerviline as a top remedy for stomach and bowel troubles. It claims ten to fifteen drops with water provide instant relief from cramps and colic and that the product greatly reduces pain from digestive disorders.
Telegram reports that the United States abandons the gold standard triggering inflation measures and a dollar devaluation plan. Congress debates three core provisions to fund government debt while markets react with volatility as world powers assess impact.
The report notes stocks rising sharply with prices for seats on the Stock Exchange leaping by $50,000 as commodities including wheat metals cotton rubber and other articles hit multi year highs. The dollar fell while foreign currencies gained with sterling reaching around 3.91 in early trading in Montreal.
The piece notes a France wide campaign calling licking stamps a pernicious habit claiming microbes and poisons can be absorbed. It acknowledges unease but argues no real danger comparable to fears around money or coins.
A housewife scolds her new servant Jane for not washing the fish served at breakfast. The reply claims the fish has lived its life in water, so washing it seems useless, provoking the humorous exchange.
Complete the analogies by adding the missing word at each sentence end. 1 Wing to bird as fin to fish. 2 Right to left as starboard is to port. 3 Bell to tram bar as horn is to whistle. 4 Morth to south as east is to west. 5 Letter to word as word is to sentence. 6 Foot to distance as hour is to time. 7 Cube to sphere as square is to circle.
They vow patience and forbearance as they plan to avoid quarrels even over small annoyances. The man pledges not to grow cross if dinner is cold, and the girl playfully responds that heat would be roused if he did.
Definitions columnist Hugh Clark offers witty tax definitions. He defines income tax as an outgo on income and sales tax as a tax on purchases. He notes surtax targets men who think they are overtaxed already.
A compact selection of playful tongue twisters and alliterative phrases features references to cricket critics, Mr Snipe and a rash dash to wash a dish, along with several dense word clusters. The text showcases phonetic fun and regional character in tangled, rhythmic lines.
Bates meets Cates at the club and offers a sorrowful remark about a wife’s visit. Cates responds with surprise as Bates explains his wife wore a new hat and went to Cates’s home to show it to Cates’s wife.
A playful exchange contrasts how men hear information with how women speak it back. The quip highlights the difference in listening and speaking styles with humor.
Reader aid listing readable renderings for persons and places in the China Japan clash. Includes Jeho Rey Ho Shenkaikwan Shen-Hai-Gwan Chinwangtao Chin-Way-Dow Chiachow Chin-Cho Maukden Mook-den Peiping Bay-Ping Tientsin Sin Sin Manchukuo Man-Chu-Go Tungliao Toong Lee Ow Chaoyangtsn Chow-Yang-Soo Chaoyang Chow Yang Kailu Kai-Loo Peipiao Bay Pee Ow.
Tailors advocate dark blue over black for evening dress as black shows a greenish tint under artificial light. Dark blue appears truly black in artificial light and flatters complexions, with actors and fashion-conscious men leading the change, while women increasingly prefer blue.
A teacher asks six year old Jiltie Ruth her father’s name and she replies Daddy. The teacher presses for what her mother calls him and Ruth earnestly says she does not call him anything because she likes him.
The sale featured horse lots selling for very low prices amid lackluster interest. A final, subdued bid session concluded with a noticeably somber buyer entering the ring as the limited bids exhausted.
The auctioneer calls for offers on a lot and the crowd murmurs. A voice from the middle shouts five shillings, prompting protests that the horse is alive, amid the lively bidding scene.
A diner jokes about a killer chicken and a waiter asks why the killer would be kind. The diner quips that the killer must have hesitated years before doing it, turning a grim act into a dark, humorous exchange.
A doctor tells Billy an angel brought a baby sister. Billy replies he does not want to see her but asks to look at the angel instead. The exchange captures a child’s whimsical misunderstanding of miracles and siblings.
A fragmentary verse meditation on restless crowds and individual visions. It contrasts saints and sinners with fragile boundaries and notes the presence of a figure named Dr Lilian Garp in Pe.
A French inventor, M. Joseph Chartrain, claims a ship that cannot be sunk. Tests on a 12 foot model weighing half a ton showed holes could not keep it down, as it settled only slightly and then righted itself when weights removed.
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