Insurance for parcels in Newfoundland postal service
Parcels posted in Newfoundland for delivery within Newfoundland or to Canada and the United States may be insured by the sender against loss while in the custody of the Postal Service. The insurance fee scales: 10.00 up to 10. 20.00 up to 40. 50.00 up to 100. Limitations apply for Newfoundland and the United States. General Post Office, Feb. 1928.
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Newfoundland
Canada
United States
Postal Service
Harbor View Hotel Near Memorial Hospital Opens Comfortably
Harbor View Hotel sits on the South Side a short distance from The Memorial Hospital. Rooms described as comfortable with reasonable rates. A motor boat ferries passengers and baggage to steamers.
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Memorial Hospital
For Sale Motor Boat Little Clyde Seventy Five Foot Trade
For sale a 35 ft long boat named Little Clyde with 7 ft 4 in beam and 3 ft 3 in depth. Fitted with a 10 hp Hubbard engine. Suitable for the passenger trade. For further particulars apply in S FACEY.
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Clyde
H.p. Hubbard
S. Facey
Red Light and Whistling Buoy Removed Near Channel Head
Notice to Mariners from Newfoundland reports the red light and whistling buoy moored off Channel Head have been removed due to floating ice and will be replaced when ice clears. Issued by the Minister of Marine and Fisheries Lighthouse Department in St. John’s on February 13, 1928.
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Department of Marine & Fisheries
St. John’s
Newfoundland
St. John's
Melrose
St. Joan’s Newfoundland
Channe ‘Head
Bayer
Phillips Milk of Magnesia touted as better than soda
A vintage promotion claims Phillips Milk of Magnesia relieves indigestion and sour stomach instantly when taken in water. It praises the product as able to neutralize stomach acid and gas, cite physicians’ long use, and notes distribution by Gerald S. Doyle with emphasis on oral consumption and pleasant taste compared to soda.
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Phillips
Gerald S. Doyle
Obituary for George and Almelia Rice of Black Island
The Rice children George 19 and Almelia 15 of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Rice on Black Island died of consumption, George in March and Almelia in April. They were memorialized by family, friends, and Rev. L. A. Perry at Salt Pan's Church with burial in Salt Pan's Cemetery.
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Twillingzate Sun
George
Almelia Rice
Arthur Rice
Black Island
Almelia
Haspden
Armetia
Peary
L. A. Perry
Salt Pan
Friday’s Bay
Ground hog joke turns classroom moment into sausage quip
A teacher asked what a ground hog is and a student shouted a witty reply claiming it is a sausage. The exchange captures a humorous classroom moment.
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Tommy
Measles Mixup Sends Timmy Dolan to Florida
A Toronto schoolboy informed a teacher his sister had measles. The teacher sent him home to wait until she recovered. The same boy then quipped that Timmy Dolan's sister with measles was in Florida, revealing the incident's faulty joke.
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Toronto
Timmy Dolan
Florida
Husband vents over marital strain and neglect
A man complains to a friend that his wife ignores him and he dislikes the lack of attention. The dialogue highlights domestic tension and communication issues within the marriage.
Lawyer and witness clash over strained explanation
A lawyer questions the witness while a cook admits possible exaggeration in explanations used to clarify points. The exchange highlights tension over how facts are presented in the case.
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Grand Bruit
Offer Island
Irelend Island
la Poile Bay
w. c/ WINSOR
Minister of Marine & Fisheries
Cupids Cove
Bay-De-Grave
W. C. Winsor
Trinity Bay
W.€. Winsor
Minister of Marine and Fisheries
Tiyan, Adin the Twillingate-Sun
General Post Office
V. J. Woodford
Minister of Posts and Telegraphs
Harbor View Hotel
Burrough’s
London
A&k
Bourg
Curacao
Kummel
James Burrough Ltd
England
Board of Liquor Control
Domagin
Linfield
T’gate
Standard Marble
Geran P.ovbox
St, John
W. ©. Winsor
Phillips Milk
Magnesia
Confederation Life
DR. Wood
Bill
Orhof Hy
Hor
J. W. McGrath
St John's
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