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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Jun 20, 1891
Page
3
Reports from the coast mention improving salmon fishing at Mings’ Bight and a hopeful outlook for the French Shore fleet aboard the Conscript. Ice limits North Atlantic passages but several vessels gear for Southward runs as winter grips Newfoundland coasts and a grippes outbreak affects locals.
A fragmentary report describes the new schooner Modus Vivendi built at Exploits Bay. The vessel, reportedly copper-toned and of eighty tons, was floated at Campbell's wharf with notable mention of Captain George Sevier and Mr Winsor of Exploits. References to Notre Dame Bay and trade relations hint at its use in regional commerce.
Reports cover bridge collapse on Sivias railway with sixty dead and hundreds injured. Irish Land Bill in Commons. limits on Jewish professionals in Russia. Canadian Premier Abbott named. New York tenement fire with fatalities. Swiss rail disaster deaths. Premier Mercier raises funds. rain in Ontario aids crops. Irish bishops seek Catholic party gains. British Parliament galleries hear Stanhope. Prince of Wales apology. Paris and German army sentiment on gambling. Sir Alexander Gault ill. anarchists jailed. Toronto Methodist Conference to discuss deaconesses.
On June 10 at St Peter's Parsonage Western Cove White Bay the wife of J Andrews of a son. In Washington County May 25 the wife of Paul Putzki of a son.
Married notices report William Gowman of Irvine Scotland to Wilhelmina Martin of Upper Island Cove at Tilt Cove Christ Church. Frank Smart missionary of Bay de Verde weds Mary Noel of Harbor Grace. John I Geddes of Coventryville NY weds Civilla Holden of Jordan Falls Nova Scotia May 19.
Death notices from Little Bay dated May 27 report Samuel Clarke aged 7 years 5 months youngest son of Josiah and Dina Clarke died of diphtheria. At Fogo on the 8th inst Joseph Randell died aged 45 years.
Miss Muigry Miss Hubper Miss Lizzie Suri Mrs Agyus Swine Miss Caurehill Miss Ross Ginnerr Miss Olvia Vere Rev J & Kelly Me Jus Minty Mer Jony Linrre. Freeman, President.
Persons found trespassing on or destroying the property of the Hospital will be prosecuted according to Law and any person giving information leading to the discovery or conviction of parties to trespassing will be rewarded.
An old advertisement touts the Odell Type Writer as simple and durable with no ink ribbon. It claims neat, customizable results, quick mastery, and a chance to earn prizes for matching the double case model. Distribution via agents and dealers across Chicago and Illinois.
A brief note from November extols dubbin as one of the best protections against snow water, praising its waterproofing quality for leather as soft as velvet and highly effective.
We offer the largest stock of sheaf and heavy hardware and general house furnishings ever imported, with selections from Hogish and American markets. Includes colored glass, rosettes, mixed paints, brushes, smiths gear, tarred roofing, otter traps, galvanized items, grindstones, locks, latches and hinges, and more.
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