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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Mar 05, 1949
Page
2
Fragmented dialogue describes farmers and partners with strained phrases about exercises, a distant physical course, and evenings with a different companion. The garbled text hints at social strain, attempted workouts, and personal tensions without clear events or names.
The article traces Marie Louise Jacob of Port de Grave and her Newfoundland connections. It notes her marriage to George Alexander Drew and their descendants, including a Drew grandson linked to Newfoundland. Speculation suggests Mr Drew could win a prime ministerial seat with Newfoundland ties.
A long list records acknowledgments of various individuals and entities with specified sums ranging from 1.50 to 1756.73 dollars. Names include George J Carter Ltd Jos White Claude Holwell Jr Arthur Miles Harold Farthing and many others, with scattered company and personal references throughout.
A lengthy, disjointed OCR list records numerous individuals with surnames Cutler, Stuckey, Warren, Gosse, Mehaney, Dalley, Rideout, Watt, and others. Totals appear as monetary figures such as 0.80 and 316 30, with various titles and Mrs or Mr prefixes. The fragment suggests an old community ledger or attendance/dues roll listing residents and amounts.
A fragmented OCR list names collectors and individuals tied to Cod Fish collection by Harte and Sons. Names include Horace Warren Clarence Pudge Bennett Card Sidney Gard Isaac Farthing George Burley Bennett Watts Elijah Hiliott Thomas Watkins and many others with partial spellings and nonstandard punctuation.
In Ontario a Safety Inspector visited a plant employing a blind worker and found lamps lit over most machines but one. The inspector highlighted the hazard of inadequate light. The foreman replied the blind worker has inner light, a claim the inspector challenged as unsafe.
Mr and Mrs Alex Mercer and family Port Albert express gratitude to Parcells Hr Smooth Cove and Kettle Cove residents for support during their daughter’s illness and passing.
Abraham and Blanche Horwood and family thank all who assisted during illness and at the death of their daughter Ruth Horwood Mercer formerly of Moreton's Harbour. They express gratitude to hospital staff at Memories Hospital Twillingate and to Captain William Gillett. Mentions of many local relatives and friends.
A list of residents and relatives appears in a local notice from Smooth Cove and Twillingate area. Names include Mercere, Elliott, Mugford, Peckford, Bay, Bay, and Trench families among others, with reference to Mrs. Joseph Mercer and Mrs. Bertha Stuckless. The notice pairs individuals and households across the coastal community.
A biographical sketch of Andrew L. Barrett tracing his roots in Freshwater and Twillingate, his rise from printer’s apprentice to editor of the Western Star, and his role in Newfoundland’s printing industry including the formation of the Weather Publishing Company and his family life in Curling.
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