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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Mar 19, 1892
Page
2
The text portrays a man experiencing a gnawing insatiable appetite and aversion to meals. He feels compelled by an abnormal hunger yet detests food and shows irregular bowels and unusual stools as part of the perceived condition.
Jewellery made and repaired at Notre Dame shop. Watches serviced by experienced European workmen. Wedding rings crafted and repaired for customers.
Fragmentary notice outlines duties of officials to warn about contagions and to take action for public health. Mentions penalties up to fifty dollars and authority of health chairman or justice to order confinement or transport for infected persons and to compel public conveyance if needed.
On the first day of the Legislature Mr Thompson a district representative gave notice to introduce a bill to prevent steamers from sailing for the seal fishery before March 16. It recalls a similar measure from last session rejected by the Legislative Council amid conflicts of interest with steamers. The aim is to protect the fishery by delaying harvests to improve seal growth and market value, with a hope for passage this session by both Houses.
The brigantine Viola under Captain Jolliffe arrived from Rio de Janeiro after fifty two days. A yellow fever illness on board prompted private physician care rather than hospital quarantine. Three sailors recovered within a week and resumed duty before a planned call at Pernambuco.
The Evening Telegram records disastrous tidings from Trinity Bay with reports of seventeen men landed at Ticke Harbor and twenty four at Heart’s Delight. A two hundred man party was driven from the north side of the bay and a schooner searched the area. Twelve bodies were said to have been landed, and rescue efforts were organized using the D P Ingraham and the Labrador pending ice conditions.
The Halifax Chronicle lauds Liberal victory in Queens over Marine backed by subsidies pledges. It criticizes Tory bribery attempts and calls Forbes a credible winner, praising the constituency for resisting government influence and honoring a principled campaign.
The annual returns show total strength of 196 869 officers and men. English 152 811 or 76.2 percent. Irish 28 740 or 14.7 percent. Catholics 18.4 percent, Presbyterians 7.6 percent, Wesleyans 6 percent. In Royal Navy, 47 000 of 64 000 officers and men identify with the Church of England. Minard's Liniment cures Distemper.
A stormy north wind and frost trigger a deadly and missing count across Trinity area. English Harbor Salmon Cove and Ship Cove report multiple deaths and many missing, with Moody brothers and others named among the lost. A search schooner leaves in hope of survivors.
A vintage advertisement touts Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a universal cure for fatigue skin, liver, and lung issues with a money back guarantee. It also promotes Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets and Liver Pills described as gentle yet effective for cleansing the blood and relieving bilious headaches.
A reader from Annapolis writes that a mountain trip gave a severe back and kidney cold. After using MINARL'S LINI MEN, they experienced deep sleep and rapid recovery.
The giant lobster captured near Digby, the largest of its kind, has been divided into sections. One Claw, about the size of a valise, goes to a provincial museum and another portion will be sent to the Chicago World's Fair.
A report notes a dinner service described as the most valuable in the world tied to Queen Victoria with two large Buckingham Palace rooms and royal guards. Mrs. William Astor reportedly owns a gold dinner service valued at about $60,000. another item mentions Minard's Liniment claimed to cure cattle ailments.
The local paper reports courier arrivals from the South with mail and a return voyage. It announces the start of legislative debates, notes three thousand barrels of herrings trapped under Friday's Bay ice, and mentions sheltered but risky ice travel. The Salvation Army plans a Sunday service at 3 pm read by Capt. Tilley. Sealing season yields few young seals with several old kills. Exploits couriers attempt North passage but ice 80 feet thick halts progress.
In Placentia Bay on Monday a squall caused a boat carrying wood to overturn near Mussel Harbor Arm. Murphy brothers aged 22 and 24 died. depth at the site is twenty two fathoms and no bodies recovered yet as reported by H. ?. Standard on Feb 26. Paris reports 21,291 horses and 40 mules consumed in the past year with meat prices from two sous to a franc per pound. About one third used fresh while the rest is made into sausages. 402 horses seized as unfit for food.
A young man named Anderson was accidentally shot in Arnold's Cove while dragging a gun in the woods. The discharged load entered under his armpit and he died from loss of blood after being brought by boat to Placencia and staying there until medical help arrived.
The notice reports Mr Robert Linfield son of Mr John Linfield of Jenkins Cove sustaining a fracture in the lower left leg above the ankle after slipping near the hospital on the morning of the 15th. He is under Dr Stafford care and improving, following a prior similar injury to the right leg.
A woman in Harbor Grace collapsed during a photograph session with Mr Parsons. She was taken from his residence and died several hours later at around seven o clock. The report notes the nervous condition of the deceased and references age as a possible factor.
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