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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Mar 29, 1930
Page
3
Extracts from the directors report detail new policies totaling 161,391 with a net value of 654,451,443.27 and premiums rising over the prior year. The company reports a substantial surplus, strong policyholder continuance, and dividends, with assets and reserves set to support continued profits and protection for claims.
Quotations from Sir A. W. Burke Calvin Coolidge Viscount Willington Dr. S Parkes Cadman and others praise the Boy Scouts as a universal, nonmilitary youth program teaching obedience courtesy and citizenship. They cite the 1929 World Jamboree and royal and religious endorsement as evidence of its global impact and future promise.
In a March 20 1930 letter from Twillingate Newfoundland Scouts praise the World Scout movement citing Lord Baden Powell and King George as patrons. The note celebrates a 1500 000 total scouts worldwide and mentions local leaders with Canadian badges and Brigade experience. It asks for more boys to join and for competent leaders to come forward.
A Yorkshire county court hears a tale where a farm lass is summoned as a witness. She mentions her sweetheart’s possible knowledge, prompting the judge to call him to court. She blushes and protests that he would not attend, even if summoned in private.
A brief Victorian dialogue questions whether male initiative holds value when a wife can act as the referendum. The register reflects on how the individual right to propose change interacts with a wife’s potential say in civic matters. The exchange hints at gender and voting rights themes in a historical context.
A large truck struck a small private car then the owner shouted insults at the driver. The trucker apologized saying he did not see the car on the straight road and joked that the car looked like a fly on his windshield.
A pithy reflection on wealth and time suggesting rapid gains are unlikely. The phrase hints at patience as a strategy for financial success.
A tested luncheon recipe using tomato, milk, onion and crackers. Melt butter and onion until yellow, scald with milk and water, thicken with flour, salt, pepper. Heat tomatoes with sugar, add soda, combine with milk mixture, serve with water-dipped crackers.
Two Irish soldiers strolling Glasgow alleys notice a shop window display with huge "Butter! Butter! Butter!" lettering. One asks its meaning and the other replies in mock Irish slang that the large strokes are for shillelaghs to mark "rare Irish butter."
An advertisement promotes Asaya Neural as a treatment for nervous exhaustion. It claims night sweats weaken the body and depress the mind and invites readers to write for a free sample to Davis & Lawrence Co. in Montreal.
A newlywed sobbed after her husband mistook a waffle for an asbestos pad and set the coffee pot down on it at breakfast, triggering distress in the domestic scene.
Little Mary fell ill and needed an operation at the hospital. Her mother promised the finest kitten if she was brave. While waking from anesthesia Mary muttered that it was a rotten way to get a kitten.
An eminent lawyer states that law is the merriest game of chance, noting that no one truly knows what the law is, how a judge will apply it, or how a jury will act, highlighting uncertainty in legal outcomes.
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