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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Mar 31, 1928
Page
3
Senator WW Iliam Marconi predicted rapid wireless progress between England and Canada within months and two years. He spoke of experimental facsimile transmission by beam radio among five countries and claimed a secret cryptograph system that codes and decodes messages automatically.
A spoof about subscribers who think they own a paper by paying for a year or two. A benevolent editor faces a reader who has fallen behind yet pretends to pity the editor for losing his only audience. The quip captures editor reader tensions in a humorous tone.
The editor emphasizes subscriptions must reflect value not charity and urges readers to join if the paper delivers worth. He warns he can pull the plug if the publication cannot meet price expectations and asks would be subscribers willing to pay 2.
A note from Altoona Kansas mentions a $500 amount tied to a tri bune. The fragment implies a monetary figure in a local context but lacks full details.
Advertisement for Davis Liver Pills claiming gentle relief for constipation biliousness indigestion and headaches. The copy emphasizes low price fourty pills for 25 cents and ends with a cautionary note about social criticism and adverse judgment.
The General Post Office outlines insurance rates from 10c to 50c for coverage up to $100, with money packets not insured. Insured parcels must be registered, fully addressed with sender details, and securely packed to endure handling. Public notice issued February 1928.
Hacosan is a tasty nutritious blend using fresh eggs new milk malt extract and cocoa. Stir two or three teaspoonfuls into warm milk and sweeten to taste. Do not boil.
The red light and whistle buoy moored off Channel Head has been removed due to floating ice and will be replaced as soon as the ice moves off. Position in latitude 47 33 55 and longitude 59 07 02.
An advertisement promotes Phillips Milk of Magnesia as a superior indigestion remedy to soda. It claims three times more acid neutralization, gentleness on the bowels, and non purging relief, urging customers to insist on the Phillips brand at any drugstore with distributor Gerald S. Doyle.
A dealer recalls a revolver claimed to have been carried by Christopher Columbus, prompting skepticism about its age. Ananias argues the rarity lies in its anachronistic origin, noting revolvers were not invented in Columbus's time.
Collector offers to pay 200 dollars per hundred for Newfoundland stamps with values over five cents. responses to P. O. Box 346 in St. John's, Nfld.
Auction note lists a 1 124 p United Stationary Engine three saws two saw mandrels pulley and more. No reasonable offer refused. For particulars apply to Edgar Small Awe Summerford.
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