19 May 1894
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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
May 19, 1894
Page
1
The notice outlines postal rules including publication frequency, rate per sum, special six and twelve month terms, and parcel weight limits. It warns against sending prohibited items such as poisons and alcoholic liquids and mentions postage and mail handling guidelines. It cites officials and references postmaster general Fraser.
Notice warns that any goats found wandering in streets squares lanes or passages without a proper yoke or control shall lead to prosecution under the law. It outlines a lower bar length of three feet and an upper bar of at least eighteen inches for compliance.
Every dog found at large without a person in charge must wear a collar or wooden tag weighing seven pounds and eighteen inches long with the owner's name, or be muzzled. Dogs not so treated may be shot or destroyed. Owners failing to comply may be prosecuted. Police consent urged. Stipendiary Magistrate. Police Office May 10 1891.
An advertisement from Ayers Sarsapatilia by Dr d C Ayar and Co Lowell Massachusetts promotes cures for ailments claiming medical efficacy and healing benefits.
Ten years were spent revising it with 100 editors and over $309000 expended. It answers questions on history spelling pronunciation and meaning and is a library in itself. It covers eminent persons places countries quotes translations and more and is praised as the best working dictionary and a profitable investment for families and schools.
The Jubilee Scholarship is established under The Education Act to be awarded to the top Colony competitor at the Matriculation Examination in June at London University. Four hundred eighty dollars are annually set aside for sabbatical study, with eligibility limited to natives or long-time residents educated in Colony Board Schools, and two years of study at a British university. The scholarship, called the Newfoundland Jubilee Scholarship, lasts two years and details will be published in the gazette three months prior to the exam. Regulatory rules by the Council of Education apply.
A brief notice from G. and C. Merriam of Springdale Massachusetts warns against buying cheap photographic reprints of ancient editions. The notice invites readers to request a free prospectus with specimen pages and illustrations.
Fragmentary notice lists Mark Chaplin Parrionable, a clothier, with address Water Street. Details incomplete but indicates a business or trade listing in the era’s directory. No dates or wider context available.
Salvation Army and Syracuse Rescue Mission adopt canalboat evangelism on the Erie Canal from Buffalo to Albany. A five-person crew conducts open air services, tracts, and house visits aboard a horse-drawn boat named The Salvation Cruiser Little Nell and a mission boat on the Mohawk.
A witness describes climbing to 7000 feet on Silver Peak in British Columbia where a dense cloud raced up the slope and narrowly passed by within six feet. He recalls the Alps and Cascade snow ranges visible below as the cloud swept over the ridge.
The essay argues that true greatness lies in giving rather than receiving and that learning must be shared. It cautions against narrow, hoarded knowledge and praises honest, wide dissemination of wisdom, noting happiness grows from giving, whether of gold or knowledge.
A German officer, on furlough in civilian clothes, tries a disguise but asks a colonel for his own home address admitting he is his brother from the country. The colonel, unaware at first, learns the ruse and warns that any future visits by the brother will lead to thirty days in close confinement.
An English doctor proposes a new insomnia cure by reducing blood oxygen to induce mild asphyxia, arguing it will promote sleep without dangerous drugs. He advises drawing fresh air under bed covers and rebreathing it, claiming no danger once asleep. He praises Ayers Sarsaparilla for vitality and notes a tomato’s origin and name.
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