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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Nov 09, 1940
Page
2
Verity Goodyear hosts Canadian officers who billeted at Ridings Manor after her father’s death. Captain Raymond, curious about the house’s history, snoops in her library while keeping a wary distance. Verity senses a hidden game as nighttime noises stir fear.
A woman facing a hopeless bank balance seeks help from Mr Haslett the solicitor. He initially explains the dire situation but then offers cautious encouragement as the impasse is discussed.
A woman rises from bed and observes a cloaked figure in a hallway as a Canadian man studies the hall with a torch. She weighs exposing him versus silence, then later spots light flickers and through a cellar grille confirms her grave suspicion about the intruder.
A wary woman confronts an undercover figure in a house then orders him to leave. The intruder, masking intentions, hints at near-snooping while threatening a formal complaint to headquarters. Her triumph feels hollow as the house seems diminished by his absence.
A collection of aphorisms and life maxims on envy attitude orthodoxy self-promotion and social conduct. The lines compare ethics to sports and everyday interactions offering practical guidance and humorous paradoxes.
A long catalog of common similes and proverbs such as as poor as a church mouse as brave as a lion as sly as a fox as strong as an ox and as calm as a clock. The speaker halts with a final line urging the reader not to weary.
In the Battle of Britain the London Fire Brigade fought fires during air raids. In September 50 firefighters died and 501 others were injured while defending lives and property as smoke and flames raged through London.
In the Hast we see Turkey backing Britain as tensions rise. The alliance is forged by respect earned at the Dardanelles, where Turkey did not surrender the straits.
A set of dated aphorisms critiques marriage and gender roles, praising independence and referencing domestic limits. The phrases juxtapose opportunity, divorce pace, and domestic conduct with a humorous yet sexist slant typical of older newspapers.
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