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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Nov 22, 1947
Page
2
A collection of inspirational quotes about perseverance and honest effort. Notable lines from David Starr Jordan Hamilton W Makie L H Talbot Bovee Mary Baker Bulwer Lytton emphasize courage against opposition, self reliance, and the value of earnestness in achievement.
Harbour Breton votes to incorporate and join a growing network of town councils across the island. Springdale shows benefits with widened roads and fire engine purchase, while advocates urge more councils to cultivate leadership, especially women, and broaden participation in local governance.
A quirky dialogue features a house hunter seeking a far from others home. The exchange with a real estate agent hinges on living simply and a humorous twist revealing the hunter’s real aim to practice the trombone.
A letter from Stephen Loveridge laments long delays for passengers on the Lewisporte line caused by freight being dumped in the shed instead of being unloaded to cars. He cites two and a half to five hour waits and urges management to place freight on the siding to speed through traffic and reduce hardship on traveling families.
Miami physicians report in the Southern Medical Journal that a rice fruit sugar diet helped treat high blood pressure in most of 54 patients. The study by Drs M Eugene Filpee and M Jay Flipse notes 14 cases were not evaluated for various reasons, but results showed effective reduction in many subjects.
Doctors report on 40 evaluable cases of a rice fruit sugar diet for hypertension. 32 followed the regime. 20 were successful and 12 failed. Failures often tied to inability to consume rice fruit sugar due to co existing disorders or psychological factors. Among successful cases relief appeared in one to two weeks. some six weeks. Diet modifications allowed low carb vegetables lean meat and limited salt. milk wheat and eggs raised blood pressure and were avoided.
The entry explores citizen duties and national welfare, urging love of country and responsible behavior. It discusses how responsibilities cannot be escaped and stresses faithful execution of civic obligations, noting imperfect grammar and OCR errors in the text.
The text outlines citizenship duties as personal domestic religious civic and national. It emphasizes they blend together and require honest determination. It argues that without these responsibilities citizenship becomes empty.
In a conversation with Dick O'Brien, announcer for the Newfoundland Broadcasting Corp, it is noted that VONF and VONH attract about one hundred listener letters monthly from around the world. Government station listeners include British and German addresses, with reports of international correspondence.
Listeners nationwide praise BCN announcers led by Dick O'Brien for health program episodes. Letters from Norway Rome and the United States applaud the doctors medical presentations and the station schedules. Short wave VONA transmits on 5970 kilocycles and VONF on 01640 kilocycles.
An fragmented excerpt shows an explorer describing a pet parrot and asking what it tasted like. The garbled text presents a brief, curious exchange about an unusual meal during a journey.
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