26 Nov 1892
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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Nov 26, 1892
Page
1
A foreign news summary reports on a jewel theft case involving Mrs Langtry’s jewels valued at tens of thousands, a detective engaging thieves, and notes on opera singers in fish-eating countries. It also covers Bendigo gold yields, Peru railway heights, and Whittier and Tennyson poems with patriotic themes.
A new Telephotographic lens by renowned maker Dallmeyer enables long distance images with striking clarity. It reportedly captures cattle at 3900 yards and Swiss peaks at ten miles with detail surpassing closer shots, signaling vast uses in history, topography, and war reporting.
A New York mother learns her two daughters Edith nine and Muriel six crossed the Atlantic alone aboard the Bethmiadith. Edith falls gravely ill from lung hemorrhage and Muriel begs not to be left behind. Edith, weak but joyful, reunites with her mother upon arrival, saying she has borne Muriel safely home as promised.
A brief item notes Minard's Liniment claimed to cure distemper. The text includes garbled lines and unclear quotes, offering a damaged snapshot of a Victorian era health claim and a stray editorial aside.
The article recounts Pare’s claim that after a limb amputation he used music to aid recovery, describing a wounded soldier who regained strength and was celebrated with a folk festival. It notes villagers’ visiting joy and Pare’s remark that the patient was cured with a cheerful, costly cure.
The Salvation Army marks its annual Self-Denial Week starting September 3 to fund its ordinary spiritual work amid redirected subscriptions supporting General Booth's social program. Global figures show 11,094 officers across 3,087 corps, 12,18 outposts, and 1218 offices, with extensive social homes and services and a wide annual publication reach.
A Freiburg journal describes a beautiful complicated clock recently completed in a Schwarzwald factory. Destined for England and priced at 800 dollars it shows the time in nine cities Berlin St Petersburg Oceanwick Madeira Shanghai Calcutta Montreal San Francisco and Melbourne. Bells display hours of prayer each evening and a pious virgin appears by electricity in a chapel. In December trumpets greet the new year while May and June offer cuckoo and quail calls. The sunrise is marked by an old German hymn and a golden saw appears on the dial.
An 19th century advertisement touts Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething pain in children. It claims to soothe sleepless infants, ease dysentery and diarrhea, regulate stomachs and bowels, relieve colic, soften gums, reduce inflammation, and energize the system. Sold by druggists worldwide, price 25 cents.
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