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Twillingate Sun

Location

Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada

Date

Oct 07, 1944

Page

3

In hot water dissolving ta leads to heated tye action

The text states that dissolving ta in hot water causes the tye itself to heat the surrounding liquid, emphasizing the heat generated by the reaction rather than external factors.

Editor orders two reporters to cover live wire incident

In a small western town a service wire fell across the main street stopping traffic. No one dared touch the wire fearing it was live. The editor acted quickly sending two reporters to handle the case. one would touch the wire and the other would write the ensuing story.

Cupal's N. Tonic Restorative for Low Mood and Weight Loss

An old advertisement describes Cupal's N. Tonic as a restorative for low mood loss of weight palpitation anemia and loss of energy promising renewed vitality. The brief copy emphasizes health benefits in a period tone.

Cupal

Frogs for West Coast Fair Seek Owl for Cage

A shipment of frogs arrived from W. E. McGraw of the A. N. Co. Grand Falls for the West Coast Fair. The committee seeks any live birds or animals including an owl and asks finders to inform them in time to build a suitable cage.

W. E. McGraw A.N. Co Grand Falls W. Star

Baldheaded Gent and Barbour Haircut Exchange

A humorous exchange features Baldheaded Gent demanding cheaper haircuts, claiming 50 strands. Barbour replies that charges cover the effort of searching for hair rather than the cut itself, turning the joke on the value of service.

Barbour

Nazex Inhalant With Various Uses Explored

Nazex is described as an inhalant for colds nasal catarrh hay fever and stuffiness produced by Cupal Lid Pte Sylvester claims some achieve greatness while Ledne quips about wearing army boots indicating a light wartime tone in the text.

Sylvester Pte Ledne

Stomach Digestive Powder for Indigestion and Ulcers

An advertisement promotes Stomach Digestive Powder claiming relief for indigestion gagttis and ulcerated stomach. It lists use cases and notes benefits for stomach discomfort.

Gems And Prattle From A Scraps Box

A collage of quotations on pride vanity and virtue follows with a biblical verse and maxims. The passage shifts to a local anecdote about a hotel café where waitresses mark eggs with customer names and orders. The text ends with a note about a library meeting at nine.

New Book Listings at Twillingate Regional Library

A catalog listing many authors and titles new to Twillingate Regional Library. Notable authors include Faith Baldwin Agatha Christie C S Gardner Ngaio Marsh Michael Skinner and Grace Livingston Hill. A mix of fiction mysteries adventures children's tales and inspirational works appears among the receipts.

Bellamy Pinkerton K S. Parkman Francis Rhinehardt M. B. Shadit Michael A. Skinner Cornelia Olis Skomorovsky Boris Stratton Porter Gene Stratton Porter Gene Tregaskis Richard William van Slyne S.S Walker Mildred Ward Leo Richard Washington Booker T. Wiggin Kate Douglas White William L. Wright F. B Bannerman H. Brooke Leslie

New Soothing Syrup for Bugs Tries Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane

A curious cured ad proposes using the chemical DDT as a soothing syrup for insects including lice. The line mocks traditional pest remedies by suggesting a drastic chemical instead.

Cherry Bark and Glycerine Throat Pastilles Ad

An item notes cherry bark and glycerine throat pastilles for coughs sore throat and catarrh. In a restaurant exchange a man asks are these eyes fresh and a waiter quips eggs are so fresh the hens haven’t even missed them.

Young Newfoundland angler lands huge West Coast cod

Jacob Major of Rocky Harbour St Barbe reeled what is described as the largest cod taken in West Coast waters last week. The six foot nine inch fish measured three feet four inches across when split. At fourteen years old his future in fishing looks bright.

Jacob Major Rocky Harbour St. Barbe Jacob

West Coast Fisherman Questioned Over Military Ambition

The Western Star quotes a fisherman telling a sergeant he fears he will flop as a soldier. He says he cannot tell the deto tune from reveille and admits he has not learned military drills. The exchange highlights doubts about his suitability for service.

Cupal Ltd Produces Zinc Castor Oil and Health Tablets

Cupal Ltd manufactures Zinc Castor Oil Friar's Balsam Cream and Iron Nerve Blood Tablets for weakness and anemia. The line lists several tonic and medicinal products produced by the company.

Cupal Ltd

Quote on peace and mess at the table

A soldier warns that without peace at the mess table there will be a mess at the peace talks. The remark underscores wartime caution about diplomatic fruitlessness and the need for orderly negotiations.

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