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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Oct 08, 1932
Page
3
Motor C M Wheeler is prepared to operate passenger services to any Bay area destination. The vehicle will also handle express, patel, and other freight. Inquiries via telephone or wire to Ashbournes Ltd Harbour View Hotel or Colbourne's Restaurant.
A man in England was struck by lightning and killed. His watch stopped at 4:70 p.m. when found and later began to run again but backward, an eerie remnant of the storm.
A vintage advertisement claims Dr Hamilton's Pills tone the stomach liver and kidneys and relieve constipation headache and dyspepsia. It promises improved digestion and increased energy with a claim you will feel like new.
A fragment shows Pat praising his clock and noting its hands at 11.20 while striking 3, claiming a mysterious relation to the number seven. The text is incomplete and unclear about the event or person.
Poem lauds the Ocean Queen with grand maritime imagery and devotion to God. Signed by Fred T Fuge of 626 Walnut Street Fostoria Ohio, inviting replies from readers.
The I’m Alone advertises passenger service to any part of the Bay with excursions available. Accommodations are first class and rates reasonable. Contact Harbour View Hotel or Pardy's Ice Cream Parlour in Colbourse, North Side, or call Bluff Head Cove to arrange travel with Frank Roberts.
Sambo explains his rent varies with the truckman sometimes asking 50 cents and other times 75 cents, reflecting irregular charges.
John H. Devine law office on Duckworth Street St John s Newfoundland with chamber address and box 5215 listed. Provides a 1929 telephone listing for contact.
Miss Helen Campbell declares Cup Cakes made with Magic Baking Powder superior and urges use by The Chatelaine Institute. The product meets the institute's quality tests and is favored by dietitians and teachers across Canada. Also notes a calendar theft joke: the thief got 12 months.
Liberal free trade members say they will attack legislation to implement imperial conference agreements. Isaac Foot Liberal mines minister calls the move partisan and not national policy. In London the Consumers League executive committee urged opposition to ratification.
In a radio address, Dr Julius Klein recounts a fruit stand owner near a major New York bank who declines a small loan. He explains, I have an agreement with the bank. I don't lend no money and the bank don't sell no fruit.
The article notes Rt Hon. R. B. Bennett is a tireless worker yet observes a fixed Sunday rest. It emphasizes his belief that every person deserves a full 24 hours of leisure weekly to sustain productive effort. The piece frames the rule as a matter of regular living rather than morality.
A reflective quotation on how people see the same path differently, calling life a tragicomedy. It contrasts personal struggles with others’ easier journeys, noting how what seems impossible to one may be trivial to another.
An investigator reports that the English post office allows telegrams calling a mana a chump or blockhead but forbids using the word fathead. The find highlights strict language rules and humor in postal policy.
At a service club luncheon a visitor was introduced and teased about recognition. He explained he was from a detective agency, prompting laughter as members teased and welcomed him into the room.
The question references a King of England famed for an unusually large bat. Historical records describe a humorous or mythical boast about a monarch and his oversized flying implement. No verified monarch with such a feat is established in reliable chronicles.
A readable recipe card lists ingredients for cupcakes including 14 cup butter 2 cups pastry flour 1 cup sugar 2 eggs 34 teaspoon vanilla 3 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon salt 1 cup milk Also notes Magic extract as an option and uses bread flour for a firmer crumb.
A colored worker with 40 years of service finally gets two days leave after long pleading. He visits a place and, upon return, jokes that he would like to be so far away that sending a postcard would cost $9.
An old Scotsman Sandy, always in a Glengarry cap, meets a friend who asks about his hat after a nearby “accident.” Sandy recalls a past event when a friend offered a drink and he did not hear, leading to the cap becoming a tale of memory.
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