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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Oct 17, 1925
Page
4
Publication office announces subscription prices 1.00 per year for Newfoundlands and international rates 1.20 to Canada 1.50 to England and other countries. advertising rates include display long term contracts and short term 0.25 per inch. news items received after Thursday evening may not be inserted.
The Evening Telegram editorial on February 2 discusses the Memorial Hospital's work and a request for increased government yearly grants. It praises taxpaying citizens and hopes the delegation from the Directorate at St John will succeed in the appeals and tests. The delegation reports no firm government decision yet. A new Board of Health is to be appointed and pauper affairs may be rearranged, pending the Prime Minister and delegation return from Washington.
Reports say wet conditions brought widespread canker damage to potato crops and barrels rotted in some areas, while dry zones benefited from drainage. Averages show vegetable yields overall, though some families failed to raise turnips. The Dry Dock work progresses with a larger structure and new sea gate. Fishermen report better luck amid generally moderate weather.
Mr and Mrs W B Temple and daughter Mayj arrived in St from Montreal last week. Temple takes the night editor post at the Daily News, after ten years as editor of the Sun and later roles in Toronto Bellville and Montreal. He also ran the House of the Herald weekly for Montreal Herald employees. He mentored young compositors on the fifth floor, many now in other newspaper roles. Proprietors laud the appointment as wise and expect greater success for the morning paper.
Personal Mr. Hussey of Glace Bay visited town last week. Mrs. Johnson Shaw and two children arrived from Alberta to spend winter with her parents, the Wheelers. R Batten left by motor boat toward Bell Island. Silas Facey came from St Johns via Lewisporte by boat. A Manuel arrived from St Johns on Wednesday by boat. George Blandford arrived from the city. A train boat run from City to here took 19 hours, claimed as a record. Martin, Bennett Stackless came from Fogo via Facey. John Rice shows slight improvement after internal pains. Benjamin Roberts had another attack and rested, now sits to aid breathing.
Sagona and Howe shifted crews Sunday for Straits Service and LaScie Cook's Harbour route. Capt. Day serves on the Home and Capt. Norman on the Sagona. After a couple of weeks the Home is expected to begin work on the north side of the Bay Lewis water route to Shae Cave.
Dr Gear of Grand Falls will be at the hospital during the second week of November to perform dental work. All needing treatment may arrange in the meantime with Dr Parsons. Announcement of Dr Gear's arrival will follow later.
The record notes Odi Lacc Avery of Ifresti hrom scouting possible war with Thrkey while regretting final settlement of the Moat difficulty. The Geneva League of Nations council sessions show a tentative path avoided conflict, but tension remains unresolved.
A South Side Methodist Church ceremony united Margaret Alice Rice and Edwin Maxwell in marriage on a Wednesday afternoon. The bride, given away by her godfather, wore silk crepe de chine with lace and carried a bouquet. attendants included Bessie Facey and Hettie Churchill. The couple will reside in Twi g ale and receive many wishes for happiness.
Schr. Tip Top with 110 qiis of fish arrived from the fishery last week aboard Captain James Adey. Schr. Bessie Grace under Captain Joseph White will depart soon on a North ora trading trip. Mr. A. G. Ashbourne joins the schooner. Roland Churchill and Fred Earle are aboard M. P. Cashin with Captain Oake trading for Ashbournes Ltd.
Telegraph News reports Russia’s partial prohibition ends with cafes and stores selling whiskey and vodka at near full strength. Security talks open Locarno as polar expedition notes drift west of Nome. Caribou trial runs near 14 knots, bound for St Johns. Bell Island accident injures Portugal Cove man. Halifax voyage for Herald Marathon team begins.
Mrs John Shutt of Springdale died at the hospital Wednesday from kidney trouble. She was 62 and a daughter of the late Phillip and Mrs Pippy of Sobith Side.
A reader asks through the Cuditor Twillingate Sun when the town will have a Magistrate. The letter appeals for an experienced, impartial judge with no favour, insisting on justice without partiality.
Henry Beale Vorrey, lecturing in UC summer classes, described growing rooster feathers from a hen and dressing a rooster in feminine garb. He credited thryroxin capsules for the change and noted experiments on thyroid and pituitary influences. Dr Torrey’s work with glands allegedly altered feather pigment and used blood harmonies to modify chicken plumage.
A patient salesgirl presents a seventh hat as a polite show. The impressed woman and her husband discuss fit and form. He deems the hat unsuitable and the salesgirl names the failing option saying nothing in stock suits the angel.
Mr J D S Barrett takes the role of Publisher and editor of the Stavely Advertiser at Stavely Alberta. The paper was founded in spring 1918 by Mr L C Newsom and has continued under new leadership.
Mining activity to surge next spring as copper rises to six cents a pound prompts work on dormant Notre Dame Bay claims and development of coal and barytes at Trinity Bay. Several new claims were filed this week, Trade Review notes.
Fragments mention Baldwin and a pipe amid a peace period. The text appears garbled with partial phrases and unclear context, noting coal ley and a pipe associated with Baldwin. No clear event date or full names beyond Baldwin are readable.
A Twillingate native born in 1872, Titus Hodder rose to president of Hodder Construction Co. of Braddock, Pennsylvania. Over 25 years in contracting, his firm has secured major projects including High Schools in Braddock Turtle Creek Beaver Falls Duquesne Rankin City Hall Braddock and more. He toured Europe and the Holy Land in 1924 with Archbishop O Connell and Rome trip, and planned a summer return to Newfoundland to visit his brother.
A message to the Minister of Marine and Fisheries from Mr Duggan Collector of Customs at LaScie reports the schooner Coronas tion of Carbonear 40 tons Kennedy master returning from Labrador wrecked on western Horse Islands Saturday night. Captain and crew landed safely. Telegram Oct 1.
G Holt Thomas of Buckinghamshire claims a world time record in building a four room house. He and four men completed the four-room structure in ten hours and forty-five minutes.
Applications for positions at St. John's General Hospital must be received by November 30. Communications should be addressed to the Secretary, Board of Governors, St. John's, Newfoundland.
Fog alarm on South Head at Southern Point near the entrance to Bay of Islands. A 3 inch diameter phone fog alarm powered by an oil engine operates with a blast every 60 seconds, lasting 214 seconds, with alternating silent blasts. Positions given as Lat 49 09 and Lon 58 22 00 W.
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