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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Oct 20, 1945
Page
3
A collection of aphorisms about thoughts and virtue from Marcus Aurelius Chesterfield Stevenson Mary Baker Eddy Phillipa Brooks and George Herbert urging inner calm and moral focus amid life.
A Montreal Daily Star item notes a girl entering a manager’s office to apply for a position. When asked about qualifications she says she has won several crossword prizes and Logan contesta. The manager seeks a worker who is smart during office hours.
A 1945 British Commonwealth statement announces that bodies of members of His Majesty's Forces buried overseas will not be repatriated. The Imperial War Graves Commission explains policy dates back to 1918, citing logistical limits and equality of treatment across the Empire. France provides perpetual land for cemeteries, and foreign resting places will be tended by Commission gardeners.
Patches of oil on the sea surface coalesced into a continuous slick. The material was to be ignited, with oil projected into the sea from shore pipelines as part of the operation.
An assortment of quirky lines and snippets including a besmirched exchange about freeing a criminal, a doctor patient quip about tattooed markings, and a Chinese visitor remark on Canadians. The piece mixes dates like First Quarter and Last Quarter with stray notes on lipstick and an old advertising line.
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