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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Oct 30, 1943
Page
3
London survivor Mrs W Haynes recalls hours trapped under bomb debris during Nazi raids and relief after Kruschen Salts. The ad claims Kruschen acts as laxative and diuretic, flushing uric acid and easing rheumatic pains, urging others to try it.
A discussion notes seaweed or kelp as a crop fertilizer amid wartime fertilizer shortages. It covers methods of harvesting, regional practice from Nova Scotia to Rhode Island, nitrogen and potash contributions, and cautions on overuse for crops like potatoes.
The article explains using kelp and other seaweed as crop fertilizer. It covers methods to haul kelp to fields or inland, mixing with manure or acid, application rates up to twenty five tons per acre, and notes seaweed improves soil humus and supports root and leaf crops. It highlights composition facts: about 75 percent water, nitrogen around 0.45 percent, potash near 11 percent, low phosphoric acid, and six percent mineral ash.
The report notes seaweed has higher ash and lower phosphoric acid but three times the potash of barnyard manure. It should be supplemented with Basic Slag or Phosphoric Acid at six hundred pounds per acre. Seaweed decays quickly, forms less humus, contains weed seeds none, and keeps land cleaner. It adds salt helping meaty soils and tends to acidify soil, useful for scabby potatoes. Estimated fertilizer value around $225 per ton.
The circular notes seaweed haulage is limited by distance from shore and urges farmers to utilize any kelp available for very short distance transports. Copies of the circular are obtainable from the Registrar, Department of Natural Resources.
A collection of brief aphorisms on purpose firmness and integrity from Mencius Hazlitt Hawthorne and others. Readers are urged to decide actions align with duty and divine guidance to sustain success amid adversity.
Allied HQ reports Nazi rumors of crossing Switzerland and sabotaged rail links between Italy and France. French underground allegedly damaged a main railway about 159 miles from Chambray to disrupt traffic if German forces move troops or material through the region.
Allied military government announces Sicily banks reopen with special currency allowing deposits and withdrawals up to 5 000 lire per person. No runs occurred as authorities plan unlimited withdrawals and overhaul price decrees and rationing to curb black market while pursuing industrial and commercial revival.
Connors Bros at Blacks Harbor New Brunswick closes Factory No 2 due to labor inefficiency and depleted staff from wartime recruitment. Normal output 1000 sardine cases daily drops to 500 with youth and elderly workers filling shifts. Over half of production goes to government and overseas war zones including Britain.
A Confederation Life text outlines ten moral precepts for soldiers attributed to Chiang Kai-Shek. The list bans coveting riches fear of death pride boasting fire gambling smoking drinking borrowing and tying.
Moose sightings surge in Grand Falls with cows seen roaming streets near Botwood and Badger. Motorists report bold animals along the highway and a Circular Road resident found a cow moose in a stable, ejected with difficulty near the A.N.D. Railway Line to Botwood.
A concise reflection attributed to George MacDonald notes that the act of giving yields greater returns than the gift itself, with the surplus proportional to what is given. The saying emphasizes generosity and reciprocal value in charitable acts.
A reflective saying notes that how a gift is given reveals the giver’s true character more than the gift itself. The quote emphasizes intent and grace in acts of generosity and contrasts superficial value with moral disposition.
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