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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Sep 02, 1916
Page
3
A fragmentary wartime account recounts Western Front actions, prisoner captures, and medical notes. It references German and Austrian captivity totals, estimates of wounded, and logistical comments on supplies and medical care amid ongoing battles and troop movements.
Walter Felwin Roberts of Wild Cove married Tamar Jacobs of White Bay in a quiet ceremony before Rev A B Stiling at St Peter's on a Thursday afternoon.
A fragment states that a remedy called The D and T Emulsion should be taken when run low to promptly rebuild strength and weight during bronchial or lung weakness and colds. The wording lacks full context and attribution.
Disjointed dispatches describe air attacks on targets, a declaration of war, and shifting troop movements. Reports place conflict near Verdun and Loritz with Romanian and Serbian forces involved, while German and Turkish actions continue on multiple fronts.
During the war both England and Germany raced to develop longer range vessels. Reports claim Germany built new 7 inch guns on large ships, with ships over 100 feet long and weighing around three tons. The shells reportedly reach up to six miles, and nations debate reconstruction of ships in steel to counter such weapons.
Lewisporte notes describe busy activity at Howe and nearby sites with piling cargoes of lumber and loading. Theft and thirst for wood are mentioned amid unsettled summer weather and squalls. Alfred Younge family visits Meinson, a new church progresses toward December completion, and Woollfey Bros. import lumber for a local mill. School reopens as the board improves the scholastic play area.
Anemic women and children may derive great benefit from Ferravini, an invigorating tonic described as a blend of iron beef and wine. The advertisement notes Lares bottles sell for 1.59, distributed by Davis & Laws Co., Montreal.
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