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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Sep 02, 1939
Page
3
Advert says Qillett's Pure Flake Lye prevents odors from outdoor closets and makes chores easier. Sprinkle half a tin weekly on contents to deodorize and avoid removing items, while also clearing drains and scouring pots and pans. Keep a tin handy for home use.
CAPE TOWN U P a centenarian offers his services for the South African National Reserve as the country runs a voluntary National Register. Across the nation people sign up with enthusiasm. a Durban man with no army asks a neighbour to sign for him. veterans aged seventy and eighty declare themselves fit. The register opens with forms filled in Durban and Johannesburg by noon on the first day.
A comical scene unfolds as Maria’s insistence on ringing an alarm clock leads to a ruse of telephonic noise. Confusion mounts aboutIntentions and neighbors’ reactions. The piece centers on domestic mischief and social fallout.
A speaker questions how another knew it was a bachelor’s apartment. A chair is missing by the telephone. The text notes that a summer cold mostly forces sneezing on its own timetable.
The Governor proclaims that the Newfoundland Fisheries Boat Act 1936 amends take effect from August 28 1939. All concerned are required to take notice and govern themselves accordingly. Issued at Government House St Johns August 25 1939 by His Excellency's Command Commissioner for Home Affairs and Education Syd J A Winter.
Rules define dried salt codfish, cullers, and sale terms for Newfoundland trade. It requires culling into grades at delivery, restricts sales by grade, and grants inspectors authority to inspect and seal premises handling fish.
Historic regulations detail inspector access and penalties for noncompliance in codfish culling. It defines hard and soft cured grades, size classifications from tomcod to large, and Labrador and Newfoundland standards with price scales and penalties for violations.
The Anglican Diocese of St John s Newfoundland marked a century on July 30. The first bishop George Aubrey Spencer led eight clergymen and six hundred communicants. Special services were held at the cathedral built in 1844. Present bishop De William White oversees a 97 700-member diocese with eighty clergy.
The fragment quotes a poem-like jab referencing Elba room and Fuehrer, comparing modern leaders to Napoleon and suggesting they will eventually gain "Elba room" and land as the line implies.
A devotional verse seeks a willing heart to fulfill duties and lift others. It asks for strength to aid faltering souls and to share love with the sad, envisioning a world where love unites all and war ends. The speaker desires no wealth or fame, only compassionate action.
A concise report notes that women’s feet are enlarging as nature reshapes shoes. The tale centers on a green boro fisherman who is gifted a measuring stick when buying his first permit. An Adger asks about his largest foot, and the fisherman replies with a folkloric description of his feet’s width.
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