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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Sep 06, 1924
Page
4
The Twillingate Sun announces subscription prices for Newfoundland Canada England and the US with annual and prepaid terms. Display advertising rates are listed for long and short term contracts with monthly rate changes. News item deadline is Thursday evening for inclusion.
Report from Battle Harbor recounts U S round the world fliers passing 2 pm inspiring sight with battleships in attendance. They left Greenland and aim for Hawke's Bay before Nova Scotia and Boston, as British rival MacLaren faces engine fracture and forced landing. The effort viewed as experimental rather than a race, with progress toward Washington and a broader push in aerial exploration.
Readers split on how the Alcoholic Liquor Act will be carried into effect. Advocates seek a fair trial, arguing it could be amended to fit conditions. The Board of Control will shape enforcement, and critics worry a new form of prohibition may rise from past failures. The piece reflects on past law's impracticality and suggests how it should have been implemented.
The article questions how liquor dispensing could be lawful under the act, argues prosecutions were rare due to revenue needs of previous governments, and discusses public and political sentiment against reinstating old methods. It notes smuggling and moonshining trends before and after prohibition and suggests temperance via religious institutions might improve moral life.
A living heart was transplanted into a heart existing body by Dr. Ph Stohr of Wurzburg. The success included keeping both hearts alive and functioning, with the new heart often overpowering the original. The report notes isolation of the heart system outside the body for extended periods and cautions about orientation and blood flow between competing hearts.
A fragmented ledger-like list records multiple collected sums by individuals and groups across Cove Hart’s Cove Jenkin’s Cove Sandy Cove and surrounding areas. Names include Oliver Warr Mrs Henry Hopkins A Friend Irene Anstey Gladys Gidge Herbert Flynn Frank Hopkins and others. Totals show varied cents and dollars with several large amounts such as 2000 for A G Ashbourne and 150 by Thomas White.
Collected by Mr G Lorenzo Newhook funds from residents including Newhook Batstone Knight Pynn and Manuel amounts range from 20 to 60 cents with many listed individuals. The total recorded is 21 dollars 30 cents for the collection.
Miss Minnie Sharpe and Charles Moorswere married Thursday afternoon at North Side Methodist Church in a ceremony conducted by Rev J W Winsor before a sizable congregation. The bride wore gray with matching accessories, was given away by her brother Edward Sharpe, and maid of honor Bernice Roberts wore white satin. After the ceremony the party traveled to Crow Head for a repast at the bride’s parents home. The couple received gold pieces from the Super and the Choir in appreciation of years of service. They will reside at St John’s where Moors has a position with A E Hickman and Co. The Sun extends best wishes for their future.
On August fifteenth Miss Sarah G Batson youngest daughter of Mr H G Batson and Mrs Batson was married to Rev Uriah Laite Methodist minister of Channel. The ceremony by Rev Harry G Coppin Catalina. Bride a graduate nurse at Children's Memorial Hospital Montreal. Attendants Miss M J Batson and Miss Joyce Bugden. Groom with Joseph J Barnes. Music by Lillian Marshall. Reception at bride’s parents home. Honeymoon to Britannia.
Telegraph News recounts Saturday house fires on Br Main and Princess Street with a child left unconscious. City footballers return from Grand Falls after three games, two drawn and one won by Paper Towns. Portia route restored on St John’s Port au Basque. Round the World Fliers make a 570 mile Greenland to Labrador crossing in under seven hours. World news covers Prince of Wales visit to Washington, Leeward Group storms, Dawes plan in operation, Tokyo earthquake remembrance, Army chiefs departing Indian Harbor for Hawkes Bay, and League of Nations assembly opening with Dr Notts elected president.
Larry discusses governance changes, licensing issues, and taxation queries affecting outports and cow owners. He notes limited sick patients aboard steamers, reviews liquor restrictions, and questions Harbor Master pay while urging support for a memorial hospital project and a souvenir fund from residents.
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