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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Sep 12, 1891
Page
2
The excerpt portrays a patient plagued by constant dieting and fluctuating eating habits. He experiences gnawing insatiable appetite followed by aversion to food and critical table behavior. Irregular bowels and peculiar stools are noted as accompanying symptoms.
A sale of work will be held at Herring Neck around the end of October to aid the new church furnishing fund. Contributions in money or fancy articles will be received by Mrs. Chamberlain, Mrs. B. Day, Miss Chamberlain, and Miss O. Hopot.
The route of the Labrador mail steamer to leave St Johns around July 15 1891 for Harbor Grace Flowers Cove and manyHarbors and islands including Battle Harbor Hopedale Long Island and Cape Harrison with connections at Battle Harbor. The notice names towns harbors and passages and notes two trips then a southern turn via Cape Harrigan. J O Fraser P ALG General Post Office cohn KE July 8 1891.
Vessels like the Gipsy and Conscript return with cargoes and passengers as fish curing improves. The Mayflower and Guiding Star ship shore cod for Dutler and Earle, while a correction notes John Fenley won a billiards match. A Methodist mass meeting and several losses at sea are reported alongside passenger lists for inbound steamers.
James Anstey master of the Rosalie arrived Back Harbor with 610 girls. Robert Anstey, roaster of the craft, fired at a curlew near Domino Friday when the gun burst, wounding his left hand. Dr. Stafford treated him and doctors hope the hand will be saved.
Born 1760 at Wisbeach, Thomas Clarkson left church hopes to fight slavery. He traveled many ports, gathered evidence, and with Wilberforce helped push the 1807 abolition law. He died 1846 after decades of tireless work, honored for perseverance and moral courage.
From Fortune Harbor, John Head of Joe Batt's Arm marries Elizabeth Ang Quirk, with bridesmaids Johannah Quirk and Margaret Sweney and best men John Hamilton and Richard Budgile. Michael Head weds Carrie Byrne of Waldron's Cove and departs for Fogo Island honeymoon. Benjamin Paul of Exploits River weds Eirza Stuckless of Canada Bay, husband noted as hunter from Miernac group. wife described as lively and handsome.
A correspondent reports a striking lunacy case in Plate Cove where a young woman aged about eighteen to twenty vanishes into the woods three times, returns exhausted, and is believed to be sent to an asylum. The piece also notes a long 1589 French Post Office report with rising inland mail figures.
A group in Notre Dame Bay forms a company to start wood pulp manufacture this fall and winter. They seek a government forest tract for a limited term, with no subsidy, and expect strong demand as pulp use grows. The note includes pulp process timings, the role of wood pulp in printing, and mentions Rev. G. H. Field’s appointment to Burgeo missions and Rev. H. Cunningham’s departure.
A visiting railway expert praises Hall's Bay line for its elipments and first class quality. Forty eight rodes of road from the junction have thirty seven miles of track laid with over eight hundred men employed. The workers average half a mile of track daily under foreman Mr Reid and show content and steady progress.
A scrap found in a bottle in Boulogne harbor records an August 8 launch from Ostrevent balloon in Nord, owned by My Mouchin. It notes drifting toward the English coast and includes the plea for information to reunite with the owner. Signature illegible. postscript requests verification of ownership and balloon details.
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