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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Sep 12, 1925
Page
3
The Twillingate Sun published at Twillingate Maine offers yearly rates of 1.00 in Newfoundland 1.20 in Canada and 1.50 for England and the U S A. Payable in advance Stewart Roberts editor and proprietor invites readers to subscribe by sending address and payment.
The piece credits the British Empire with unmatched global resources including Alberta gas, Newfoundland iron, Australian iron ore, vast Canadian forest areas, leading wheat and tea exports, India cotton and jute superiority, and dominant roles in cocoa, coffee, rice, and pulp. It highlights Canada, Australia, India, and Africa as key producers and stresses the Empire’s extensive ports and plantations.
Public notice outlines penalties and procedures under the Forest Fires Act Section 2. It prohibits lighting, starting, or permitting fires near woods except for land clearing or industrial warmth and requires safe clearing practices within ten feet of the fire.
French government tests reveal pure sulfur as a highly varied fertilizer for potatoes tomatoes and related plants. A fragment from a domestic scene follows with an exchange about cake flavors and marriage banter.
A friend describes Mike dropping a brick from a tenth floor and shouting to look out. The other person looked out and witnessed the fatal impact. The fragment preserves a grim anecdote of an accidental death with limited context.
In a tense household moment a crash from the kitchen prompts a sharp rebuke as a mistress asks what is happening and a calm reply from Sarah deflects blame, revealing simmering tension.
An elderly Scottish man near death asks if John, Sandy, and Jean are present. All reply yes, then he quips that with everyone there who is running the shop. The scene centers on family gathered by the father’s bedside.
Government reports show dentists dispatched to Alaska to provide dental care for Hikimas and Native peoples. The action aims to improve oral health access in remote regions. Notable details on agencies or dates are not provided in the fragment.
A child asks if their birthday falls on Monday this year and Sunday last year, and asks how many days of the week have marked their life. The mother confirms both dates and child mutters in exasperation about counting days.
Passenger recalls asking for a call from the sleeping car porter and the porter’s denial claims the line was busy while a female passenger confirms the delay. The exchange captures a moment of service lapse aboard the train.
Fragmentary dialogue hints at Kane Briggs as an artist with a remark about knowing all colors of his wife’s silk stockings. Brewster comments follow with questioning tone referenced in the clipped exchange. The passage reads as a conversational snippet rather than a full narrative.
Stevens asks about his wife learning to drive. Williams replies she learned after six wrecks, signaling a hazardous learning period and cautionary note on driving.
The minister questions Mary about missing the gathering last night. She replies the event on the back of her neck caused her hindrance, explaining her absence.
A retired colonel asks for a valet position with a humorous description of his needs including a wooden leg a false arm a glass eye a wig and false teeth seeking someone capable of “looking after me” in a light edged exchange.
The speaker recalls working in a motor car assembling shop for a year to establish credibility in that line of work.
A century later England's people have swelled from eight million to thirty two million. The rise is attributed to natural increase as emigration exceeds immigration in Fingland.
Local chemist Jones places an advertisement offering lini trisente bandages arnica belching salves absorbent cotton iodive sleeping powders and crutches at rock bottom prices after his wife left with another man. The notice seeks relief for the one who helped him through the turmoil.
A terse exchange unfolds as a passport officer demands proofs of marriage, and a man retorts that without proof she is not his wife the officer would be a marked man. The dialogue highlights sharp humor and social tension in a terse exchange.
A fragmentary dialogue contrasts laundry woes with port commerce. The speaker notes sending a dozen collars and receiving all button holes intact, while Karachi is cited as a key wheat shipping port in Asia.
Advert shows Dr Legard's Life Tablets promising youthfulness energy and fitness for middle aged to old. Claims to slow mental and physical decay, improve sleep, mood, and skin, and restore a ten year younger appearance. Price 12 per bottle, 3 dollars, from Dr Legard's Laboratories, 106 Liverpool Road Barnsbury London.
Promises instant relief from deafness with permanent improvement. Customer testimonial from Mrs K Will Kinson of Stroud praising better sleep and overall improvement. Claims astonishing cures and urges trial for all sufferers. Price one dollar per box plus post from Larmalbene Co England.
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