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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Sep 19, 1891
Page
2
Sale of work will be held at Herring Neck about the 10th of October in aid of the new church building fund. Contributions in money or fancy articles will be received by Mrs Chamberlain, Mrs B Day, Miss Chamberlain, Miss Printor.
The Ab Labrador Matl Steamer will leave St John s around July 15 bound for Flower s Cove Nameless Cove Lancé au Loup and proceed West Blanc Sablon Bonne Esperance and numerous harbors including Salmon River Red Bay Chateau Henley Huchor Chimney Tickle Cape Charles Assizes Harbor Battle Harbor Epeee Harbor and many others with two return trips to Cape Harrigan Fanny s Harbor Hopedale and related ports. The Coastal steamer Conscript departs St John s on July 21 to connect at Battle Harbor. J C Fraser P A G L
A Newfoundland era notice urges extending telegraph service to Pelleys Island, a growing mining town under manager Bowen. It notes six thousand dollars in labor wages last month and argues that a telegraph link would boost business in the competitive colony, referencing prior government efforts and promising action before next year.
A South Side church mass meeting of Methodist Sunday schools last Sunday afternoon featured Rev. J. Hill as presider and speaker, with Rev. J. K. Kelly and circuit superintendents giving addresses. Scholars recited, music by Miss Jessie Hudder, and many parents attended as the church filled. a collection for Sunday School purposes was taken.
The schooner Blossom of 30 tons, Joseph Marsh master, with six crew, foundered after a Tuesday night gale off Gull Island Cove near White's Arm, French Shore. One survivor, Joseph Inga, clung to a cliff, was rescued. six others including Marsh and Priscilla Langdown perished. Fire at Pelleys Island and local relief efforts described amid further storm warnings.
Rich Harp M Hamilton on Pelleys Island dated September 8 1891 introduces an essay on China noting government and society favor education. It explains village schools funded by families, temple settings, book names replaces milk names, Confucian worship, and the back recitation method with perpetual motion like discipline.
A Tuesday storm wrecked vessels along the coast near Cat Harbor by Cape Freels. The schooner Prearcia, John Cull Kane master, foundered with six or seven crew from Pound Cove, many kin. The Amason, James Noble master of Fair Island, also sank with three dead. The Royal Blue was lost but its crew survived.
Early afternoon fire on Norway Island, Pelleys I, drove 80 workers from shift to battle the blaze. A trench was dug two feet wide as windward flames spread, with managers, officers, workers, and several women helping to save belongings and halt the fire.
The district magistrate grades final exams for private schools guiding graduates to B A and M A levels with strict cells and essays from classics. Thousands compete for about a hundred success, while some father son and grandson share the prize in a system praised for merit yet viewed as Confucianist aristocracy hostile to Christianity.
A large fire at Tilé Cove damaged the arworks and surface facilities, destroying two engines, two stone breakers, eight boilers, and the five original items in a sample room after a lamp upset. The incident occurred on the Dt inst, with extensive damage reported.
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