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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Sep 29, 1917
Page
1
A jumble of early column notes covers church funds school events music and social life at St Johns and St Josephs. Items mention a budget, a cremation, a grand hall, horse accident, and local court actions amid scattered names and places.
A garbled report notes the Wooderland Circus opening with many attendees. It mentions a fatality at Macon Station, naval honors for a fallen youth, a procession with a band, and various crowd scenes and eerie references to events and figures amid chaotic text.
The readable text references local forces and morale, noting soldiers and ships, with scattered notes on forest fires, accidents, and public work. It mentions health incidents, forest damage, and unclear prices or stock figures amid a disrupted wartime or emergency context.
A damaged OCR fragment appears to reference a Teiwightahean or Tewighteagoan water place with a river term and a dated event. Details are unclear due to text corruption and misreads.
Fragmentary report describes an incident at sea, injuries, and a list of arrivals and names. It mentions a crane or fall causing injuries and a person being lodged, plus reference to Maggie Sullivan and J. W. Hodge and a Labrador voyage. Details are incomplete and events uncertain.
Notice under Section 6 of the Key Saw Mille Act 1814 prohibits milling activity and seizes crown lands in Green Bay Green Bay area including North shore of Sauith Weey Arm and adjacent territories. Identifies parcels along South Weel Arm and near Woodfords Aria and Tong Point with boundaries described and shares to Crown.
The text laments unequal access to schooling and urges action. It cites crowded conditions, missing facilities, and travel barriers for Black families. It calls for charitable grants and school board support to provide education for all children and prevent deprivation.
A jumbled OCR-like passage mixes up phrases about timing and events with broken words. It hints at planning or entering a post event for tomorrow and references a variety of unclear actions and places, but lacks coherent names, dates, or concrete details to anchor facts.
A cryptic notice references a hurried action and a single sock delivery involving individuals named Mr. 8 Bactett and Beryerio. The fragment hints at an urgency or dispute but provides few concrete details or context.
A letter requests money from relatives and friends under vague terms. The notice notes funds sent to the department at Mille Cxtawis Kerléine, CTR, and mentions Record Daina for further instructions.
A fragment notes a land lot at Hine Bay bounded by Woodlands Arm and Back Point described under the Savy MANS Act provisions. It mentions Rev SQUIRES Coturvel as Secretary and Department of dis Colonlilil with a date of September 1917, detailing land extent and prohibition terms.
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