May 6, 1914
A KICK FROM RANDOM
The taxation of small mill-men, imposed at the last session of the legislature, has excited very considerable discontent in the Northwest Arm and in Southwest Arm of Random, Trinity Bay. This is the part of Trinity Bay especially affected by the tax, and Trinity Bay is one of the bays on which this extra taxation falls especially. It will be remembered that the tax was imposed in the hope of benefiting the revenue some $25,000.
A petition has been circulated and signed by a very large number of the inhabitants of Hodge’s Cove, Queen’s Cove, Island Cove, Hillview, Hatchet Cove, and Loreburn. They declare roundly they will not pay the tax. They state that the exaction of the tax will mean the ruin of their industry and the impoverishment of their families. These men live a hard and most laborious life, especially in hauling logs out of the woods, which are now largely cut out, and as a consequence, there is increasing difficulty and labor each succeeding year in cutting and hauling logs. No observant man can mix among these small loggers and saw-mill workers without noticing the strained and drawn appearance of their faces and their overworked physiques due to the hardship of their lives. Moreover, it takes them nowadays all their time to make two ends meet. It is no wonder then they are kicking against the imposition of extra taxation on them to make good the extravagant spending which has come in vogue during the past few years.
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August 3, 1914
Wedding Bells – At the Methodist Church, Clarenville, on Thursday, July 23rd at 5 p.m. by the Rev. J.C. Winsor, Mr. Philip Stanley and Miss Mary Vardy were united in the holy bonds of matrimony. The bride’s trouseau was beautifully arranged. After the ceremony a reception was given at 7 p.m. in their new residence to upward of a hundred of their friends who wish them both an unbroken period of conjugal felicity. Miss Susie Stanley and Mr. W. Wiseman acted as chefs and made things hum at the reception room. Mr. P. Stanley was formerly a locomotive engineer with the R. N. Co., and while working in that capacity gained a good knowledge of his work and was liked by all. His new home which he prepared for his happy young bride, is evidence enough that he considered the seriousness of that matrimonial contract before entering the field for better or for worse. Next to his young bride, we wish to congratulate him on his nice home and trust he will always enjoy the same. His present to the bride was a handsome gold watch and chain. Both were the recipients of many useful presents and all their friends here wish them many years of wedded bliss. M.I.B
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October 2, 1914
Nfldr. Killed in Quebec
Editor Evening Telegram.
Dear Sir. – The sad intelligence has just reached us of the untimely death of one of Terra Nova’s sons in the person of Mr. Joshua Gooby, at Quebec. About five and a half years ago Mr. Gooby left his home Queen’s Cove, Random, Trinity Bay, for Brooklyn, New York, USA., where he has since been employed as a carpentered. At Quebec was a ship which a short while ago had been rammed by another ship, and was needing repairs, and the company of which Mr. Gooby was an employee, undertook to carry out the contract. Mr. Gooby being one of their leading carpenters, was consequently sent over. Though no details have reached us yet, it is thought that at the close of his day’s work Mr. Gooby was returning from work in an automobile, when by some accident happening the machine he was unfortunately killed. The news of his death has come with sadness to all who knew him, as he was a man beloved and respected by all. He has left behind a wife and five children to mourn his death, and to add to the grief of his heart-broken wife, he was over in Canada when he met his death and she in America. Mr. Gooby was a man of genial disposition, a thorough man in every sense of the word. His tragic death has cast a gloom over his former home Queen’s Cove, and many beside his own family are to-day mourning his demise. To the grief-stricken widow and children we extend out deepest sympathy in this their hour of darkness and sorrow, and we earnestly pray that “He who came to bind up the broken-hearted” may speak to them His words of comfort, cheer and consolation. To his father and brother and sisters who are frantic with grief we also tender our deepest sympathy and for them we pray, and ask our Heavenly Father to teach them to say “Thy Will be Done.”
Yours sincerely
Kenneth G. Richards
St. John’s, October 1st, 1914.
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November 4, 1914
Wedding Bells
MARTIN – STRINGER
Grate’s Cove was the scene of a very pretty wedding on Thursday last when Mr. T. Martin, of Grate’s Cove, and Miss Kathleen A Stringer, of Hodge’s Cove, T. B., were united in the bonds of holy matrimony by the Rev. E Higgit, Incumbent of Bay de Verde. The bride was very tastefully attired in cream crepe-de chene and carried a bouquet of sweet peas. The bridesmaids were Misses Maud Avery, Jane Noel, Lizzie Hodder and Virtue Benson, while Mr. E Martin, J. Hodder and C. W. Benson ably supported the groom. After the ceremony a reception was held at the residence of the groom; many friends of the bride and groom were present. Including Miss Bartlett, Miss A S Meadus, Miss M Carbery and Miss Doyle. Also Mr. F Martin and Mr. H F Mearvis. Both the bride and groom received many valuable and useful presents testifying to the esteem in which the young couple are held. Rev. Mr. Higgit delivered a short address after the ceremony on the beauty and dignity of the married life, and wished the young couple every joy and felicity and a smooth passage on the sea of matrimony in which wish the writer earnestly joins.
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Transcribed by Wanda Garrett and Lester Green, September 2014; Last update March 2021
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