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MONDAY, AUGUST 31, 1964

{Typing-n Island’s newspapers all played their part

tags 0! the editors and the re- action of the people was re- cently recalled for me by Nell Matheson. farm and provincial. editor for these papers.

He remembers a man had;

the Rose Valley area who stood almoat alone at the time in being a supporter of the Lib— eral Party in a district which was strongly Conservative. Each The Guardian. then

day w Down through the years the Modern newspaper-men shud-, local fame as a Writer of pastI a violently Conservative sup.

people of Prince Edward Island der 3! the mough, of the many 3 even s. have known no lack of vehicles ' for expressing their thoughts as there h s been a

. . _ . ; Results of libel suits uhIch could have,1 the history of newspaper

3 porter. (I t the his researCh in"); the one subscriber nearby a here} the nei hbors would gather to ‘ 's d

. . 3 long suC--;1‘(’SU"ed 5mm the WWW“ hadl reveal a wide variety of ; hear the new

arrive home of

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of the ay read.

just wait till The Patriot comes Whelan, who had had the Pal- I”

tonight then we will learn the truth".

Following is a list—as near- , accurate as was possible— of the papers of the past.

The Royal American Gazet- te and Intelligencer of The Island of Saint John. 1787.

Island of Saint John Gazette, 1792

Royal Herald. 1805. . Prince Edward Island Regis- ter. 1823. Royal Gazette. 1630. Haszard's Gazette.

ladiurn).

Express and Commercial Ad- vertiser. 1850.

Monitor. 1857.

Protector and Christian Wit- ness. l85 .

Protestant and Evagenlicsl Witness. 1 .

Ross's Weekly. 1859. (Print- ed till 1866 when fire destroyed the plant and it was discontin-

ed).

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Patriot. 1864. (This paper was started by David ird who had previously publis 'ed the Pro- tector and the Protestant listed

Star. I”. Argus (succeeded the mm Bales. ms.

Protestant «on loonwmnonrsonm'

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above. Other editors following included Frederick J. Nash and Reuben MacDonald who was succeeded by Neil Math- eson. and Calvin Lewis.)

1853. cession of newspapers publish~l the laws on that subject been' papers. Many 0‘ them flnurlSh- It was an era when political Prince Edward Island Times. i many parts of the prov-2 as strict then as now. re for a short time and died’ wTiting was at its strongest an '826. ince. An effort to gather as much.I out; the same applied to their} when anything which appeared Colonial Herald. 1837. In an earlier era, especially‘ data regarding old newspapers! editors: none of either appar-E in p ' t was accepted a, Goa. Islander_ 1342, during the really bitter battles as was possible was made earl- ; ently ever hesitated to dip below pet A; . result the [one Ln,ng palladium. 1343.

In . esting

I on Confederation. the editorials ior in this century by the late. the facts to find something bad caily received a terrific rib. Morning I “s and Semi- Vindicator, 1862, were often devoted to sarcasm. Benjamin Bremner whose. to say 0f their opposition or hing from the group of Conser- Weekly Advertiser. 1843. Charlottetown Herald. 1864. ridicule and personalities. and tamin had long been associat- the causes they espoused- vatives. However, his come- Constitutionalist, 46. (Published till the end of the all too frequently we 0 an‘ ed with the printing of books‘ thi connection an inteir- back was devastating: “Nowi Exam (by Edward last century). wr

. 5 . : iner. 1847. and who himself acquired much sidelIght on the I

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