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ad “left Tormentine at clock this morning and arrived in Summerside at She had 23 passengers. one car sug- ar, one. car mixed freight and 176 bags of mail.

Advertised that day was a

tals and Pioneers at the Crys- , tals Rink. It was also stated by The Pat.-

am. “as the present condition of the Strait renders It necess- ‘ . ‘ . ,

ary for the captain to have all ' the daylight possible in cross- In "

Etwent on to add that this . made it necessary for mail an tells story

Not exactly priceless tthe or- iginals would command a good pricel. bank notes of olden days provide a link with the days when several Island banks were operating. Later, when the pro- vince entered Confederation. such bank notes were b the Canadian GovernmelI‘It and were overstamped with t e and Rev. R.W. Stevenson ' at words uCanada Currency". An Grace Church. Rev. J.L. Miner example of this is shown in the i and REV. J.W. McConnell prea- of The Bank of Prince: ched at St. James Presbyterian Edward Island. Also in the $1 : and Re“ R-W' Steven?!" and of The Union Bank of Prince Ed-, Rev. G.M. Young at Axon. It ward Island and the $2 of the; was Re“ James S'mPSO" 3"“ Bank of Prince Edward Island. Rev. TH. Hunt at St. Peter‘s The wards d0 not appear on the Church lot The Merchants Bank of

SI. Dunstan's ('athedi'al hea'd :Prjncc Edward Island, It is of “NI m3“ “I 730: (‘hlldl‘en * 'Interest to note that even thoughf mass at 9: high mass and ser- i'l‘he Island had not become 3 mon at 10.30: vepers and bene- lipart of Canada the bank notes diction of the blessed sacra- lwere issued using the decimal menI a! 7 P-m- 'system of coinage. Not availab-

At the Baptist Church Rev ’Ie for inclusion in this speciall J.W. McConnell took the mor- [edition were any examples of ‘7 ning service and . DB. ithe notes of The Summersrde. MacLeod the evening one, white Bank which played a prominent Rev. G.M. Young and Rev, J.L. part in the Prince County econ- Miner preached at Central Omy prior to Confederation. Christian Church. Also listed _“""’—

without details were scheduled services at St. Paul's Church, the Church of Christ and the I salvation Army. Railway. There were to be two lever km,an Comm: m the lag

. A new schedule of train opera> > tions was announced that day ~ , . . "The Mayor will reclaim the I , ' g; 333'“ “3”; WW,“ Charm“? Dominion on Monty through-E Scourges ravage land year or the Great War. in 1913 31 grillﬁna mlgilrfg figmgmhelt: out the city. accompanied by l it brought a swift- striking death arrive in Summerside at 9.15 trumpets and escorted by the. tin its wake and the toll was ter-

ning. Then as now the citv church- 1

iable seats, visitors welcome' iRev. D.B. MacLeod and Rev. T.F. Fullerton were preaching at the Prince Street Methodist Church; Rev. T.F Fullerton

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THE PATHS or non

Although the late years of the last century saw a gradual dying out of the once-flourishing ‘voluntcer’ spirit which led to the growth of many military units in the province. some of it still lingered. This is evidenced by the above photo of officers of the 01d 82nd Regiment taken sometime in the last quarter of the 19th century. Although no record of the names was at hand, it is known that in the photo were Major Weeks, Colonel Hooper

u mmm and Colonel Ings.

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by the Prince Edward Island t ' l t ' ..I . .. 9. . ca alry”. a report from Mon—’ Thmughom world hmory pen lm‘fm“ hm“ he Wont 0f thém ; rlIlC. Newspapers of the day 8;"1- and 53-0 Pm- and at TIE- heal dated Junevz-I 1867, stayed. “pie have known scourges of‘being Virulcnt diseases which tell”? story and Th0 palm,“ ms: 3'3: pxml' anilh.9‘10.tp'mi It was published here in the, ' . travaged nations and continentsI recorded ' one. of its issues ‘ “ 9" ram 9 ‘5 C‘ y ‘3 Semi-Weekly. Patriot of July 4. ggan publishes the following list without regard to power of mum : “the M new graves this “wk-o

Court of Canada_ His elevation m the highest post ‘ argveMatl The news item went on to say *on new numstry: Ontario: Mac- try or high-born state of indivi- I .IUSI in the Charlottetown area

ISLANDER BECOMES CHIEF IUSTICE

One of the Island's greatest sons received one

of his country’s highest honors when Sir Louis on the Bench was recorded by The Island Patriot gem” with the mm which ' “9 “maple 3°V°mmem or'jDonald. premier; Campbellwduals. . How serious it was all. over Davies became Chief Justice of the Supreme I on Oct. 23, 1918. left there to arrive at Sourie at wool tw suits for $4 98, H IMacDougau, wland and; one 0‘. “‘9 “'0’” 0‘ ‘l‘ese “5 I North Amen“ can be tum“ - . 6.45 p m eed .. , a IBlair' Quebec. Cam-en Can. i the terrible plague which three from a telegram to The Patr'ot

W001 blue serge Sllits for $148; inane“ and Langevm Ne w i centuries ago raged througn I from its newsprint supplier.

5 M'el‘poats IrOm $3.50 _I° Inrunswick; Tillpy and Mitchell, I London and across all Britain ’Canada Paper Company. saying SEE-SOs .45. IND” 5mm: Archibald . n dtﬂowever, in more modern days ‘Imperative conserve your sup: Gents . Slumber menu -~ Ithere was another epide mic ply tof paperl. Mill closed. Can R0325. Thesenarenin Jactgiard However, the formatinn of the} ghich was known as Spangh in- make no promises." The wire pa rns. pre y oman s ipes new country apparently caused‘ uenza and raged over imost was given front page romin- yum?” Devotgd If" TIM nggi and an almost endless variety {mug stir in prince Edward 15. the entire world. ncc under a heading "Impor- I(“Ptmpelt'ﬁnceéI whirl”). "if: C of color combinations. in cents iland and aside from the alarm»1 Certainly it posed one of tlic tant Notice" saying the paper "Tress an A_e“5 ‘ e "9W9 All 0 these were offered by practically no notice of it was most serious threats to health might have to be r need in "Him be 1935‘ "Warm"L bl“ at James Paton and Co. ltaken at a ‘ and life itself the Maritimes had size to only four pages.

least they mentioned it. . C "

“Trains are run by Atlantic men. claims for some of the products ,common cold to cancer, not for- Standard Time" it was stated. advertised indicated that the; getting rheumatism, arthritis Advertisements offered men's vendors of the products ‘heldaand cramps. The concoctions teolored worsted suits at $7.98: the truth in such awe they darei (or were they decoctions?) a - ‘—————-— not approach it". ‘parently were readily saleable.

This is especially noticeable. In any event back in 1882 one in advertisements for medica-Eof our ancestors~ The Weekly t.

N . . t g ions. 0f some it was confident- 3 Patriot— on its masthead proud- ,ly stated they were an absolu;e ily maintained that it was “A

Apparently news-— at least on providing the space for prInling‘ a worldwide basis— was reIa-i the various letters to the editor IiYPIy unimportant even tojPerhaps a single column onlyl v newspapers in the late part or I might be given over to news of the last century. loutside. events. ;

Bark in the 1880's the papers, However. advertisers were‘ of tho day served more I; the;prominent with their displays literal voice of public. opinion by i even in that long past day. But

anything from the I

the extravagant tone of the cure for l

We Boast an ANNIVERSARY. too this year 37 YEARS

Our 45th Year

at Service!

TRULY GREHTS OF THE PAST

It was just 65 years ago that the Abegweit-Crescent Athletic Club won the greatest number of points at the Maritime Provinces Amateur Athle- ‘c Championships staged in Moncton on September 2. 1899. The famous athletes of that day are shown above although identification of them is not complete. Those in the back row are nahue, trainer, T. Monaghan, L B. MacMillan and William Cook. The three men in the centre are J. Darke, D. A. MacKinnon and Lorne Unsworth. The two men in front are not named in the picture made available to The Patriot.

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Giving Service to I . I I We take great pride in the fact that lun- Island bus'ness and dred- of today'a clientel are the grand- children and great-grandchildren of tho Itore'a pioneer customers back in 1920 . . . A store that nerves generation after generation Ina every reason to be proud in record of achievements . . . Lo- Pogo Co. Ltd. In one of the meet new shoe establishments In the ' Inland. proving that the pollclea on which It was founded merit the continued patronage enjoyed by the More today.

growing with Island business.

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of this century. old newspaper

THE EVENING PATRIOT

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