Island History

Lucy Maud Stories Recalled In Book -- 'Wonderful Dream' Came True -- Bloody Story Of Pirate Ship -- Travel Limitations In Early Days -- Marco Polo Fastest Sailing Ship -- Wooley Heads, Thick Lips

Dairy Situation Poses Problem -- Islanders Use More Butter -- Competitors Spend Millions -- One-fifth Of Total Farm Income -- Long Walk When Trains Were Stuck -- Tore "Tick" Apart To Feed Cows -- Hospitals Really Need Money

Slavery Existed Here Old Records Indicate -- Boy Sold For Approximately $64 -- Minister's Stipend In Flour, Oatmeal -- He Needed Physical Endurance -- Sermons 'Model Of Brevity' -- Clyde River Dixon's Anniversary

Stirring Tales Told By Native Of Tignish -- To Siberia In 1904 -- Ball Of Cotton String Valuable -- Blood, Raw Meat Cures Scurvy -- Operation On Boy's Throat

Ice Boat Days Are Recalled -- Started Under Captain Campbell -- Disaster Occurred In 1883 -- Two Stories Are Interesting -- Canoes At Wood Islands in 1755

Grass Grew On Sides Of City's Main Street -- Roads Nothing But Bridle Paths -- Some Moose Reported On The Island -- "We Seldom Had Mails In Winter" -- Teachers Officiated At Weddings

Old Court Notebook Says Liquor Main Sin -- Assaults Drew Lesser Fines -- Glen Ramsay Is Retiring -- Relatives Live In New Zealand -- Model T Ford Demanded Ingenuity

First Public School Date Here Discussed -- 'Mayor Of Southport' - That's Not Me -- 36 Cars A Day, Record In 1930 -- Drove On Ramp - Then To Flatcar -- Authentic Comment Invited -- Montreal-Ottawa Car Shabbiest

Godfrey Story Stirs Interest -- Godfrey Designed The Equipment -- Montague Had A Canadian First -- They Wouldn't Believe Him -- Unusual Events Recalled -- Both Stories Were Incorrect

Navy Suggested For This Island -- Brother Of Sir Sydney -- Election Results Confusing -- Was 16 To 14 Back In 1908 -- Friendships Are Valued