18 Apr 1910
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Newspaper
Charlottetown Guardian
Location
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Date
Apr 18, 1910
Page
1
An Island retailer touts low prices on wool fabrics, broadcloths, curtains, and bed linens. The feature highlights Hygrade cloths, millinery selections, and a large assortment of curtains and mattresses, with claims of local tailoring and direct manufacturer sourcing.
A reflective, archaic poem by S. E. Kisih on a faded dollar bill. The speaker finds in the bill independence courage and hope, noting its stains and its history of touching lives. The verse ponders danger and loss, yet ends with a sense of parting and reverence for the small objecta kept memory of humanity.
Professor C M Green warned against coeducation in a Harvard Medical School lecture to women. He called it one of modern schools' wickedest features noting women break under male competition yet often beat men, and claimed the American home is a no longer viable institution with women degenerating into unstable nervous equilibrium. He urged women to remain quietly at home.
A local physician warns cholera cases rise without proper medicine while Nerviline is touted as a cure for stomach disorders, cramps, flatulence and summer complaints. The ad claims Nerviline has been used in Canadian homes for decades and sold to millions annually.
A Battersea resident Mecy Butcher lauds Nerviline as a universal remedy for stomach issues and childhood illnesses. The letter urges readers to stock Nerviline, selling large bottles for 60c and trial sizes 25c, distributed via dealers or The Catarrhozone Co in Kingston Ontario.
A Romanian boy aged fourteen who came to Winnipeg two years ago with no English has learned the language, attended school, supported himself, and sent ten dollars monthly to his widowed mother. He has saved thirty five dollars of the required one hundred for her passage, all earned by selling newspapers.
A building trades lockout began last evening in Germany with 150000 to 200000 workers affected while headquarters await full reports. In Ontario police investigate revolver fire at a store where twenty two shots were fired at an 10 cent shop injuring several people including minors aged eight and older.
A gas and air blast in a construction site near Be Gobville killed seven men and left seven others missing. Authorities report twenty workers were sleeping in the area when the fuel landslide triggered the catastrophe.
London sees a new batch of Salvation Army immigrants bound for Canada with 300 last week and a total capital estimated at 30,000. An expected 100,000 immigrants in 1910 may represent about 5,000,000 in cash, as hundreds pay 3 extra passage via New York due to travel restrictions.
The Buffalo Chamber of Commerce directors appoint a committee to confer with Niagara frontier cities and historical societies on a tentative centennial event commemorating one hundred years of peace between Canada and the United States, likely in 1912 in this vicinity.
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