30 Aug 1907
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Newspaper
Charlottetown Guardian
Location
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Date
Aug 30, 1907
Page
1
A period advertisement extols diamonds as unharmable and growing value. It invites ladies to start with a small stone and notes merchants emphasize diamond advantages and status. The text also includes notices about Paton & Co half holiday, Charlottetown Lodge meetings, St Peter's Day School reopening details, and contact hints.
An advertising item promotes fall hats and caps from Hawes and American lines. It touts Hawes as city and street favorites in New York Montreal and Toronto with sole Charlottetown and Halifax agency mentions. The piece urges readers to visit The Hat Store run by H H Brown and Prowse Bros Ltd for latest styles.
Prizes were awarded to servicemen including Shaffer Haystead Gladwin Freeze Shaver Forbes Williams Stork McCollum Parker. The governor general's match began with the first stage at 200 yards. The DR A annual meeting, led by Lieut Col Sam Hughes, discussed enlarging the range to accommodate more targets and contests.
Calendar page details Moon phases for August 1907 with New Moon on the 2nd and Full Moon on the 23rd, plus daily moonrise and moonset, high water and low water times. Includes day-by-day sun and moon positions and tides for coastal reference.
From Willow Creek Ontario Miss E Diegel writes she suffered lumbago after rain and earache and that applying Nerviline soaked batting to her ear and Ner viline to her back eased the pain within hours. She claims no other liniment works as well and notes Nerviline sells for 25 cents at all dealers.
James B. Duke, the tobacco magnate of Long Branch New Jersey, claimed in an interview that he had spent as much on advertising as any living man and that figures would reach fifty million dollars. He remains among the world's wealthiest men and argues that bold publicity is essential to wealth.
City of London announces excursions to Orwell Crap East River and West River ports with round trips from 25 to 40 cents on specified days at 3 p.m. Offer includes hot tea cold drinks lunches ice cream and seasonal fruits plus piano and hats. H. H. Brown promotes The Franklin American hat stating new styles for young men.
A Winnipeg letter from J A Messervey dated July 1 1907 urges business college training for clerical work. He notes Islanders moving West find top salaries for trained shorthand typing staff and says colleges send capable graduates who quickly win praise for punctuality accuracy and conduct. A new term course on the Decimal System is planned.
Moise Derosse keeper at St Phillippe Quebec recounts buying a horse with ringbone alleged incurable for 30 dollars. He claims curing with one dollar of Minard's Liniment and selling at 35 dollars, asserting a profit of 54 dollars.
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