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Newspaper
Charlottetown Guardian
Location
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Date
Dec 12, 1908
Page
3
Advertises women saving eight to twelve dollars per fur coat purchased. Claims lowest price offered first with no deviation. Invites comparison with local and foreign houses and urges not to buy if offer is not better. Promotes sales by I. sere & Molood dated 12-12.
Heavy discounts drive last remaining women's colored coats from brown green navy grey to mixed tweeds. Stock dwindles with prices slashed on adult and misses coats, plus skirts in black grey and navy, encouraging early selections tonight.
Churches announce service times for Methodist Grace Presbyterian Baptist Christian and Anglican communities. Rev. Har rigan Pinkerton Harrison Fuller ton Ross Whitewill Blaney and Woodroofe listed with Masses prayers schools and catechism times. Salvation Army also posts Sunday and weekday services with multiple daily sessions.
A storm last week destroyed a large number of smelt nets belonging to the Indians of Lennox Island. The Fredericton Herald features a photo of Rev. Dr. Smith the new pastor of St. Paul’s church in Fredericton, a Summerside native.
An ad style notice extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as boosting the body's defenses by building up blood quality. It claims benefits against various ailments and touts festive neckwear gifts and shaving sets from local merchants plus stock quotes and market notes.
A list of retail prices from Charottetown markets shows beef, pork, poultry, butter, eggs, and produce. Notable figures include beef quarter and bone at varying rates, ducks and chickens sold per pair, butter and eggs by weight, oats, hay, straw, potatoes, turnips, and geese with price ranges.
An advertisement proclaims Dr. Hamilton's Pills as a mild vegetable-based remedy for children and adults. Claims include rapid morning relief from headaches and stomach disorders, no griping, and a safe, reaction-free formula. Available at 25 cents per box or five for a dollar, through Polson & Co. in Kingston Ontario and Hartford.
The listing shows prices for several stocks and commodities including St Paul Copper Baltimore J Union Pacific Southern Pacific P.R. Reading U S Steel Missouri Pacific and Sugar with varying figures noted next to each.
Carter's Book Store offers 1908 Christmas numbers from The Toronto Globe London Graphic Illustrated London News and more with colored supplements. Also available are suspenders feather boas evening wear umbrellas and stylish house coats from Moore McLeod and Prowse Bros Ltd at prices from 50 cents to several dollars.
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