16 Jul 1921
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Newspaper
Charlottetown Guardian
Location
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Date
Jul 16, 1921
Page
1
The Central Guardian advertises silk dresses and raincoats at clearance prices at Patons and promotes a big sale of ladies and men’s umbrellas. It lists The Wedding Gift Store and local retailers, notes a new taxi service, and urges advertisers to file notices before deadlines. A church services schedule and a brief weather/field report accompany the notices.
Local events: a grand old fashioned tea party details on the parade grounds at Tignish Wednesday July with a rain date. Also horse racing at Kensington with a 2.40 trotters field. Police Court reports note three motor vehicle act infractions including overspeeding, careless driving, and lights out.
Anchorage July 14 prospectors flood into a district thirty nine miles south of the city after reports of rich quartz strikes that yield more than one hundred dollars to the ton. A dozen large fissures of gold bearing quartz cover a twelve by seven mile area with initial discovery at Girwood along the government railroad. Mining men predict the find could prove epochal.
The ad claims loss of appetite this season stems from impure blood and promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla to restore appetite. It notes the remedy originated from a famous physician and adds Hood's Pills as a laxative option that does not gripe.
Local society notices list Mr Abnairam Judson Hope visiting Alexandra. George MacKinnon leaving Alexandra for Halifax for a teacher cadet course. Miss Susie Burhoe returning to Alexandra after two years in Waltham. Katherine Lannan Montague visiting Charlotteown. Gertie McNevin Tyne Valley visiting Vernon and Montague. Pearl Be Chowan Govan Sask visiting her parents in West Royalty. Amy E Moore Calgary Alberta arriving to spend the summer with West Royalty parents. Harry Ritnie Bank of Nova Scotia Halifax manager in the city on three weeks vacation.
Quotations furnished by Johnson and Ward show prices from the Montreal Stock Exchange with figures for American Car Foundry American Smelting and Refining Co Anaconda Copper Canadian Pacific Railway American Loc Wheat and Corn oats and September and December futures as reported in Halifax on July 15 with various percentages and settlements.
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