Sweden and German Barbarity Protest Letter 1915
A protest letter from Swedish scholars and public figures condemns German warfare methods including the Lusitania sinking. Signatories include Arrhenius and Legerstedt among professors, doctors, authors, artists, and officials from Stockholm dated May 10 1915. They urge scrutiny of laws of war and prompt accountability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lusitania
Svante Arrhenius
Baron Adelswarn
Victor Almquist
W. Lees
Knut Kjellberg
Jules Akerman
Torgny Legerstedt
Israel Holmgren
G. Kobb
Ottor Rosenberg
Gunnar Andersson
Gerhard de Geer
Olof Kinberg
Alfred Petren
John Tjerneld
Tor Hedberg
Hujalmar Soderberg
G. Stjernstedt
van Bedquist
Royal Theatre
Tyan Bratt
T. Pogelquisty
Emilia Broome
Signe Herha
Christian Eriksen
Ludvig Moberg
Karl Nordstrom
Arnold Josefson
Carl Eldh
Alma Sundquist
Stockholm
Personal notices from Charlottetown and visiting guests
Mr. Harry Younker of Brookfield spent Sunday in Charlottetown. Miss Sadie Sentner of Soalist returned home after a visit to Charlottetown. Mrs Dr John McFadyen left for Kingston after visiting her parents. Miss Francis MacDonald of Orwell rode the Plant Line steamer Halifax from Boston. Mrs. Henry Hayes returned home after an operation in Charlottetown Hospital. Mrs. Fred Ward and Miss Georgie Sentner returned from New London. Mrs. Deighan of Emerald is improving after Charlottetown Hospital surgery. Mr. Barry D Bent of Amherst attends Shriners meeting in Charlottetown with Mrs. Bent. Rev. Henry A McDonald of Morganfield arrived to visit his former home in Kingsborough, with his wife and two daughters to follow for a summer stay. Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Crosby of Halifax are guests at the Victoria Hotel during a Charlottetown visit. Crosby is Provincial Manager of North American Life Assurance for Nova Scotia. Dr. Raymond P Archibald of Brown University visits Charlottetown with aunt Mrs. Philip Large. he is author of Carlyle's First Love and is writing another book. His mother was a Pownal native and Miss Mellish was Mount Allsion University preceptress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry A. McDonald
Morganfield
Kentucky
Kingsborough
H. S. Crosby
Halifax
N. S
Charlottetown
Victoria Hotel
Crosby
North American Life Assurance Company
Nova Scotia
Raymond P. Archibald
Brown University
R. 1
Philip Large
Bayfield Street
Archibald
Carlyle
Pownal
Festubert
P.e.il
France
Baillew
Hotel Arrivals List Includes Guests From Cities Worldwide
A long roster of hotel arrivals lists guests from Georgetown to Cambridge and many places in between. Names include J. D. Stewart, K. J. Slate, F. J. Bailey, W. J. Blake, and numerous others with origins ranging from New York and Toronto to Sydney, Halifax, and Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Stewart
Georgetown
K. J. Slate
New York
F. J. Bailey
Providence
W. J. Blake
Toronto
Runciman
Portland
Carm
Sydney
Jas. Polly
Truro
A. P. Mercer
Halifax
W. A. Tallmic
L. A. Miles
C. J. Kelr
W. A. Dixon
Montreal
Prescott M. Robinson
K. Kawakita
L.H. Howe
W. E. Maloney
Quebec
J. D. Campbell
C. G. Brown
R. N. Price
St. Thomas
J. N. Johnson
Boston
B. A. Clarke
Joseph Warren
Vancouver
B. C
P. McLean
Wife
Why He Didn't Help in the Courtroom Question
An examining council questions why the defendant was not aided during a fight. Mr Cassidy replies with contempt that he could not know which person would be the defendant at the time.
Young Man Seeks Daughter’s Hand in Marriage
A young suitor asks for the daughter’s hand in marriage. The father questions acceptance and the suitor confirms it, ending with the father’s surprised, terse response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grumbells
First Steps In Music Disrupts Father’s Quiet
In a domestic moment a girl performs an exercise from a new music instruction book titled First Steps In Music. Her father shouts from the next room that the piano is disturbed by her heavy footwork and questions the practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane
Nervous Prostration and Dr Chases Nerve Food Claims
An advertisement extols Dr Chase's Nerve Food as a cure for nervous prostration and related ailments. It cites Mrs Edith May Williams of Tillsonburg Ontario sharing her recovery, praising the product as a powerful builder of the nervous system, and urges preventative use to avoid paralysis and ataxia. It lists price at 60 cents a box and notes dealers in Toronto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pr. Chase
Edith. May Williams
Tillsonburg
Ont. R. R. 8
Chase
Dr. Chase
Bamanson, Bates & Company, Limited
Toronto
Life in France told by Capt. Duck now in hospital
Letter from Captain Duck written in France describes conscription inspired uniforms for all ages and roles, farm life contrasts near Ypres and Festubert, crops and cattle care, women hoeing in fields, a dog wheel, and personal sketches of nightingale song and nettle stings, with note of ongoing war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Capt
Duck
Island Roll of Honor Names From Charlottetown to Summerside
A long roster lists fallen and missing service members from Prince Edward Island including Lieut Morrison and privates from Georgetown Mill Cove Summerside and Charlottetown. The piece ends with a wreath of solemn verse praising the brave who sleep for their country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lieutenant Morrison
Georgetown
Peter Hughes
Mill Cove
Geo. W. Sharp
Summerside
J. 2
Lockerbie
Cascumpec
J. A. Beaton
Brookfield
McQueen
Mount Vernon
Bruce McLellan
Indian River
William McIntyre
Charlottetown
K. F. Ellis
Damien McKenna
Arch
McKinnon
Canoe Cove
N. McKenzie
Nine Mile Creek
W. B. Davey
Albion Bay
Charles S. Beaton
Corp
Ambrose Cosgrove
Wellington
J. Irady
Alex
Lorne McNeill
Rocky Point
Cyrus B. K
Henderson
Union Road
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Penslar
E. A. Foster
Central Drugstore
Sunnyside
Sweden
The
Daily Graphic
Harry Younker
Sadie Sentner
Soalist
John McFadyen
Kensington
G. H. Holbrook
City
Francis MacDonald
Orwell
Plant Line
Henry Hayes
Rochford St
Charlottetown Hospital
Fred Ward
Georgie Sentner
North River
New London
Barry D. Bent
Amherst
Shriners
Mrs. Bent
Victoria
Geo
A. Thompson
G. A. Thompson
Montague
H. McEwen
Morell
R. W. McEwen
St. Peters
W. M. Morrow
Annandale
BE. Reid
Tryon
James Brown
Moncton
R. Archibald
R. I
H. MacDonald
W. McKay
New Glasgow
W. Agnew
Alberton
J. Munn
Roseneath
Pat
Br. Ghabe
Pew
Lantic Sugar Atlantic Sugar Refineries Limited
Que
ST. John, N. B
Louson
Washington
Canada
P.E.I
Mark Twain
Hunland
Ypres
Hare- Brooke
la Bassee
Massey-Harris
Ajlié
Ana Ding Autorens
Seltbinder
P.E.L
Peter
Island Roll of Honor
W. L. Ferguson
Alexandria
J. Bowden
John Stewart
Wood Island
Stephen McKinnon
Emanuel Doiron
John Murphy
W. G. Bruce
Red Point
Peter Martin Grant
Bangor
C. A. Arnold
H. J. Wells
Elmsdale
Samuel Elliott
Winslow Station
Harry Riley
Sea Cow Pond
Lester Proud
Donald I. Campbell
Newport
J. Fraser
St. Peter's Bay
John Curry
C. B. Pitblade
Lester Clair Johnston
Peter's Road
Daniel A. Simons
Port Wood
Pte Jas
Dawson Brown
Charles L. Pitts
John W. McDonald
Bradatbane
William Gordon
John Curley
Patrick A. McManus
Bonshaw
Pte
L. Coffin
Neil McIsaacs
Souris
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