Deaths and bulb prize noted in Island papers
Reports from Charlottetown detail the death of Mr James McKeon of Auburn after a short illness, with services held at St Patrick's Church Fort Augustus. Obituaries cite his Monaghan birth and family, a large funeral cortege, and pallbearers named. Also noted is the death of Mrs Joseph Melnnis from ptomaine poisoning, with funeral arrangements at St Dunstan's Cathedral. The spring bulb competition winners are listed, praising improved bulb quality and broader grower participation. An advertisement touts Shredded Wheat Biscuit as a sustaining daily food for energy and strength suitable for Canadian households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James McKeon
Auburn
County
Monaghan
Ireland
St. Patrick's Church
Fort Augustus
A. J. McDonald
Patrick Curley
Patrick McKenna
Edward Roache
Peter McAtee
Patrick, Quinn
James Curley
Bernard Callaghan
Island
J. D. Stewart
Charlottetown
Georgetown
Stewart
Superintendent Clark
Clark
The
Guardian
Prince of Wales College
Island Hospital
Prince Street School
J. l. McLarty
Gavin Duffy
Haszard
W. 38. Louson
Messrs
W. A. Stewart
Prof
Barlow
8. A., McDonald
H. W. Longworth
Alfred Houston
John F. Wheat
Joseph Melanis
J. B. Melnnis
Hillsborough Street
McInnis
City
John McGuigan
Hope River
Ellen McKenna
J.A. J. McKenna
Victoria
B. C
Island Preacher of Note at Grace Church on Sunday
Rev. Fred. M. Clay, a Dundas native, preached both morning and evening at Grace Church. Described as a forceful speaker likened to Billy Sunday, he also sang well. He shared stories of a global sailing career and twenty years of evangelistic work mainly in the United States, plans to spend his remaining years in the province, and left for Digby to begin tent revival meetings. He is accompanied by his wife, formerly Miss Brian of Victoria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Island
Fred. M. Clay
Dundas
Grace Church
Rey
Mr. Clay
Billy Sunday
Clay
United States
Digby
N. S
Miss Brian
Angus Brian
Victoria
Promotion and Society Notices From Prince Edward Island Gazette
In the June 23 issue the 82nd Abegweit Light Infantry announces Leonard Jarvis Gay as provisional lieutenant supernumerary dated May 1 1917, and Miss Gertrude Gillan of Charlottetown receives her nursing sister commission. The Law Society of Prince Edward Island held its annual meeting electing officers with Inman as President Gaudet as Vice President and Bentley as Secretary. Grand Opera Company to visit Charlottetown with Boston English Grand Opera Company slated for July 10 and 11. Wedding report from Calgary: Catherine MacPhee and Ralph Hastie Hallett wed. gifts noted and couple to reside in Calgary. Also item on PEI potatoes profits via Forbin schooner voyage to Gloucester and a prisoner of war update from Private John Murphy detailing care, parcels, and living costs while interned in Switzerland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Abegweit Light Infantry
Leonard Jarvis Gay
Iaa Gertrude Gillan
Charlottetown
LAW Society
The
Law Society of
Prince Edward Island
Law Library
George S. Inman
Gil, Gaudet
K. Sec
W. BE. Bentley
K. J. Martin
K. C
J. J. Johnson
Gavin Duffy
J. D. Stewart
Calgary
Dean Paget
Pro
Catherine MacPhee
Ralph Hastie Hallett
Joseph Hanbon
W. C. McPhee
New Dominion
P. E. Island
John Murphy
Germany
Switzerland
T.G. Taylor
Marine
Capt. Taylor
Red Cross Society
Prisoner of War Department
Cockspur St
Rendon
Red Cross
U. S
48Th Canadians
Ad. Chalet le Reposa
D'Oex
C. D. Vaul
ISLANDER DEAD AND ISLANDER HEROES RETURN
The brief obituary notes How ard D. Ramsay dies June 7 at his Arlington Mass home. He was formerly from Charlottetown and leaves a wife, three sons Archie Howard and Colin, and five daughters in Arlington and Maine. Other items report three Islanders wounded or returning from overseas, and three soldiers welcomed home in Charlottetown with accounts of their service and injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington
Mass
Howard D. Ramsay
Charlottetown
Archie
Howard
Colin
W. J. Clark
V. Elliott
Arlington, Mass
F. Skidmore
Roxbury
F. M. MacDonald
Augusta
Maine
Jennie
Dr Strandgard TB Medicine Promoted for Respiratory Diseases
Million deaths yearly from Consumption are linked to earlier lung ailments such as Asthma Bronchitis Pleurisy Pneumonia and Cough. The advertisement touts Dr Strandgard’s TB Medicine as a successful treatment and notes Gold Medals at London 1910 Paris 1911 Brussels 1909 Rotterdam 1909, inviting correspondence for a booklet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strandgard
London
Paris
Brussels
Rotterdam
Treasure Quest Ends In Frustration At Cable Head
A group from a nearby lobster factory at Cable Head hunted a legendary treasure on Garbert Sanderson's peninsula. Lacking a guide, they wandered overnight with a mineral rod and failed to locate the buried wealth amid beliefs about luck and buried French treasures diminishing since the expedition. Separately, the Devonshire Red Cross Society met June 20 at Rice Point with seventeen members. they applauded secretary Miss Elizabeth Compton and presented her a valise and hand mirror as she prepares to depart. The minutes were read, and the gathering closed with Auld Lang Syne and the National Anthem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garbert Sanderson
St. Peter's Bay
Cable Head
Hillsboro
Las
Devonshire Red Cross Society
Guilford Lowther
Rice Point
Elizabeth Compton
Anna R. MacPhee
Margaret Mec
Also Mentioned on This Page
Earth
Beecham's
P. E
Halifax Chronicle
Forbin
Gloucester
Smith's Wharf
St. Jacques and
Belloram
St. Malo
France
Gaspe Coast
Quebec
St. Lawrence
Boston
Salem
Pothier
Canada Gazette
John Alexander Mathieson
Supreme Court of Judicature
Wilfred Sullivan
R B. Rowe
P. EE
W. H. Barraclough
Centenary Parsonage
St. John
N. B
Centenary Church
Hamilton
Roy Leitch
Europe
Leiteh
Helenwood
Tennessee
St. Catherine’s
North Bedeque’ Presbyterian
Theodore Ross
Clement Carruthers
Robert C. Auld
W. A. McQuarrie
A. S.mckay
England
Gynasium
3Rd Canadian
St. Leonard’s-on-the- Sea
Sussex
W. W. Clow
Sergt. Crow
Althoug
Ronald Yeston
Council
Alex. McLeod
Belfast
P. BE. I
Daniel Silliker
New Glasgow
N. 8
Methodist
Pleasant, Valley
Robert Elsworth Waye
Helen Flora Wares
Wheatley River
L. J. Leard
DR. Goodwill
Grand Jury
Mathieson
R. Q. Fulton
Thomas W. Hodgson
Truro
Charlotte J. LeLacheur
Murray, Harbor
Vernon River
Murray Harbor
Hansport
Jessie Stewart
George Forbes
Vernon Bridge
Daniel Stewart
Fourth Field Ambulance
Evelyn Arsenault
Moise Arsenault
Abram
Summerside
Arsenault
S. S. Aranmore
John Collier
Walt Collier
Rochford Street
William Davies, Jr
J. J. Davies
City, and Corp
W. S. Buchanan
Pte
Collier
Regina
Ypres
Somme
William Davies
Charlotte,stown
Corp
Buchanan
Arras
Halifax
Davies
Hughes
Fodhla
Vancouver
Vimy
Beaton
Whim Road Cross
Treasure Island
Greenwich
DR. Strandgard’s Medicine CO
Yonge ST
Toronto
SRI Cs
Aera
Miss Compton
A. S. MacDonald
Alex. D
MeJean
Dodd
Wrigleys
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