16 May 1918
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Newspaper
Charlottetown Guardian
Location
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Date
May 16, 1918
Page
1
A Y M C A man in uniform served hot coffee to troops in a muddy frontline area as he urged courage and blessing. A bullet from a German fighter felled him at his post, and the boys mourned his loss as another man took his place the next day. The fallen hero was identified as 46th MacLaughlin from St Peters PE.
Stock quotations supplied by I. B. McCurdy and Co. Halifax brokers of the Montreal Stock Exchange McCurdy Building Halifax Nova Scotia. May 14.
The Western Guardian highlights a miscellany of Summerside advertising offerings and notices. R T Holman Limited promotes insurance against carbon in gasoline and various goods including hats, vaseline and can vass footwear. A welcome visitor Mr filmund Pineau visits Be llond Bay, while Mrs Waye dies aged 59 at her Summerside home. School meetings discuss fairs to showcase pupil work, and town council advances with new writs and vehicle regulations as well as street funding and town scales.
Nervous mothers and restless children are urged to use Dr Williams Pink Pills to build up blood and strengthen nerves. The ad promises color returning to cheeks and less scolding as worn nerves recover and warns against Watery blood and St Vitus dance. Pills available by mail from Brockville Ontario.
Mr. Leo Wood has arrived home from St Dunstan’s College. Miss Mabel McDonald of Mill Valley was in Summerside on Tuesday. Mr. George Morrison of Bradabane was in Summerside on Tuesday. Miss Lulu Montgomery of Park Corner was in Summerside on Tuesday. Mr. Bent Green of Summerside left for Halifax. Mr. W A Pidgeon of Kingston was in Summerside on business. Dr. George Warburton of Charlottetown is visiting friends in Summerside. Mr. L W Trenholm of Tidnish River was in Summerside on Tuesday. Mrs. V A Woodcock visiting sister Mrs Ephraim Bell of Cape Traverse. Messrs George Brown and John Thompson of Margate were in Summerside on Tuesday. Miss Ruth and Helen Noorman of Summerside spent Tuesday and Wednesday in Charlottetown. Mr. Creel Tanton of Summerside left for Halifax to report for RAF service then Ontario to train. Mr. J M Murley has arrived in Summerside to head the telegraph office. Miss Winnie Kenny of the Summerside Post Office Dept. resigned to join the Royal Bank of Canada in Sydney. W R Grover C Lewis has returned to the naval station on the Atlantic coast after a vacation with his parents. Mrs Rev H B Styles of Alberton was an outward passenger to Sac Kevill for Mount Allison College closing exercises.
Mrs. Eugene Vaillancourt of St. Man thieu Quebec reports using Baby's Own Tablets for her baby’s constipation with prompt relief. She now keeps the tablets at home and orders by mail for 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co. Brock.
Canadian troops conducted a May raid near Neuville Vitasse, capturing prisoners and two machine guns. Three raiding parties faced mud and darkness, with one group overpowering a machine gun post, killing all inside, and another group pushing toward the Beaurains Vitasse road amid stubborn resistance.
Report describes a raid with captured machine guns and two prisoners found in shell holes. In Reynardstown a Primitive Baptist church member recalls Rev Gordon at Gavelton church who halted the National Anthem played by the organist, a Miss Marling, saying it was not fit for a church.
A Yarmouth County minister faces a disloyalty charge after a report reached military authorities from a prominent local businessman whose travels brought him to Gavelton yesterday. The notice begins a formal inquiry into alleged disloyal acts and loyalties.
A butcher defends high meat prices by arguing profits reach extreme rates like 6,000 percent on lax items. The diatribe targets various goods from liver pills to mineral water and false teeth, claiming industry marks justify high costs and call for scrutiny of profiteering practices.
A brief, imperfect OCR excerpt shows a young man debating a 60-cent rump steak and a girl threatening to call her father to intervene. The lines reveal tension between appetite and conscience in a melodramatic way.
Manitoba resident Peter R. Shirman extols Dodd's Kidney Pills after claiming relief from rheumatism lumbago Bright's Disease and related symptoms. He says a cold a year earlier caused joint stiffness headaches fatigue and sleep disturbance, and after using the Canadian remedy he regained strength and well being.
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