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Newspaper
Charlottetown Guardian
Location
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Date
Sep 04, 1908
Page
1
The Globe reports letters from Ontario men who went to western harvest fields two to three weeks ago. They describe a saturated east to west labor market with harvesters left penniless at railway stations while farmers do much of the work. Railways are urged to secure orders to bring workers back at reduced rates for next year.
Captain James Ryan aged sixty four dies in Liverpool after a life at sea. Born at P. W. I. he became a prominent master mariner here and owned the steamer St Michael later renamed the Mersey. He retired two years ago due to ill health and the Mersey was sold to Captain F W Hart. He leaves a daughter in the United States from his first wife and a second wife’s family in Milton and Bridgewater. He was a Royal Arch Mason.
The Charlottetown Guardian offers a year long International Newspaper Bible Study Club with weekly Bible study questions from Rev Dr Linscott. All entrants must be paid subscribers to The Guardian, answer 52 questions weekly in writing, and submit by deadlines. Prizes include gold and silver medals, a Teacher's Bible, and a Christlike learning prize.
The Kings County Guardian records Elliott Bruce suffering a severe hand cut by a scythe and notes the death of James Bell of White Sands. It also lists visitors and locals, with Muss May Tierney and others visiting relatives in Souris and Red Point, plus a humorous poem about returning to work.
New York reports from Huntington Bay Long Island describe tests under Dr B Smith at Fordham Medical School where athletes inhaling pure oxygen achieved faster short distance performances. Ray Mulvey and C Ferbur set remarkable marks with Mulvey swimming 100 yards in 54 25 seconds, cutting his prior time by over seven seconds.
Lisbon September 2 The Chamber of Deputies approved the budget showing a deficit of two million dollars. Emigration and arbitration treaties with the United States have also been arranged. Minard’s Lin
Souris P E Island promotes a patent fish drier by Henry Ritchie and partners. Four hundred acres of land near West Devon may adopt the process to dry fish for export or home use, avoiding sunburn. Details from Charlottetown agent GEO McFARLANE and manager GW Ritchie.
In Jonesboro Arkansas on September 2 Mrs Arch Pickett shot and killed her husband citing years of abuse. She fled with her stepfather a prominent farmer and was later captured as both she and the stepfather were arrested. Mrs Pickett confessed to the shooting.
A Tangier dispatch to the Times charges Germany with secretly sending its consul to Fez to gain recognition from Malia Hafid and to place a confidential advisor with the new Sultan, signaling a strategic edge over other powers.
Berlin reports Mme Maria Labia, chosen by Oscar Hammerstein for next season at the Manhattan Opera House, stands out as a leading Italian opera singer. Trained in Rome and Florence, her voice is praised for Italian radiance and precision comparable to Patti and Tetrrazini. She gained acclaim in Berlin with Gregoire at the Komische Opera and performed La Tosca Carmen Figaro Barber of Seville and Rigoletto. She has since sung in Dresden Hamburg and Paris and will tour Europe after America.
The Cornwall Division of the Sons of Temperance forwards a condolence message to Janis and Mrs. Drake and family. It honors the deceased’s Christian virtue and patience, notes his preaching of Christ, and expresses belief he enters a higher service in heaven. Signed on behalf of the division by Mies Charlotte Howard W P Hugh Miller chairman and others.
Charles Littlefield assumed control as receiver for the brokerage firm A. C. Brown and Company, recently embroiled in stock exchange troubles and holding a bond of 250000 dollars. He pledged to realize assets efficiently for creditors and stated investigations will cover any legitimate business aspects connected to that aim.
The subscriber announces taking the brick house at 238 Queen Street two blocks from the market and plans a first class boarding house named The Provincial Hotel. He promises strict business, polite service, and aims for liberal patronage from guests. MCWILLIAMS.
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