Old Time Frolics and Social Change in Rural Island Life
The article recalls traditional farm family gatherings centering on hand spun cloth making called thickening frolics. Neighbors helped pull stumps, then social dancing and courting followed, with meals, whiskey, and long snowy walks home. It contrasts past sociability with modern Pulling Mills era, lamenting diminished community spirit and morality. It notes shifts in church temperance debates and moral concerns as society changes over thirty years.
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Eichether
Scasona
Aber
Ile
Rome
Ilome
Thirteen Reasons Why Mr Gave Up Smoking
A religious tract lists thirteen motives for quitting tobacco. It cites church tithes, Gospel work, spiritual light, and hypocrisy among churchgoers, preachers, and bankers as factors prompting abstinence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vhirteen
Smoking
Sam
Freight House Construction and Snow in Toronto News
The Grand Trunk Railway plans a new freight house southeast of the passenger depot, 300 by 40 feet, due to the crowded city location of the old facility. A heavy snowstorm hit Toronto on Sunday December 16, the first substantial snowfall this winter. A customs department note reports high salaries at several ports with low business, including Salt Ste. Marie and Saugeen. In Petrolia a major oil well on Lot 11 near Concussion is flowing about 800 barrels daily from 880 feet deep, with a 259 barrel tank filled in seven hours, producing a powerful gas rush and impressive oil flow noted by observers.
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Grand Trunk Railway Company
London
Toronto
Customs Department
Salt Ste Mme
Saugeon
Letsley Sidvocade
Great Weer
Petrolia
North Eastern Oil Company
St. Catherines
Pennsylvania
D. Crawford
Summerside
John Townsend
Freeman
D.V
Summerside Grammar School
St. Etennal’s
Wealth and family life in modern society
A moral meditation on urban life praising domestic privacy and sturdy upbringing. It warns against hotel life and public temptations, urging parents to keep boys well mannered, self-reliant, and free from precocious fashion, while stressing close, responsible parenting.
Water that will not drown at Great Salt Lake travel tales
A correspondent notes the buoyant water of Great Salt Lake makes drowning impossible and even sleep on the surface possible on warm days. Estimates of salt content vary, with Mormon salt works reportedly yielding about one bucket of salt per five buckets of water, suggesting a twenty percent proportion. Bathing benefits and a plunge in the nearby spring are recommended before returning to the city.
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Great
Salt Lake
Hardihood
Marech
Geneva
Greenwich Observatory
Greenwich
British Isles
Russia
Germany
Italy
Prince
America
Canada’s Paris Exhibition display of seeds and other goods
The record lists numerous imports and samples for the Paris Exhibition from Canada including winter and spring wheats, rye, barley, oats, flax, seeds, grains, grasses, root crops, agricultural tools, furniture, saddles, typography, oils, resins, instruments, hardware, clothing, books, cooking ware, and hundreds of specimens of birds, fish, and insects.
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Canada
Paris Exhibion
Moncton Merchant Robbed After St John Stay
On December 21 a Moncton merchant Mr Robertson arrived by train in St John and checked into the American House on King Street. He deposited about 1000 dollars in a canvas bag and wallet before sleep. morning found the door ajar and the full sum missing. The police were alerted.
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Robertson
Moncton
N D
St. John
Ilousa
King Street
Che Polvo
Vermifuge Remedy for Worms in Children
Symptoms of worm infestation in children often go unseen. Stomach irritation is common. relief comes from Brown's Vermifuge, worm lozenges, and similar remedies noted as simple and effective.
The Vagrants of New York
A New York Times piece describes an agent surveying the Bowery and other venues to observe throngs of street children and youth. He estimates seven hundred boys aged ten to twelve in the crowd, many barefoot, poorly clad, and in danger of crime. He notes older thieves and a network of vice attracting girls and gamblers.
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Bowery
Iris
Hin
Railway connects city with Annapolis in opening
A Wednesday commencement marked the railway link to Annapolis. The Chief Commissioner of Railways and two Railway Commissioners attended with local officials. A board of commissioners for the extension was named Tuk, Oxley, May as chairman, W. M. Harrington, and J. D. Ruggles of Annapolis, though gazetting awaited.
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Annapolis
Menbera
King's County
J. D. Ruggles
Div
Nrpress
Remarkable multiple births and market wool totals
A ninth ward woman recently gave birth to four children at once after earlier placing triplets and twins. Over one hundred pounds of domestic wool were sold in the week as manufacturers now offer higher prices than a fortnight ago. In Chicago, 409 vessels lie up for the winter including 3 steamers 19 propel lers 3 tugs 48 barques 14 brigs and 3 schooners.
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Ninth Ward
Chicago
Summerside Journal Refuses Anonymous Communications
The Summerside Journal states it cannot take notice of anonymous communications, insisting that names and addresses are necessary to verify good faith. It offers no guarantee of returning communications that are not used.
The Weather as a Science and the Moon’s Influence
The article traces the evolution from old weather maxims to a developing meteorology. It highlights experiments from Geneva and Greenwich, argues for nationwide observations via telegraph, and lauds Lieut. Maury’s ocean currents work. It envisions a future where weather becomes a precise science guiding lives and ships.
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Great Britain
Inilibie
England
Helene
Queen's
Maury
Edinburgh Review
Molus
Meeting in Fortune Cove debates fishing bounty policy
A Tuesday evening meeting in Fortune Cove Cascumpec chaired by James Gallant discussed proposed one dollar per barrel bounties for mackerel exports. Howlan was accused of opposing the bounty, arguing it harms taxpayers and economy. Nowlan praised for opposing. The piece endorses free trade and equitable public burdens and pledges to revisit the issue soon.
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Fortune Cove
Cascumpec
James Gallant
Messrs
Howlan
Bell and Clark
Nowlan
Liberal Candidates Named for Prince County District
It is rumored that Nicholas Conroy George W Howlan Ion 8S FY Perry Herbert Bell C R O'Leary are chosen to contest the next general election for the first Electoral District of Prince County all Liberals.
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Prince County
Nicholas Conroy
George W. Howlan
Ion
FY. Perry
Herbert Bell
der. C. R. O'Leary
Mail Arrives Four Times Weekly From Charlotte Town
Postal notices state that mail is received here four times weekly including deliveries via Centreville and Bodeque on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
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Charlottetown
Centreville
Bodeque
Postmaster General Plans Twice Weekly Mails to Four Towns
The Post master General intends to dispatch two mails weekly on Monday and Thursday mornings to Travellers Host Kensington Princetown and New London. The plan promises vast benefit to residents of these places and Summerside.
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Kensington
Princetown
New London
Choir fundraiser at Wesleyan in Charlottetown raises about £50
On Wednesday evening at the Wesleyan Choir in Charlottetown a collection of about £50 was realized under the auspices of the choir. The funds are to be used for alterations and improvements in the Gallery occupied by the choir. The Thavertine between Charlottetown and Centreville has begun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlottetown
Centreville
Grand Jury List Opens Supreme Court Term in Queen's County
The Supreme Court term for Queen's County opened on Tuesday with Grand Jury foreman Thomas W. Dodd and 21 fellows named from Charlottetown Cornwall Cavendish North River Royalty and other settlements. The Chief Justice urged jurors to report on three criminal cases two larcenies and a case of assault and battery and noted local courts handle many petty offenses and liquor licensing matters. Jurors are reminded to present competent persons for Fence Viewers and Constables across the county.
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Thomas W. Dodd
Esq
Charlottetown
Foreman
John Hyde
Cornwall
John Simpson
Cavendish
Malcolm Murchison
North River
William IL. Wilson
James White
W.S. Longworth
Royalty
Edwin Locke
Crapaud
Homas Alley
Henry J. Cundail
Thomas Beers
Chevy Valley
Angus McAulay
Alfred Lepage
Samuel Drike
Thomas Desbrisay
Johwil
Gites
John A. McDonnell
William Brown
George Dogherty
W. EE. Dawson
Maguires
Grand Jury
City Policy Court
Hig House
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Summerside Journal
Te Tun Mechanic's Fishing Company
Bay Island
Te Tim
Alma
Straits of Canso
Newfoundland
Beast
M. Gavin
Bloomfield
Gavin
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