Today's Old News
Today’s Old News: Mini Canadian history stories from the newspapers of 1820 to 1930.
Female preacher extinguished
Saturday, 03 April 2010 00:00
April 3, 1828. A daring female preacher in Nova Scotia was “completely extinguished,” reports the Halifax Novascotian.
Immigrants arriving by the ship load
Friday, 02 April 2010 00:00
One hundred years ago, clippings from the newspapers of Saturday, April 2, 1910.
Halifax Herald. “Seventeen special trains from Halifax and Saint John are due in Montreal” Saturday and Sunday, carrying 6,000 immigrants. More than 12,000 arrived during the week. It has been “the biggest week in the immigration line that Canada has had for a good many years,” says the Herald. Most of the immigrants were homesteaders, heading for the prairie provinces.
Comick actor’s Yankee talk
Tuesday, 30 March 2010 00:00
March 30, 1837. From the St. Catharines Journal:
Young Davirage, the Comick Actor, writes and speaks as good Yankee as any man on stage. For example—
Stunning increase in cars at start of 20th century
Friday, 26 March 2010 00:00
One hundred years ago, clippings from the newspapers of March 26, 1910.
Montreal Star. “The motor car industry,” says the Star, “has travelled faster than any other line of trade, not even excepting the bicycle trade of the early ‘90s.” The stunning progress of motor vehicles in the first decade of the 20th century is noted on the eve of the city’s first “Auto Show.”
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Fast checkout saves hotel bill
Saturday, 20 March 2010 00:00
March 20, 1894. The Regina Standard tells about the latest in fast hotel checkouts.
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