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Community Centre Girl Basketeers

Newspaper article featuring a photo by R.H. Sherwood of Pictou's Community Centre Girls Basketeers.

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Watt Family - Four Generations

Small write-up from the Pictou Advocate (1946) and photo of Pictou's Watt family with four generations gathered at a family reunion.

image Pictou Edmund Watt

Canadians Get New Ration Book

Short article from the Pictou Advocate about the distribution of Ration Book No. 6 in 1946

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1815 Immigrants in Pictou County

A list of immigrants living in the County in 1815 published in the Pictou Advocate in 1934 after the list was discovered at the Provincial archives.

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"Tug-of-War Proves Popular"

Article about the first tug-of-war competition organized at the Pictou North Colchester Exhibition in 1937, including list of team members for all seven teams.

image Jack Chisholm Bill Morrison

Rev. D.M. Gordon selected as Principal of Queen's University

Short blurb about Daniel Gordon being selected as the next Principal of Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario

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Pictou Again Honoured

Article about Rev. D. M. Gordon receiving his doctor of Divinity from Glasgow University

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Rev. Dr. Gordon

Article from the June 25, 1896 edition of the Eastern Chronicle about Rev. Dr. Daniel Gordon

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Alexander McKenzie, editor of the Celtic Magazine

Short article about Alexander McKenzie, editor of the Celtic Magazine sending positive letters about the region to the Aberdeen Free Press

image New Glasgow Alexander McKenzie

Week-long tour o Britain from grocery store coupon

Article from the Evening News about Don MacIsaac's trip to the U.K. that he won in 1986

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Explosion at J.W. Jackson & Co.

Blurb from the August 11, 1881 Eastern Chronicle about an explosion in the store of J.W. Jackson, druggist, of New Glasgow

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Twice-a-Week

Brief message to subscribers of the Eastern Chronicle in 1913 about changing from three issues a week to two.

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Nova Scotia Steel & Coal Co., Ltd. Ad

Ad for the Nova Scotia Steel & Coal Co., Ltd., for steel, pig iron, and coal. Head office is in New Glasgow. From the September 24, 1913 edition of the Eastern Chronicle

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Advertisement for Standfield's Underwear

Ad for Standfield's underwear from the November 8th, 1913 edition of the

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County Exhibition

Article about the 1913 Pictou County fair and exhibition, held in Pictou, from the October 3rd, 1913 edition of the Eastern Chronicle

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Complete List of Those Who Came on the "Hector"

List from the 1923 Hector Celebrations of the passengers on the Hector

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1000 Killed 4000 Injured in Great Halifax Disaster

Articles from the 7 December 1917 edition of the Pictou Advocate concerning the Halifax Explosion

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The Phonograph which really Sings

Advertisement for F.J. Tobin's in Pictou about the new Edison phonographs, from the December 7, 1917 edition of the Pictou Advocate

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The Halifax Disaster

Article about the aftermath of the Halifax Explosion, from the December 14, 1917 edition of the Pictou Advocate

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Pictou Relief Party doing fine work in Halifax

Front page story from the December 14, 1917 Pictou Advocate about Pictou relief teams helping Halifax residents after the Halifax Explosion in 1917 available

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Secretariat expected to be triple crown winner

Article about the race horse Secretariat and a projection that he will be the first Triple Crown winner in twenty-five years, from the May 30, 1972 edition of the Pictou Advocate

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Ford Cars, Trucks, Tractors Ad

Advertisement for various Ford models from the September 18, 1925 edition of the Pictou Advocate

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Columbia, the Gem of the Music Makers

Advertisement for R. Simon & Son, Pictou's Columbia Records and Gradonolas, from the August 11, 1916 edition of the Pictou Advocate

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Capitol Theatre Advertisement

Advertisement for films at Pictou's Capitol Theatre from the January 10, 1973 edition of the Pictou Advocate

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