Notes and References for Chapter 7:

l. 2.

10. 11.

Morning Guardian, August 12 and August 27, 1902.

Karl Benz of Mannheim, Germany is credited with the title of “Inventor of the motor cari’ about 1884-85, ac- cording to The Guiness Book of the Car by Anthony Harding, Warren Allport, David Hodges and John Davenport, (Guiness Superlatives Ltd.) 1987:10.

Daily Examiner, March 26, 1908, p.2; and, April 17 and April 19, 1913.

See the listing of roads open to automobiles in the Examiner, June 11, and August 18, 1917.

According to an unpublished paper, “Brief History of Middleton? compiled by a “teacher and the pupils of grades 6, 7, and 81’ Mr. Earl Craig owned an automobile in 1916. And from: “A Complete List of Motor Vehicles Registered in P.E.IZ’ tentatively dated August 8, 1917, (PAPEI file no. 3026, 887—89) there were then 301 motor vehicles registered; #235, a Ford, was owned by Philip Monaghan, Kinkora.

From written correspondence with Mrs. Rose (McGuigan) McCabe in 1984, and an interview with Ada Smith, Charlottetown, 1985.

See summary of Robert Borden’s remarks on this topic in the Examiner, September 8, 1911.

Results of the voting were printed in the Examiner, September 22, 1911. At Kinkora Dr. Murphy won 105 votes while his Liberal opponent won 29; at Newton Dr. Murphy won 68 votes to his opponent’s 46.

Examiner, December 29, 1911, p. 1. Examiner, January 29, 1913. Examiner, October 5, 1914.

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See remarks of Rev. Alfred E. Burke in the Examiner, August 18, 1914.

See the editorial in the Examiner, July 20, 1915. Examiner, August 31, 1914.

From various issues of the Examiner during these years.

Patriot, February 1, 1918.

“Patriotic Fund Appeal? Examiner, December 4, 1916. Examiner, February 16, 1916; and, Patriot, October 10, 1918.

These names and personal details were obtained from the lists of returning veterans, in P.E.I. newspapers; The Royal Canadian Legion, No. 10 Branch, Borden, P.E.I.;

and from relatives of these men.

Desmond Morton and J .L. Granatstein. Marching To Armageddon. (Lester & Orpen Dennys Ltd., Toronto), 1989. 250.

“Interesting Letter from an Island Soldier’,’ Patriot, September 25, 1918, p. 2.

Voting results are from the Examiner, December 18, 1917:

Conservatives Liberals Kinkora: 67 82 Newton: 30 80

Examiner, November 10, 1917. Examiner, November 22, 1917.

See the descriptions of the “Pledges” for voluntary food control in the Examiner, September 4, and October 17, 1917, p. 4.

See editorial on “War Profits? Patriot, October 17, 1917, p. 4.