BROAD-AXE 
     
    
   
   
    
     BROAD-AXE(1) Jan. 31, 1871 — May 30, 1871.1 
     
     LOCATION Charlottetown, P.E.I.. 
     
     FREQUENCY Bi-weekly. 
     
    

    
     PROSPECTUS 
     
    
   
   
    
     The firpad-Axe was an independent newspaper which wittily 
     
     attacked the government and various other Island institutions, 
     
     including the Post Office, the courts, the Grand Jury, the 
     
     Hillsboro ferry and the press. Rumours and advertisements were 
     
     also published in the paper. 
     
    
   
   
    
     HOLDINGS 
     
     UPEI originals Jan. 31, 1871 — May 30, 1871. 
     
     PAPEI originals Jan. 31, 1871 - May 30, 1871. 
     
     FOOTNOTES 
     
    

    
     1. "The Broad-Axe ceased to live on the 30th of May last." 
     
    
   
   
    
     Island Argus, vol. 2, issue #83, p. 2, col. 7, June 6, 1871. 
     
    
   
   
    
     9 Rev. 1991