EASTERN ADVOCATE: OR 
     
     KINGS COUNTY GAZETTE 
     
    
   
   
    
     EASTERN ADVOCATE: OR 18701 — <Feb. 1872(?).2> Oct. 1872(?)6 
     
     KINGS COUNTY GAZETTE 
     
    
   
   
    
     LOCATION Georgetown, P.E.I.. 
     
     FREQUENCY Weekly on Thursdays.3 
     
     EDITOR John Ross. 
     
     PROSPECTUS 
     
    

    
     The Eastern Advocate: or King's County Gazette began pub— 
     
     lishing in Georgetown in 1870. It printed short news articles, 
     
     fiction, poetry, and advertisements. Improved mail service and 
     
    
   
   
    
     the building of the railroad were the two main causes of the East— 
     
     ern Advocate 1 although the latter led to the paper's demise, as 
     
     the people of Georgetown did not support the railroad; It is 
     
     unknown when this paper ceased publication, but it must have been 
     
     after February of 1872, because there was a reference to it in 
     
    

    
     the Patriot of March 28, 1872. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     HOLDINGS 
     
    

    
     PAPEI originals Sept. 28, 1871. 
     
    

    
     PAPEI master Aug. 31, 1871; Sept. 28, 1871; 
     
     Mar. 21, 1872 <3 issues>. 
     
    

    
     PAPEI copy positive Aug. 31, 1871; Sept. 28, 1871; 
     
     Mar. 21, 1872 <3 issues>. 
     
    

    
     FOOTNOTES 
     
    
   
   
    
     1. John Ross, Reminiscences from the Life of John Ross 
     
     (Charlottetown, P.E.I.: J. Coombs, 1892), p. 43. 
     
    
   
   
    
     2. Patriot, 28 March 1872, p. 3. 
     
     3. Broad-Axe, 11 April 1871, p. 7. 
     
    
   
   
    
     4. Ibid., p. 6. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     5. Ross, Reminiscences from the Life of John Ross, p. 43. 
     
    
   
   
    
     6. Island Argus, 10 Sept., 1872. 
     
    
   
   
    
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