EVENING NEWS

EVENING NEWS Jan. 8, 1874(?) — Mar. 6, 1884(?). LOCATION Charlottetown, P.E.I.. FREQUENCY Tri—weekly on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and

Saturdays, Jan. 29, 1874; Daily, Mar. 6, 1884.

PUBLISHER J.F. Brennan & Co., Jan. 29, 1874; News Publishing Company, Mar. 6, 1884.

PROSPECTUS

Only two issues of the Evening News survive in P.E.I. collec-

tions. The first, issued on January 29, 1874, featured foreign and local news shorts, fiction, poetry, letters regarding the

Land Question and advertisements. It was published by J.F. Brennan & Co., which also published the Islander. The second

surviving issue, dated Mar. 6, 1884, was the first issue of a new series. Whether or not the Evening News had been publish- ing continuously between 1874 and 1884 is unknown, but it seems unlikely, given the prospectus to the new series. It stated

that the Evening News was beginning as a replacement for the Patriot, which was not being published at that time because a

fire had destroyed its presses. This second issue of the Evening News advocated Liberalism and printed news and adver-

tisements.

HOLDINGS

PAPEI originals Jan. 29, 1874; Mar. 6, 1884.

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