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particularly good, and photographs and headlines began to appear. Between 1910 and 1919, editorials discussed agri— culture, the war, the merits of reciprocity and a variety of local issues. During World War I, the Patriot only tentatively supported the Union Government.

The 19205 saw the introduction of a number of new features in the Patriot. These included a sports page, comic strips, crossword puzzles and a women's page, which featured fashion and housekeeping. News coverage was excellent and editorials discussed education, taxation, government spending and tem- perance from a Liberal viewpoint. Photographs appeared only occasionally during this decade.

Local news reporting declined in the Patriot during the 19305, as did the amount of political commentary, although the paper did continue to support the Liberal party. Tem— perance, roads and Conservative overspending were all dis— cussed in the paper's editorials. Photographs were featured in every issue, with portraits of famous people predominating.

The Liberal bias of the Patriot completely disappeared during the 19405. Editorials rarely dealt with politics, often pro- moting improvements for P.E.I. and dealing with the war and product shortages. Agricultural articles and political car— toons appeared occasionally during this decade. During the 19505, the Patriot's editorials were generally politically nonpartisan, although a Liberal bias was occasionally ex— pressed in them. International events and agriculture were often the subjects of editorials. Local photographs began to appear in the paper during this decade, and, at the end of the 19505, a weekend magazine and coloured comics were added to the Patriot on Saturdays. In 1957, the Patriot Publishing Company was purchased by Thomson newspapers, following a fire which destroyed the Patriot plant.

Provincial news came to predominate in the pages of the Patriot during the 19605. Editorials continued to avoid con— troversy, and a wide variety of syndicated columns were printed. The subjects of these columns included federal politics, health, bridge, horoscopes and advice. Television listings were printed daily. During the 19705 and 19805, the Patriot continued to publish very much unchanged. Editorials dis- cussed current events, promoted Prince Edward Island and re- viewed political developments. The Patriot is still being published today.

Over the years, different editions of the Patriot have

appeared alongside the evening daily. Between 1875 and 1909, the Weekly Patriot (see also) was published. It was succeeded

by the Semi—Weekly Patriot which was published until 1913. A morning daily edition was published between 1913 and 1918. Today, only the one evening daily edition of the Patriot is published.

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