WEEKLY EXAMINER 
     
    
   
   
    
     WEEKLY EXAMINER NOV. 30, 1877 - l902(?). 
     
     LOCATION Charlottetown, P.E.I.. 
     
     FREQUENCY Weekly on Fridays. 
     
     TITLE VARIES Examiner Weekly Edition, Nov. 30, 
     
    
   
   
    
     1877 — Feb. 18, 1881; 
     
     Examiner and Island Argus, Feb. 25, 
     
     1881 - June 24, 1881; 
     
    
   
   
    
     Weekly Examiner and Island Argus, 
     
     July 1, 1881 - June 30, 1893; 
     
    
   
   
    
     Weekly Examiner, July 7, 1893 - Dec. 
     
     29, 1893(?). ‘ 
     
    
   
   
    
     MANAGER W.L. Cotton, Nov. 30, 1877 - May 20, 
     
     1881. 
     
     PUBLISHER Examiner Publishing Company, May 27, 
     
    
   
   
    
     1881 - NOV. 24, 1893(?). 
     
    
   
   
    
     PROSPECTUS 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Examiner Weekly Edition began publication in 1877 (see 
     
     also Examiner). It was a Conservative newspaper printing news, 
     
     poetry, fiction, anecdotes and advertisements. In 1881, the 
     
     Examiner purchased the plant and goodwill of the Island Argus 
     
     from James H. Fletcher, and the Argus was amalgamated with the 
     
     Examiner Weekly Edition to form the Weekly Examiner and Island 
     
     Argus. Later, in 1893, the paper's name became simply the 
     
     Weekly Examiner. Local news coverage in this newspaper was 
     
     espeCially good, with news of clubs and societies, and of rural 
     
     communities appearing in each issue. Many of the articles 
     
     which appeared in the Weekly Examiner, however, were reprints 
     
     of articles which had been printed in the daily Examiner. Some 
     
     of the issues which were discussed in the Weekly Examiner in— 
     
     cluded railroads, fisheries, the Legislative Council, temper- 
     
     ance, educational funding and tariffs. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     HOLDINGS 
     
    

    
     PAPEI masters Nov. 30, 1877 — Dec. 29, 1893 (4 reels). 
     
     CCL copy positives Nov. 30, 1877 - Dec. 29, 1893 (4 reels). 
     
     UPEI copy positives Nov. 30, 1877 - Dec. 29, 1893 (4 reels). 
     
     FOOTNOTES 
     
    
   
   
    
     lFrederick's Prince Edward Island Directory and Book of 
     
     Useful Information for 1889-90 (Charlottetown, P.E.I.: 
     
    
   
   
    
     Frederick's Publishing Company, 1889), p. 616 O. 
     
    
   
   
    
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