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1864 The Morning Chronicle About eleven o’clock yesterday forenoon, a startling rumor spread throughout the city to the effect that the night train, which left South Quebec on Tuesday, had …
Memorials and Things of Fame for June 18, 2014
1864 The Morning Chronicle One hundred years ago to-day, on the 21st day of June, 1764, the first number of the Quebec Gazette, the venerable pioneer of the Canadian press, …
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1864 The Morning Chronicle We find the following in the columns of a contemporary: – A correspondent of the Leader suggests a celebration in honor of the Quebec Gazette attaining …
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1864 The Morning Chronicle St. John Street Without: St. John street, immediately outside the Gate, is decidedly one of the most respectable thoroughfares in the city since the recent improvements. …
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S.S. Empress of Ireland Preamble from Cathy: On May 28, 1914, the Empress of Ireland cast off from Quebec City at 4:27 p.m. for the six-day journey to Liverpool. At …
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1864 The Morning Chronicle We have to report a rather extensive conflagration which took place in the centre of the Upper Town last night and which resulted in the destruction …
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1864 The Morning Chronicle We beg our friends to bear with us under circumstances which, though not otherwise than gratifying, are beyond our control. The sitting of Parliament occurring at …
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1864 The Morning Chronicle Duncanson’s View of Quebec: The photographer has done his work in excellent style; in fact, it is one of the best among the many exquisite copies …
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1864 The Morning Chronicle Where is it? We find the following paragraph going the rounds of our contemporaries. We should like to know where the rich “placer” therein alluded to, …
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1864 The Morning Chronicle March 27, 1864: An excellent display of Easter meats may be expected at our city markets today and more particularly at the Upper Town and Champlain …