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The Antigonish Casket – 27 December 1900
"Keltic Origins" by Alexander "The Ridge" McDonald Bishop Cameron to officiate at New Year's Eve Mass before dawn of new century Work at Big Marsh coal mine suspended for Christmas New ICR station houses to be constructed Christmas festivities Obituaries Stephen...
The Antigonish Casket – 20 December 1900
Annual Christmas Tree events at Mount St. Bernard and St. James Presbyterian Sunday School Funeral mass for Vicar General Quinan Prospecting at Big Marsh and Eigg Mountain Local merchants ready for Christmas Obituaries John Chisholm Hugh Gillis Catherine Ann McDougall...
The Antigonish Casket – 13 December 1900
Funeral of Vicar General Quinan Christmas Tree at Mount St. Bernard Obituaries Alexander McDonald Catherine McGillivray Archibald McPhee Mrs. Archibald Kennedy (-- Beaton) Mrs. John Barron (Mary Jane Brewer) Mrs. John McInnis (Jane McDonald) James Moore James John...
The Antigonish Casket – 6 December 1900
Feast of St. Andrew banquet by Antigonish Highland Society Coal discovered on Eigg Mountain Biograph moving picture show success at StFX Alexander M. Fraser, ICR brakeman, injured at James River Station St. Andrew's Day concert at StFX Concert at Mount St. Bernard to...
The Antigonish Casket – 29 November 1900
13,000 pounds of milk shipped from Antigonish to Sydney in October Biograph moving picture machine may visit Antigonish Cattle killed by train at Murphy's Mills Obituaries John A. Mackinnon Mrs. Archibald McIsaac (Elizabeth --) Maggie Tupper Robert McInnis Mrs. Peter...
The Antigonish Casket – 22 November 1900
Margaret C. McDonald of Bailey's Brook hurt by a shell in South Africa Arson attempt on College Street Copper at Ohio and Upper South River worth exploration Obituaries Flora Bell McNeil Allan McIntosh Weddings Joseph Thomas Morrisey and Mary McDonald Duncan Grant...
The Antigonish Casket – 15 November 1900
Obituaries Margaret McDonald Dougald Cameron McDonald Christy May Fraser Mary Cassie Smyth John Grant John Gillis Mary A. Chisholm John McInnis William O'Neil William Dexter Weddings John Joseph Chisholm and Mary P. Cumming John C. McDonald and Mary Dunn John F....
The Antigonish Casket – 8 November 1900
Supposed drowning of William Dexter at Antigonish Harbour Alexander McGillivray run down by a team of horses Train car derailed at Bayfield; train crash at Harbour au Bouche Arthur Arbuckles paralyzed after being thrown from wagon Obituaries Mrs. Robert Flynn Cassie...
The Antigonish Casket – 1 November 1900
The Macdonald's [sic] of Dallchoisnie Letter from Rev. A. Maclean Sinclair Alexander Graham Bell en route to Baddeck Strawberries picked recently at Arisaig James Hay killed in accident on ICR Obituaries Mrs. Alexander McGillivray (Ann --) Mrs. Donald McPherson (Agnes...
The Antigonish Casket – 25 October 1900
Obituaries Katie Ann McMillan William John Landry Mrs. John G. McPherson (-- Kennedy) Mrs. Roderick MacDonald (Christina MacKenzie) Dr. M.A. McDonald Rev. T.F. West Weddings Ronald D. McDonald and Mary McLean
The Antigonish Casket – 18 October 1900
Historic storms strikes Eastern Nova Scotia Football match between StFX and Antigonish Town Cattle trade with Newfoundland Bogus marriage announcement appeared in The Casket Obituaries Cassie Beaton James Haley Donald McLennan Alexander McKenzie Colin C. Chisholm...
The Antigonish Casket – 31 January 1901
Loyalist settlers at Antigonish Bad freshet Mill at Sylvan Valley destroyed Obituaries Albert Edward Walsh Archibald Gillis Mrs. Philip Kelley Mary Margaret McDonald Donald McMaster Mrs. Roderick McDougall (-- McIsaac) Duncan McDonald Weddings Charles E. Warner and...
The Antigonish Casket – 24 January 1901
Death of Queen Victoria Meeting of horticulturalists Letter from D.D. McDonald in Arizona Caledonian Society of San Francisco elects A.M. Macpherson of Georgeville president Obituaries John Patrick McDonald Anne Evangeline McDonald Elizabeth Margaret Crispo Alexander...
The Antigonish Casket – 17 January 1901
Daughter of a Highlander: Nurse Margaret C. McDonald of Bailey's Brook Samples of coke from Big Marsh Obituary Dan Finlay Beaton Laughlin Fraser John Chisholm Louis Charpentier John McGillivray Mr. McAdam Weddings John Baxter and Margaret...
The Antigonish Casket – 10 January 1901
Nurse Margaret McDonald returns from South Africa Obituary John McGillivray Dougald McDonald Mrs. Duncan Grant (Rebecca A. Francheville) Finlay Rankin William Foster Joseph F. McIntyre
The Antigonish Casket – 3 January 1901
Iron and coal in Antigonish Obituaries John Joseph Burns Josephine Jameison Hugh Cahill Willie Fabian Mrs. Lewis McDonald (Isabella
The Antigonish Casket – 11 October 1900
Fundraising at StFX College Obituaries Katie Ann Rankin Mrs. Jessie Offuit Angus McKinnon Ranald V. McDonald Donald McLennan Weddings Angus McDougall and Jane Carter John Gillis and Annie McInnis Archibald Macdonald and Isabella McIsaac
The Antigonish Casket – 4 October 1900
Visit from Bishop of Harbour Grace, Newfoundland Upper Ohio man arrested for murder in Rhode Island Obituaries Margaret McDonald Mary Alice Helen Haggerty Mrs. Duncan Chisholm (Elizabeth Chisholm) Mrs. John Chisholm (Christina --) Donald McLean Henry Fraser Weddings...
The Antigonish Casket – 27 September 1900
gg Obituaries Catherine Rose McDonald James A.A. McDonald Mrs. Amos Girdler (-- McAdam) Maggie May McIsaac Raphael Landry Patrick Laffin Alexander McCormick Weddings Dan McDonald and Mary Chisholm Daniel Chisholm and Jean Grant Egan Angus McPherson and Mary Ann...
The Antigonish Casket – 20 September 1900
List of teachers in Antigonish County Obituaries Allan McIsaac John Macdonald Annie Macdonald Mrs. John McDonald (Isabella McGillivray) John McDonald Weddings Daniel J. McKenzie and Margaret Ellen McGillivray
The Antigonish Casket – 13 September 1900
Letter from D.C. McGillivray in South Africa Private James Scott back from South Africa Obituaries Mrs. Alexander Cameron Margaret Ann MacLean Angus McIsaac Alexander Macdonell Chisholm John Beaton Weddings Alfred Joseph Delaney and Annie...
The Antigonish Casket – 6 September 1900
ICR to hold picnic in Antigonish Obituaries Alexina F. Gillis John Macdonald Weddings Hugh McDonnell and Maggie Fraser William John Petitpas and Jane E. Trambles
The Antigonish Casket – 30 August 1900
Rev. Hugh McPherson returns from Europe after studying in Rome and Lille; to be StFX professor Obituaries Christie McDonald Katie Chisholm John Y. Campbell
The Antigonish Casket – 23 August 1900
StFX College calendar issued Coal prospecting at Arisaig Obituaries Richard Thomas Hughes Celina Morell Mrs. Donald McInnis (Ann Chisholm) Captain Angus McDonald Captain George Deleney Donald McDougall John C. McIsaac Weddings John McEachern and Annie McLellan John G....
The Antigonish Casket – 16 August 1900
Gaelic poem Obituaries Mrs. Richard Slattery John Curran Maggie McDonald Mrs. Lauchy McNeil (Mary --) Mrs John McPhee (Mary Boyd) Duncan Campbell Mrs. William Coady (Jane --) Donald McDonald Mrs. McLean (-- Morrison) Weddings Archibald McDougall and Mary R....
The Antigonish Casket – 9 August 1900
"An Old Inhabitant Returns to Admire the Home of Her Childhood" - Letter from Martha David, California Gaelic poem by Alasdair an Ridge (Alexander "The Ridge" McDonald) Obituaries Mrs. Benjamin Girroir James Dugan Angus Smith Joseph Curry John Angus McDonald Weddings...
The Antigonish Casket – 2 August 1900
Letter of thanks from Bishop of Nagpur for local support of Indian Famine Relief Iron ore areas being investigated at Arisaig Acadian congress upcoming at Arichat Obituaries Mary McLean Mrs. Colin Chisholm (Mary Chisholm) Ronald Joseph McGillivray Mrs. Ronald Cameron...
The Antigonish Casket – 26 July 1900
Ronald J. McDonald runs in Paris Obituaries Mrs. Donald McDonald (Mary McInnis) Mrs. John Campbell (Mary Ann Campbell) Eunice Ratchford Mrs. Alexander Chisholm (Catherine Mackintosh) John Gillis
The Antigonish Casket – 19 July 1900
Poem of welcome for Apostolic Delegate to Mount St. Bernard College Mr. James Nichols visiting from Hartford, CT; has been a Casket subscriber since 1855! Obituaries Mrs. Mary McDonald (Mary McKinnon) Mary McDonald Archibald McLellan Malcolm McDougall Noel Paul James...
The Antigonish Casket – 12 July 1900
Gaelic poem Very old tortoise at South River Obituaries Archibald Chisholm Mary Carroll Mrs. Allan McDonald (Catharine McDougall) John Chisholm Mrs. Alexander Gillis (Ann Gillis) Roderick Chisholm Ronald C. McGillivray