Following last week’s image of Queen Street, here is a close-up of the building at the corner of Queen and King streets that is now the Hatley Store. It was the home of the former Times Newspaper that existed from 1894 to 1915. On the last printing in May 1915, the editor wrote that they ceased publication due to a lack of support and because of the uncertainty of the time. That uncertainty was the start of the First World War, known then as the Great War. Our town had a huge influx of soldiers during the war with the Niagara camp training grounds. Most of the coverage continued through Elizabeth Ascher who wrote articles for the St. Catharines Standard. In 1919, the Advance was started by W.H. Harrison.
