Remembering Roblin Family Night and old Saturday crowds
The piece recalls Roblin's bustling Main Street during past Saturday nights and a Chamber of Commerce Family Night promotion. It questions whether monthly events could sustain activity, suggests market and sidewalk sales, outdoor cafes, games for charity, a Farmers Market, and local music to broaden appeal while emphasizing solvency and community spirit.
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Roblin
Main Street
Chamber of Commerce
Gordon Hotel
Chamber
Ag Society
Arena
Fairgrounds
Communists propose plans to shield Manitobans from federal cuts
In a reply to Premier Filmon the Manitoba Communist Party urges action on high rates and federal cutbacks. They demand a farm foreclosure moratorium and new regional banking, ending mega-subsidies, raising hydro rates for big suppliers, tax relief for the disadvantaged, and a public campaign blaming high rates on the Canada U S trade deal. Frank Goldspink leads the party’s provincial executive.
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The
Communist Party
Repap
U.S
G.S.T. O
Prairie mystery of Annie Russell hoax spreads belief
A Sioux City area Indian reservation tale recounts Rev O H Sproul claiming a white girl found with an Indian family was abducted. He influenced officials to take 15 year old Annie Russell into custody, sparking media frenzy as sensational foundling stories captivated the public.
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Sioux City
South Dakota
O.H. Sproul
Annie Russell
Sproul
Tarzan
Canada
Winnipeg
Prairie history tale sparks media hysteria on Annie Russell
The piece recounts sensationalizing U S tabloids calling a missing girl White Fawn and tracing a tale from Medicine Hat to Sioux City. John and Adelaide Turton adopted Annie Russell after claiming a white child of mixed parentage, later revealed as the daughter of a fur trader and an Indian woman.
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U.S
White Fawn
Ludwig Stelter
Medicine Hat
Dunmore Junction
John
Adelaide Turton
Cannington Manor
Moosomin
Turtons
Thomas Aspdin
Assiniboia
Saskatchewan
Annie Russell
Canada
The
Little Big Horn
South Dakota
Otter Robe
Annie
Adelaide
Western premiers press Ottawa on economy and farm aid
The four western premiers meeting in Portage la Prairie rail against Ottawa's fiscal policy, warning high rates harm Canada and urging shared farm support. Grant Devine of Saskatchewan dismissed the plan to curb inflation as focused on Toronto and Vancouver, while Gary Filmon of Manitoba urged Ottawa to address farm prices and Meech Lake Accord fallout without delaying.
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Canada
Portage la Prairie
Ottawa
CBC
Saskatchewan
Grant Devine
Michael Wilson
Bank of Canada
John Crow
Western
Devine
Manitoba
Toronto
Vancouver
Gary Filmon
Filmon
Forgotten Four
Roger Matas
CJOB
Winnine
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Hodgkins
CNA
Robert Gilroy
Murray Lyons
Cathy Yellowaga
Ed Doering
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