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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 16, 1908
Page
9
Seeding has commenced here. Boulton is still alive, but a rail road is needed. The majority received aid from the municipality in regards to seed grain. Mrs S. B. Wright of Church bridge is visiting friends and relatives here. Dolly Burgiemaster has gone to Winnipeg to consult an eye specialist. We hope to hear of good results.
Rossburn notes that Rev. E Howard Smith of Binscarth will preach at the Methodist church next Sunday evening. Beatrice Gardiner of Oakburn, visiting grandmother Mrs A Stewart Jr, returned home last Sunday. Farmers enjoy recent sun, begin seeding with some wheat sown. Minnie Keating ill with inflammatory rheumatism. Local youths attend Mr Craig'.s dance in the valley Thursday. Others attend Mr A Seebach'.s card party Friday. some forgot the date. Mr and Mrs Sherritt and others attended Mr Prout'.s dance at Rapid City a week ago. A social evening at Mr Wm Sherritt'.s honored Rapid City visitors Julia and Carie Prout and others.
A meeting at Miss Murdoch's home on Tuesday April 7 reorganized the Binscarth tennis club. Officers elected include Hon. pres. F McPherson pres H J Ketchen vice pres K R Plumb secy treas M V Murdoch and ground committee Burkholder Lewis Westervell. Membership fees listed as ladies 75 cents and gentlemen $1.25. Members welcome to contact the secy treas.
Farmers begin seeding this week. F Yeates sold a horse to Mr Hunter for a good figure. Will the railway reach Shellmouth this year. The Shellmouth band plays at C Paulson's nightly to large crowds. Mr Atcheson moved to Strathclair last Saturday to work at his trade. The Junior football team held its first annual dance at L Pierpoint's with about 40 attendees. Mr Shon works on the creamery and expects a busy season.
Seeburn residents report spring works starting as Mr and Mrs Major return from the east while Mr and Mrs Hague travel to Brandon. Visits include Miss Maggie Young and Jesse Wilson of Ranchvale with plans for Mr A E Sherritt to return to Lesser Slave Lake this week.
Community notes report early seeding with oats as main crop, church restorations near completion, and a temperance rally postponed to May. Local events include Miss Eva Underhill returning from Brandon college, Mrs Spooner’s farewell supper with a civic send off, and a Presbyterian service at Asessippi with a large Ladies’ Aid gathering.
The municipality names pound keepers fenceviewers weed inspectors guardians and inspectors across wards for 1998. An elocutionary contest with Miss Cooper Miss Hiannah Dunn Miss J Hide Miss Houston and others is set for March 24 in Dr Wrights Hall with musical interludes and admission two cents for adults and fifteen cents for children. A birth is recorded in Silver Creek a son born to Mr and Mrs M Anderson.
Arbor Day events and Easter holidays mark the season with community notices on school closures, church services, fairs, and local sport plans. Notable goings on include deaths of Joseph Storey and William Henry Vinnell, a Birtle pioneer Thos Patterson killed in an accident, and Russell Cricket club naming officers for a promising season.
Shaw in Craigie notes the birth of John Ramsey aged 17 years and 9 months on April 14. Cochrane reports the birth of a son to Mr. and Mrs. H. Cochrane in Winnipeg General Hospital on April ath.
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