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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 22, 1948
Page
2
A reflective piece argues freedom requires active use and moral restraint. It warns that failure to correct abuses and win friends invites enemies, urging individuals to live freely for the common good and to empower national strength through personal duty.
Western growers revise seeding plans due to late spring break up. A Brandon Experimental Farm bulletin urges certified seed, organic mercury seed treatment, warm soil at sowing end of May, and seeding rates of 28 to 9 pounds per acre to boost germination, yield, and weed competition.
A digest of archival clippings shows a 1908 note on oxen work and a dry town forecast for Queen's Hotel, plus 1919 sport club leadership at Boulton and Silver Creek, and 1918 linotype installation, Red Cross goal, and a fundraising slogan urging farmers to donate a day’s pay or a bushel.
A brief look back at local events includes H R Dupre and Miss Winnie Dupre honored before leaving Russell for Los Angeles, with 160 residents at LO.O.F. hall. Fire destroyed the National Grain elevator at Anguaville, 7000 bushels lost. In 1933 phones began failing due to low mood, and seeding was light with late-season delays. In 1938 Walter Needham became Russell Golf Club president, bowling winners named, and Elks milk deliveries to Russell School totaled 4367 bottles this past winter.
The author argues that mutual aid defines our response to global need and frames an appeal to avoid appeasing opposing views. The text presents a philosophical stance on duty, charity, and collective responsibility.
The Yorkton branch drafted a resolution at the annual meeting asking the Saskatchewan government to make yellow the official color for hunters uniforms. Members argued yellow offers greater safety and can be distinguished by color blind persons compared with red or white.
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