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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 29, 1915
Page
4
The message indicates a Banner lease arrangement from the office of Publication in Main Street Russell Manitoba. It notes a recurring Thor day schedule and references a publisher.
Letter excerpt recounts a French front holiday and hard winter, improvised trench life, and jokes about sandbags and shelling. It also details a Singapore mutiny scare on February 1915, evacuees aboard ships, guards and volunteers, with mentions of Marjorie, Mr. Holt, the Nile, and the Montcalm battleship.
A verse by Geo. A. Meeres contrasts springtime cheer with chores and grime while noting Ottawa prepares for an early election. The piece mentions voters lists and soldiers ballots as part of election preparations.
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