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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 29, 1920
Page
6
Canadian and United States railway lines announce a 20 percent increase in sleeping car and parlor car rates effective May 1. Minimum charge for a lower birth rises to $2.00 and for an upper berth to $1.60.
A government survey reports ninety individuals in Saskatchewan are blind, highlighting regional challenges in accessibility and support services for the visually impaired.
The Regina Trades and Labor Council opposes oleo sales in the country, deeming butter substitutes harmful to health and urging preference for real butter.
Provincial police in Regina report a German farmer named Fred Senst shot to death at Jasmin about twenty miles from Melville. Few details are available as press time. The deceased’s family affairs are described as chaotic and his father is currently on trial for incest.
Lord French the Viceroy of Ireland is summoned to appear at the Cork inquest into the shooting of Lord Mayor MacCurtain who was taken from his home and killed recently.
George Locke fired five rounds at Myra Fidler and Mrs. Cloughton owner of a Winnipeg boarding house, wounding the girl in the side while Mrs. Cloughton escaped. He then shot himself. Recovery for the girl is unlikely.
Victoria reports the Dominion government cannot sell the Rainbow cruiser used as the Pacific branch of the Canadian navy. The plan is to dismantle and scrap the vessel after failed bids.
Duluth customs officers report a major whisky smuggling plot from Canada into the United States along the Minnesota border. Two men, Lessard and Williams, were arrested at International Falls as authorities uncover sizable liquor shipments planned for entry.
A regional note contrasts Ara bic poetry with local tastes as lobsters prey on chickens, illustrating differing literary themes across countries and readers.
The Duchess of Brunswick, Kaiser's only daughter, is visiting her parents at their Holland retreat. She is restricted to leaving the castle only for urgent necessity.
The government of Saskatchewan has taken legal proceedings to recover timber berth taxes from several holders in the province who are in arrears.
A House of Commons return by Sir Henry Drayton shows 1917 income tax receipts at 9,598,954 dollars with 6,710 earners and about 2.25 million collected under that head. Over 500,000 dollars came from Toronto corporations under the special war revenue act for the same period.
Joyce Laura Pearcey was sentenced by Mr. Justice Simmons in Calgary to fifteen months imprisonment after a jury convicted her on four counts of uttering forgery. The verdict carried a strong recommendation to mercy.
In 1912 an unnamed man defrauded the CPR of a ride from Moose Jaw to Yellow Grass. Recently his conscience moved him to send 80 dollars in cash to CPR offices in Winnipeg along with a tract urging conversion of the officials.
A severe outbreak of epidemic influenza is reported from Green Lake Saskatchewan. Provincial police have been appealed to for aid.
W. W. Thompson, long time director of Co operative Organizations for Saskatchewan, resigns to become manager of the Canadian Cooperative Wool Growers Limited. The firm now handles wool marketing in the province. Thompson previously served as Assistant Superintendent at the Indian Head Experimental Farm.
The Saskatchewan government has erected an administration building in Regina for the Provincial Police. The structure is nearly finished and the force is set to move in around May 1.
Maurice Nugent of Beverley Saskatchewan entered a legal bar for temperance beer and soon suffered violent symptoms including frothing at the mouth. A doctor used a hydraulic stomach pump. Nugent began to improve after a perilous period, with death seeming possible.
Helen Trombley of Hamilton Ontario leapt from the revetment wall into the bay after attempts to save her failed. Bystanders alerted police as she moved toward the plunge and rejected a rescue line before drowning despite a boat hook catching her clothing.
The Duke of Devonshire told Chatsworth tenants that after serving another 18 months as governor general in Canada he plans to settle back at Chatsworth. He was speaking to residents who had made a wedding gift to Lady Dorothy Cavendish.
The Moose Jaw local agricultural society seeks to have area farmers test ensilage corn to address the feed shortage. The project aims to boost fodder supply and support livestock feeding in the district.
A spectacular blaze damaged the Winnipeg Electric Railway Co main south barns injuring rolling stock loss. Officials estimate total damage near 400000 with 20 cars four sweepers and two work cars lost and building damage around 50000 covered by insurance.
Doctor S Burnham of Woodrow Sask was fined 100 dollars plus costs after issuing a cocaine prescription for non medical purposes.
On April 12 the Dominion Experimental Farm at Morden Manitoba started spring plowing activities. The event marks the beginning of field work for the season with operations underway at the experimental station.
Per head daily costs across cities list Calgary two dollars sixty seven and Edmonton two sixty nine while Medicine Hat charges one dollar sixty five. Deficits for the year appear in Calgary fifty six thousand seven hundred and Edmonton twenty seven thousand eight hundred seventy four with Lethbridge seven thousand six hundred sixteen and Medicine Hat reporting none.
Prince Albert will represent Great Britain at the tercentenary celebrations in the United States for the landing of the Pilgrim Fathers next autumn. He is likely to spend a month or two visiting principal cities in Canada and America under current plans.
The Kansas University paleontology department reports the discovery of a twenty-foot prehistoric lizard from the Cretaceous era in the Kansas plains. It fed by forcing fish down its throat and lived about five million years ago, marking a significant paleontological find.
The Finance Committee of the Chamber of Deputies plans to fix 30 years as the age when an unmarried French man becomes liable for a 10 percent bachelor tax. The measure could take effect June 1, and observers say it hastened many marriages during Easter.
The report traces the escape of the large Russian gold hoard, valued at about £76,000,000, through multiple hands from Samara to Siberia. General Kalmi koff is now said to hold it as guerrilla chaos spreads in Russia and Siberia near Lake Baikal.
During this session of parliament an application is made for a Dominion charter to the Bank of Alberta with an authorized capitalization of $2,000,000. Promoters are Calgary Edmonton capitalists planning a stock selling campaign province wide after charter issuance.
Mrs Myrrle Moore of Rouleau Sask sues for divorce alleging her husband was overly friendly with Miss Ruby Young. She says she saw the husband kiss and embrace the co respondent, causing her distress. Calgary school board estimates near one million dollars needed for 1920 educational facilities after a special meeting.
Archbishop Mathieu of Regina and his secretary Father Marcis departed two days ago for the East to join Cardinal Regin and travel to Rome. The journey marks his lordship’s five year pilgrimage to the Sovereign Pontiff to report on his Archdiocese.
Population estimated at nine million for 1920. Revenue per head $36.11. Expenditure per head $75.01. Consolidated fund expenditure per head $30.00.
American women renewing protest activities claim a secret message confirms a massacre planned in Ireland Sunday. Police intervene to stop the picket outside the British Embassy.
Debate centered on prohibiting contributions to campaign funds by companies or associations. An amendment would bar contributions by anyone except private individuals and require publication of all such contributions, but the clause passed without the change.
A proposed visit by the Prince of Wales to Australia may include a kangaroo hunt. Described as horseback and fox‑hunt like, with greyhound packs pursuing herd after herd. The scene includes leaps, injuries to hounds, and a motor car version where hunters grab tails before dispatch.
The Carter-Halls-Aldinger company begins work on a City Creamery subsidiary plant to serve Regina Sask and the Queen City area. A 100 by 125 foot site was acquired for a 40 by 70 foot single story building costing 30 000 to 40 000 dollars. The butter plant will use the latest manufacturing appliances. Shareholding mirrors City Dairy except for one member.
The Regina City Farm near Boggy Creek posted a net profit of 6031 dollars after all operating expenses last year. The figure highlights farm profitability and may reflect efficient management and favorable market conditions.
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