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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 03, 1905
Page
1
The town forms a title association at Seeburn as harvests look promising with ideal weather and barley begins. Other items include summer fairs at Siegal Lake August 8, a Winnipeg exhibit follow-up, and an eclipse on August 29.
A storm brings hail affecting crops around the district. Miss Annie Buie of Russell visits Dr. McGilyray’s family in town. The Binscarth Farmers Elevator Co. Ltd. to hold its annual meeting on Tuesday August 1 at 2 pm in Binscarthy. A train bound for Brandon Exhibition carried a large crowd. Local social at the vicarage with work and refreshment booths and a baseball game between Cuts a0 and Binscarth after.
Mr. Robert Denmark and Mrs. Percy Burton stayed with Mr and Mrs. Lee on Wednesday. Denmark, serving in South America among the Mapuche, will preach at Harrowby and Spy Hall and discuss his work at a Montreal missionary loan exhibition. A first Harrowby Wolverine tennis match occurred July 28 at Mr. F. E. Lee’s, drawing a large crowd and a fine supper.
Attendance report from iF M Bryant teacher shows monthly averages and per pupil tallies across grades VIII to Junior. Notable names include Dorothy Rea, Mabel Rea, Alex Simms, Hazel Charles, Walter Charles, Lionel Charles, Arthur Simms, Aggie Simms, Hilda Charles, Rene Lorimer, and Ruth Lorimer. Average attendance for month 24.7.
In Strathclair families gather for holidays as Miss Tena Bryce returns home. Miss Maggie N. Ross to teach at the town school after holidays. Visiting gentry include Mr. James S. Ross of Russell and Mr. Grant of Portage la Prairie with Mr. Laidlaw of California. A local vote of 137 to 122 rejected intoxicant sales, with optimism that laws will improve. A social day featured refreshments, a prize for a Wolverine Club member, and plans for a Harrowby tournament around August 18. The Harrowby Club included Miss Patrick, Miss Thompson, Nellie Wesley, Phyllis Wesley, Clifford Maynes, Gordon Maynes, and O’Donnell. the Wolverine Club included Mr. and Miss Lee, Ernest, Edna, Frederica Lee, and P. R. Roy.
A Canadian teacher received a £20,000 inheritance from an English estate last year. In a lawyers office, clerks wagered on her reaction. she planned to finish her monthly report and discipline two boys before visiting the office in forty minutes. A Vancouver kindergarten incident ended with a justifiable spanking of a disruptive pupil, prompting a sharp exchange with the boy’s mother.
Great Northern projects a line to Urandon while Britain backs Japan’s stance against Russia. Japanese forces push Russians from Sakhalin strongholds as the steamer Nigel hast lowers the voyage record between Rimick and Moville.
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