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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 05, 1915
Page
7
Margaret Woodward argues that rural life offers health, independence, and lasting value against city detriments. She champions farm life as a refuge for the sick and ambitious, noting longevity, self-reliance, and creative work instead of urban grinding.
Curtis Guild former ambassador to Russia addressed the first annual gathering of the National Association of Waste Material Dealers at the Hotel Astor. He praised reclaimers for cutting waste, boosting wealth, and lowering living costs while expanding national industry. He cited cottonseed products, salvaged brushes, and repurposed stockings as examples of American ingenuity and export potential.
The article explains Roman road construction with a 14 foot wide paved surface, broad unpaved shoulders, and a layered foundation. trenches along both sides, rubble foundation, and multiple stone and concrete strata topped by large polygonal stones. This method enables enduring roads across Europe, traceable even where surface remains are gone.
A short course in segriculture from a country clergyman perspective begins August 2 at Manitoba Agriculture College. The program includes staff lectures and a conference on church and agriculture relations with nationally renowned social workers. Special railway rates offered.
An officer asks to read a private letter from an injured Irish soldier, who agrees and asks for a cot to be placed near him while the reading proceeds, highlighting a moment of tense privacy amid wartime strain.
The Russell Sage Foundation report to the Springfield survey committee details preventable deaths and poor sanitary conditions. It highlights tuberculosis causing 490 deaths in six years and 11 percent of 1913 deaths, infant deaths at 727 in six years, with diarrhoea and enteritis among major causes. It notes higher death rates in east wards, linked to concentrated poverty and demographics, urging targeted public health action.
A 1910 census shows about 3.2 million horses off farms and 21.2 million on farms in the U S totaling over 24 million. Most exported horses are mediocre mares, but after peace is declared demand will rise. Russia and the United States hold 60 percent of world stock. Breeders should mate good mares to high class stallions to profit from a lasting market for superior horses.
The American Review of Reviews describes Paris during the winter of 1915 as transformed from a city of vanity to a somber, industrious capital. The front crowds the countryside, streets are desolate at night, and light returns only with war’s end. A new serious spirit replaces past gaiety as Bergson’s calm emotion guides France.
The Patriotic Fund is described as a noble Canadian effort to support soldiers and their families. It notes that nearly 8,000 families across the Dominion are already assisted, with thousands more to be added. The fund will continue for a year or more, as reported by the Ottawa Journal.
A lighthearted exchange reveals a marriage proposal that plays on a joke about expanding a jewelry collection. The suitor asks for permission to add another engagement ring, turning a romantic moment into a witty setup.
A memo from Hon. Martin Burrell reports widespread cutworm damage across Canada. It details practical poisoned-bait methods tested in Western Canada, with mixtures for 1914 and a Southern Alberta formula, plus emphasis on clean cultivation and fall deep ploughing. Saskatchewan cites red backed cutworm and Alberta notes an army cutworm new to the region. A bulletin titled Cutworms and Their Control is issued.
Dr C I Scofield editor of the Scofield Reference Bible presents a six part series titled Six Simple Studies in Prophecy or History Written in Advance. About the last of June the articles will begin to appear in the Sunday School Times, a weekly religious paper published in Philadelphia. A three weeks free trial is available on request while supply lasts if you mention the article wanted.
A farmer extols his hired man as one of the country’s greatest inventors. City Border expresses surprise and asks what he invented. The farmer replies with a jocular line about “petrified motion.”
Sir Donald Mann of the CNR argues prosperity hinges on farming profitability. He urges national action to boost agriculture through stronger primary markets and improved credit, noting immigration should channel to land only if farming yields adequate rewards and citing international models from Germany France Denmark and Australia. He stresses farming's central role alongside industry finance and transportation for Canada’s future.
A Smithsonian article by James Buckland argues insects far outnumber other life and could overwhelm ecosystems. Birds balance nature by controlling insect pests, aiding forests and crops, with historical notes on sparrows, grasshoppers, and hawk bounty laws cited as examples.
The article notes the need to ban the destruction of certain Egyptian birds that help control insect pests. The birds are valued for their natural pest suppression, and conservation measures are urged to protect their ecological role.
The article argues the mining corps will play a critical role in future operations. It notes 1500,000 recruits from Irish mines, their specialized skills in entrenchment, sapping, and tunneling, and their potential to outpace ordinary infantry. It also highlights miners’ night vision aiding night attacks and reconnaissance.
The famous clock in the clock tower of the House of Parliament is being overhauled. The bell, named Big Ben, weighs 124 tons and bears a resonant tone heard over London traffic. The hour hands exceed nine feet in length and weigh over 200 pounds.
A light dialogue highlights class and romance as “the servant problem” is dismissed as terrible. The exchange notes good servants marry and the poor ones fail to remain long enough in one place to develop romance, underscoring social constraints.
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