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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 09, 1945
Page
2
Article extols farm electrification as a path to higher output and lower costs. Veterans and farmers foresee electricity enabling milking, pumping, washing, and lighting with far less labor. Estimates show a ten cow herd with a milking machine paying for itself in two years, promoting hydro savings and Victory Bond funding for wiring and plumbing upgrades.
Summer service at 11 am preached by Rev. Maurice McLuhan with Sunday school during the service. J. BE. McNeill MA BD is listed as minister. A quotation on constructive thinking closes the notice.
Miss L Pettigrew president of the Manitoba Association of Registered Nurses says many Canadian hospital schools of nursing still have vacancies in fall classes. She notes wartime nurses will be needed for returning veterans and expanding public health care, with good positions for well trained nurses.
Fragmentary lines indicate concern over British policies and their potential impact on prairie farmers. The note suggests that whatever occurs in Britain will be noted by local farmers and friends, reflecting shared agricultural anxieties.
In parts of West Africa cycle use grows, reducing head-loading skill in Nigeria's Eastern Provinces. Taxi-cycles charge a penny for two miles, with first class seated riders and second class where riders walk. Riders sit side saddle on a carrier, often without brakes, risking accidents on hills and bridges as lorries hurry downhill. Sometimes a crash ends with a go bush and clattering tins, yet little damage occurs.
A prairie farmer laments Britain's shift toward self sufficiency under the Labour Socialist government, arguing it threatens Canada’s wheat and meat exports. He urges Britain to embrace freer trade to support Canada and avoid harming agricultural livelihoods.
Sunday schedule lists Shellmouth and Russell services at 3 pm and 7 pm with evening prayer. Miss Betty Maxted bishop’s messenger leads the Sunday school van and is assisted by Miss Betsie Ewing of Toronto.
A poem about love and loss warning readers to beware of giving their hearts to a dog. The speaker notes sorrow from natural causes and questions why people seek painful attachments. It reflects on debt of affection, the pain of loss, and the lingering echo of past loves. Contributed.
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