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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 20, 1925
Page
4
A blaze razed the Minaki Inn where Canadian Weekly News Association delegates planned a weekend visit as guests of Canadian National. The fire disrupted their attendance and the venue's operations.
Figures show gratuities for enlisted soldiers during the great war reached 162 210 154 dollars, with annual expenditure dropping from 4 667 647 dollars in the year ending March 1 1921 to 75 639 in the most recent year. The government also spent large sums to stabilize veterans on farms, aid house building, and equipment purchases, much repaid by settlers.
Armour and Company presents a Food Economics study on roast beef doneness. It finds little nutritional or palatable difference among well done medium and rare, with choice driven by habit and preference.
The Post Office Department is described as the biggest single business in Canada with 1.2 billion letters and a $28.3 million expenditure in the year. Net revenue reached $29.1 million, a $794 thousand profit, supported by about 12,300 post offices. The article notes undeliverable letters, substantial inspection work, and stamps sales, outlining eight main service categories and the global reach of Canadian mails. It also includes classified notices about renting a room and selling young pigs.
The passage describes letters being sorted at once, rushed on the first available train, fired through sanction points or seaports, and delivered by a special messenger upon reaching the destination town.
Mr and Mrs E Moore and family express gratitude to friends for support during their bereavement and thank those who sent meals and flowers.
Mr R J Main Miss Main and Mr and Mrs W P Stewart thank friends for kindness and sympathy shown during recent bereavement.
A fragmentary notice lists BD. C. H. Michell L.L.B. solicitor and notary, with insurance and nurse references including Russell Nurse. The text appears as an old advert with care prompts and contact lines.
The C W N A visit to Grand Beach near Winnipeg provided a festive occasion for local press. The Grand Beach Hotel served as their headquarters during the convention with National Railways hosting the outbound reporters.
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