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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 08, 1909
Page
2
Lee and Gale confront a clever plot as Stark and Runnion form a secret council to bar women from mining claims and reallocate Necia’s ground. Burrell secretly sabotages the scheme by warning and reclaiming the upper stakes, exposing the conspirators’ plan.
Rawdon proclaims a claim with urgency as Burrell accuses Rannion of misplacing priority. A notice near Miss Gale’s triggers the confrontation while a recorder confirms the order of record at No Creek Lee. The dispute centers on land belonging to Necia Gale.
The journal laments Canadian dependence on foreign engineering advice for major projects like the GTP Railway Quebec Bridge and Ontario hydro electric schemes. It cites foreign input and Chicago exports as problematic and urges Canada to rely on its own engineers, noting many Canadians are capable of handling such work.
The city of St John New Brunswick will erect a bronze statue of Sir Samuel Leonard Tilley a former Lieutenant Governor and long time Finance Minister in Sir John A Macdonald s cabinet Louis Philippe Hebert the French Canadian sculptor will create the statue which will stand in King Square near the Ampeine memorial Lady Tilley lives in St John today and is active in charitable work The work is to honor Tilley a federation founder.
Acadia University professor Roy Elliott Bates has the Paris Salon committee's acceptance for his painting September in Picardy. The work stems from last summer in Longpre and the Somme valley. Bates, a former Halifax Academy student and Victoria School of Art pupil, was Acadia's first Rhodes scholar in 1904 and studied English at Oxford. He became Acadia's English professor after earning his Oxford degree.
A reflective piece extols the romance and mystery of West African tribes on the coast and inland regions. It notes legendary historic ties to Egypt Phoenicia and Arabia and describes Central Africa as largely unknown inviting further exploration.
An English paper notes the champion absentminded man resides at Belham. In a fleeting scene he greets an old friend and family physician who remarks Come again Parity as I suppose My heavens! exclaims the man Mindful of his errand, his wit is in a fit.
A British stone cutter failed to gain union admission after objecting to a job test and was discharged amid a threatened strike. The Supreme Court of British Columbia in Vancouver upheld the union’s action, underscoring the balance between collective bargaining and individual rights in labor disputes.
Rev. W. E. A. Lewis of Mt. Clemens Michigan, born in Ontario, defends Canada at a summer camp of Yankees. He quips he came as a missionary, while his mother and daughter connect to Canadian heritage. Mrs Lewis’s mother traces back to Pennsylvanians who chose country over fighting.
The Memorial Tower at the Northwest Arm, Halifax, to honor representative government in Overseas Britain is advancing with funding. The Dominion Government contributes 5000 dollars while the Nova Scotia Government and other provinces plan donations. Sir Sandford Fleming’s park land is held in trust for the city until tower completion.
Bok ton Enterprise reports a man over seventy performed on a slack wire in Caledon East last Saturday. His beard reached to his middle and his hair hung in long tufts at his cheeks. Despite looks, his display was credited as a notable achievement for his age and he collected many dollars from appreciative spectators.
The article describes gum digging along the North Island from the Bay of Plenty to Whaingaroa Harbor, detailing digging methods with spears, improvised iron aids, and tent homes. it notes gum depths from a few inches to over fourteen feet, with shallow winter fields yielding high quality gum sold for 22.50 to 27.50 per cwt unscraped and up to 250 per three weeks’ work.
Mr Kingsford chief presidency magistrate of Meerut received a parcel he believed to be a law book and opened it to find a hen concealed in the scooped-out pages. The parcel had remained unopened for a year, sparing Kingsford from harm.
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