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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 15, 1909
Page
13
A youth in the woods was bitten on the ankle by a rattlesnake after dodging a broken limb while passing a clump of brush. He died soon after as his health failed though the bite itself was not fatal. The piece ponders whether chance or another force was at work and includes other vignettes of accidents and curiosities from the era.
Lord Strathcona donates 500000 to McGill University while Western Canada coal miners end a three month strike. Pittsburg district miners 16000 ordered to strike. Four and seven year old Fort Pelly boys die from eating lady slippers. Jeffries declines Johnson fight. Canadian wireless station to be built 2000 miles north of Edmonton. Cement sidewalks cost 12 cents per square foot in Yorkton. Gravel 80 cents per load. Arctic circle wireless tests to Seattle. US notes Canada navy offer and boundary defence. Chicago police dump 600 seized weapons into lake. Foster forecasts severe storm this week.
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