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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 29, 1920
Page
4
Publication note for a Russell office weekly issued on Thursdays. Lists Joseph McIntyre as publisher and notes price of $1.50 per year in advance.
Three day event August 4 5 6 features music entertainment and lectures from leading Canadian performers and speakers. The Banner ad invites residents to preview the program and attend the Chautauqua for a full lineup of talent.
Russell rural council met July 21 with the reeve presiding. June minutes were read and approved. The highway inspector appointment for the Ash River Bridge was approved. The clerk reported on hospital board tensions and asked to step down from the director role. Ward appropriations rose to 2400 dollars. Accounts were approved. Next meeting set for August 18.
Meeting held at Dropmore on July 3 with all members present. June 5 minutes confirmed. Clerk to procure four steel stamps. Councillor Dugan to act on Hospital Board. Mrs. Bryant granted Hotel License. Accounts to be paid to several vendors with listed amounts. Clearing and grubbing work prices set for acres.
A note directs the Municipal Commissioner to issue a By-Law authorizing an appropriation for road work through No 31 and 22. It specifies paying usual indemnities and assigns F G Richardson as Clerk to formalize the action.
Wool prices are falling with excess supplies worldwide and few bids. Cotton yarn spinners in America have tightened business while high quality weaving yarns show price declines, though a rapid market collapse is not yet certain.
The report outlines resumed Anglo Japanese ties and a 40 percent dividend announced by H. B. Co. It notes Canada sugar exports rising, German trade in Britain, a major liquor seizure in Vancouver, and Germany agreeing to deliver two million tons of coal monthly on food credits for Germany. Indemnities allocated France 52 Britain 22 Italy 10 with no Canada share. Efforts to recover 4 million in gold from the Laurentic wreck continue.
Walter J. Cuntz of Shoal Lake died at Tuxedo Hospital on July 16 following a two year illness linked to years of service in the trenches. The obituary notes his wartime service and ensuing health decline.
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