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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 29, 1920
Page
8
Ontario fuel administrator A S Harrington says Alberta coal from Hillcrest mines could substitute for U S coal if freight rates improve. Coal costs about five dollars less at the mine, but shipping to Sudbury runs over seventeen dollars per ton.
Mr. and Mrs. E Whitney donate one hundred thousand dollars in Victory Bonds to the corporation of Ottawa for a new tuberculosis hospital. Whitney specifies the city must cover upkeep costs for the institution.
During a severe thunderstorm in Kingston Ontario Mr and Mrs Geo Loust were seated in their kitchen when a lightning bolt descended the chimney and pipes passed through the stove killing their eldest son aged eight instantly. The family were unhurt otherwise but the house was completely burned down.
A new market for provincial butter has emerged in Chicago. A Moose Jaw wholesaler specializing in this trade has shipped and sold several carloads. Producers receive weekly quotations from wholesalers, and it is believed good prices are being paid. The butter is remanufactured upon arrival in Chicago.
Mrs. Wm. Watts of Wolfe Island Ontario reports strawberries growing exceptionally large with thirty six berries fitting in a single box.
One of the era’s major robberies saw about a hundred men halt a mail train running from Dublin and Belfast to Londonderry. Trainmen were forced aside with pistols drawn while robbers rifled the mails along the right of way.
The Hon. Rupert W. Wigmore has a rapid rise in life. Ten years earlier he drove a milk wagon in St. John. He was city water and sewage commissioner at $1,700 a year before his 1917 election by 8,000 votes. Now as minister of customs he earns $14,000 annually. He is a Baptist, Conservative, and a fair speaker.
The first monthly trade statement by Hon. R. W. Wigmore shows a roughly 136 million dollar rise in Dominion trade for the fiscal year's first three months compared with the same period a year earlier.
Representatives of the passenger departments of Canadian National and Canadian Pacific railways and the Labour Department discussed recruiting and transporting labor for the western harvest. About forty thousand harvesters are needed with 10,000 to be drawn from Prairie Provinces and British Columbia and 30,000 from the east if possible. Harvest excursions will be sent west from all eastern provinces to distribute the workload.
The Alberta Government Employment Bureau reports strong demand for workers especially for farm help miners and general laborers. Local job seekers are urged to register for available positions and training.
Higher cost of living data from the labor department shows the weekly family budget for staples averaging 16.92 dollars at mid June, up from 16.66 in May and 7.35 in June 1914. Wholesale price index declined, June at 349.3 versus 358.6 in May, 264.1 in June 1914, and 135.3 for June 1914.
An order in council from the provincial government reduces the liquor allowance for doctors. Starting August 1 no Ontario doctor may keep more than three gallons on premises, down from the current ten gallons.
Nurse Hope Ewing, Queen of Moose Jaw Carnival, died in her room prompting an inquest after both attending doctors Wardell and Black refused to certify the cause. She served four and a half years in Salonika and France and received a military funeral with R C M P detachment and G W V A members present. The Last Post was sounded at the graveside as townspeople paid tribute.
Secretary Richardson announces that Mr. John Blue the provincial librarian is preparing a history of Alberta. The disclosure signals a coordinated archival effort involving provincial institutions.
The Detroit and Windsor Ferry Co reports heavy sugar shipments from Windsor to Detroit in full loads over several days. Windsor grocers are unloading abundant sugar supplies, signaling plentiful stock locally.
Dr. John Amyot Dominion deputy minister of health praised Dr. Glover at St. Michael's Hospital Toronto for a cancer serum and treatment calling it very promising while cautioning that publicized announcement would not be beneficial at this time.
The Zionist conference reportedly adopts the forty commission's recommendation that all land and property in Palestine be declared the property of the Jewish people with control gradually transferred to the Palestine state.
D J Kurtz of the Nelson Tramway company and his twelve year old son Donald drowned in the Kootenay River during a fishing trip. H D Kenney of the Western Box and Shingle Mills, a party member, surfaced and fought his way to shore to safety.
Prince Joachim born December 17, 1890 in Berlin died by his own hand in Potsdam amid financial woes and low mood. He served on the western and eastern fronts during the late war, was wounded in France, endured escapes on the Russian front, and later fell to illness.
Imperial ex soldiers selected by Dominion representatives W E Scott and Russell Wilson will bring about one million dollars in cash to Canada. Of thousands of applicants under last year’s scheme, 700 were found suitable during Scott and Wilson’s stay in England. They are civilians before the war from York Northumberland Wales and Scotland and will adapt readily.
Immigrant steamers from Europe fill to capacity with a strong class of Canadian settlers. Every European country contributes its quota as the stream of newcomers flows toward the Dominion.
Sadie Lynn Hallas, aged child, was accidentally shot by a neighbor’s young boy while camping with her parents at Port Haney. Her father carried her through rough flooded roads to New Westminster where she died five hours after surgery.
Grand Rapids linotype operator Mrs. Alice Wheeler announces candidacy for the Republican nomination in the fifth district. She labels herself a laboring woman and argues laboring women deserve representation in Congress.
James O. Pike of Indianapolis jumped from the S S Wauketa where he sat on deck with his wife and was drowned. He was sixty five, in poor health, and the incident occurred aboard the vessel.
In Montreal the local trades and labor council debated sending three delegates to the Dominion Trades Congress convention at Windsor amid sharp denunciations of the Congress. An attack on P. M. Draper and claims of bribery to delegates sparked tensions as President Foster threatened resignation before the delegate vote carried.
Mr. F. G. Kilmaster, organist and choirmaster of St. Pauls Cathedral London Ontario, appointed Director of Music at Regina College at five thousand dollars yearly. Kilmaster, known in Toronto, studied at Toronto University and is a Fellow of the Canadian Guild of Organists.
Parliament backed law imposes monthly returns for manufacturers based on sales and a further month to remit cash while retailers must remit collections every fifteen days. Tax department will begin calculations of luxury tax returns in early August due to these timelines.
Cor portal MacKenzie, a Mounted Rifles corporal, falls in love with Miss Helen Wilbur in England. She dies in December, and Captain Wilbur is fatally wounded soon after. MacKenzie inherits sixty thousand pounds and Hastings residence from the captain upon probate, as the fiancée of his daughter. Relatives live in New Brunswick.
P M Draper testified about a $50 000 transfer to Canada a year ago to back private labor movement matters. He claimed the funds supported legitimate work for organized labor and that Barker approved the disposal of the money. Draper said he acted as an agent, not as Trades and Labor Congress of Canada secretary.
Negotiations began in Toronto for higher pay and revised working conditions affecting about 6,000 CN railway clerks and freight handlers. H F Lawrence of Winnipeg chairs the general grievance committee with western lines, meeting CN officials and expected to conclude by late next week.
A party of distinguished Swiss travelers arrives in Vancouver on an economic and industrial tour. They hope to attract Swiss farmers and artisans to British Columbia under favorable conditions to boost the province's industrial wealth.
In a Regina Metropolitan Church address Reverend Mr. Morgan of Wolseley urged protest against what he called vulgarity and extravagance in women. He described the display as a disgrace and a denial of the gospel’s spiritual aims.
Seventy five delegates from across Canada attended the Canadian Postmasters association convention presided over by President W A Hamilton of Bridge Ont. Discussions focused on salaries and shorter working hours.
Ottawa based Dominion railway commission plans to reimpose war time fuel restrictions on coal. The decision announcing the restoration of the fuel control laws will be published soon by the commission.
New York buyer Sam C. Hildreth paid a record 165000 for Inchcape a chestnut colt sired Friar Rock Rose at auction. The purchase marks the highest price ever paid for a horse in the period reported.
Montreal barbers reach settlement after a brief stoppage. They secured a weekly wage of 25 dollars and half of all earnings over 35 dollars per week in the agreement with employers.
Rev J P Monville rector of a Philadelphia suburb Roman Catholic church preached three sermons urging modest dress and led women in his congregation to pin waists higher around the neck before approaching the communion rail.
Wheat prices in Chicago slid sharply last week with opening quotes near unchanged and futures falling to around 10 14 a bushel from December delivery. The decline stemmed mainly from weak demand rather than heavy selling pressure.
Copper and nickel runs reported from 100 to 140 feet deep in the Lac du Bonnet mining district Manitoba indicating a promising ore discovery with potential for further exploration and development by local operators.
An ironworker from Chester Pennsylvania has not eaten solid food for eight years after a gunshot wound to the face impaired his ability to open his mouth. Despite this, he remains in good health and works hard each day.
Commander Guerez leads about a thousand women along an eight mile front near Cilna. The volunteers, aged twenty six, are described as strong country women eager for adventure, aiming to oppose the Bolshevist advance.
The body found last week in the St. Lawrence near St. Lambert is identified as Captain Cavinesh an officer attached to the Petawawa camp at the start of the war. His brother is reportedly in Vancouver but the address is unknown.
A Chicago Italian husband enraged by his wife’s beauty attacked her with a knife while she slept, creating a deep furrow from ear to mouth. The incident, reported in police records, highlights a brutal act of jealousy and violence within a domestic setting.
A grand jury returned two murder indictments against Carl Wanderer. He confessed to killing his wife and a stranger used as a dupe to stage a robbery.
J. H. Popham of Regina has picked and sold 118 pounds of peas from his garden in eight days. He began July 5 and expects around 600 pounds in total as peas hang thickly. The garden is described as one of the best in Regina.
A lifejacket was recovered from the Delaware river by two railroad detectives. It bore a strand of faded blond hair and the name the Lusitania clearly visible on it. The item was covered with slime and seaweed and one armstrap was broken.
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