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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 30, 1914
Page
1
Local notice cites Manitoba 1913 statutes on disease isolation and health officer duties. It urges parental cooperation to curb whooping cough before school opens, detailing quarantines and removal rules while noting a town soccer cup final and crowd attendance in Russell.
Heat waves linger while Assiniboine and Shell rivers run low. Misses Winnifred Hall and Florence Bond visit Dauphin and Winnipeg hosts. Kechedale district taps Wm Skinner as trustee. Asesippi picnic proves a jovial success with food, drink, and notable baseball loss.
Local events announce Russell fair August 3 and 4 with Shellmouth fair August 8. Community notes include travel, family visits, a portable station move, an open air concert by the Ladies Band, and upcoming exhibitions. PMID: various visits, health updates, church events, and agricultural show preparations in Russell and surrounding towns.
Hon Geo Langley puts the Saskatchewan wheat crop at 14 bushels per acre. Allegations of liquor importations by Liberals in Le Pas are denied by the chief of provincial police there. Royal Alexandra Hotel Winnipeg expands to 600 rooms after adding 200 more. Metropolitan Bank of Canada merges with Bank of Nova Scotia reducing chartered banks to 23. Wesly and Manitoba colleges drop arts to the university.
Lloyd Bradshaw visits his father after a three year absence while Arthur Morgan returns to Delisle. St Matthew’s Church schedules holy communion at 8 am and evensong at 7 30 pm. August 6 set for a major horse sale featuring R D C ranch stock. Binscarth baseball team defeats Rossburn 17 to 2 with Frank McPherson, Lind Argo and Dr Broadfoot shining. W W Wilson umpired the game.
Daily village notes report Miss E Stevenson visiting Russell last week and Mr Maynes also visiting. The text urges residents to mind their own business and warns children about matches and fireworks after a Friday fire. Mr Patterson won a team shoot prize in Russell. Great preparations begin for the Saturday August 8 fair. Shellmouth is praised for readiness and Mrs John thanks friends for fire bell response.
Silverton recalls Decoration Day at the cemetery on Friday afternoon. Algy returns after a month in Angusville and proclaims Silverton forever. Questions arise about flour price cuts as Hergreaves & Casey begin business. Local columnist ponders election or temperature silencing the Silverton correspondent. A pleasant evening at H Cochranes with young folks dancing until dawn. The Silverton Watch Mission Band picnic is set for August 7, a true children's day with games and a large crowd. At the WMS annual meeting in Hamiota the Watch Mission Band placed first for missionary generosity, the Silverton Women's Society second, and Stratford Sunny Circle third.
The Shellmouth region reports hay making is in full swing with fields and pastures receiving steady work. Farmers anticipate bumper yields as weather cooperates and baling continues through the week.
Russell Council minutes note committee to study a Crosby district to Binscarth bridge road. Contractors Campbell Bros. may receive 25 percent of contract price for road to Binscarth bridge. Village grant of 700 dollars approved. By-law 272 allows muskrat destruction year round. Additional sidewalk grant secured. By-law 273 places specified lands into Binscarth School District. Council adjourned to meet August 24 in Russell.
Mr Jas Nichol receives congratulations on a happy event. Rains boost crops in the district. Mr C Ackroyd recovers from a recent accident. Minniska boys are returning to the Tuckersmith habit. Geo E Brown renews old acquaintances. Barn dance at J Dunn's yields a merry time. A T Ryans market garden venture shows rosy promise with a superb turnip pilot likely to set records.
Three men and one woman are dead and more than sixty wounded after a unit of the King's Own Scottish Borderers fired into a Dublin crowd Sunday afternoon. Seven wounded are expected to die. The affray stemmed from a gun running scheme by the Nationalist Volunteers, aided by a mob largely made up of women and youths. Hospitalized are three women and a 10 year old boy.
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