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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 31, 1913
Page
9
Jan Simpon of Yara spends a few days in Russell staying with Dr. Clark for care and companionship.
Abstract of receipts and expenditures for 1912 year end with local notices on fairs at Binscorth Shellmouth and Russell. visits, band engagements, an excursion train, fair entries, housing demand, post office rules, utilities inspection, baptism at Harrowby Ford, and a Russell Rossburn baseball game recap with lineups and injuries.
The town plans a notable improvement as the sample room in the Murdogs block is now being brick veneered. Local notes mention a carload of symouth twine at Biuscarth hardware and various village happenings including visitors, events, and upcoming shows.
The Rossburn baseball team defeated Russell 6 to 4 on Tuesday to claim the northwestern Manitoba championship. The series also featured a one run win for Rossburn the previous Wednesday with a 31 to 10 score at Rossburn.
A brief items page reports: mission band picnic details to be released next week. R J Young completed Hi Cochrane's barn stonework. visits by Mrs Jas Robinson Weldon Nepawa and Mrs Flynn in Birth. Mr and Mrs McKee guests of J A McDonald. Marguerite Keating moved to Winnipeg hospital for appendicitis. Geo Shelby rescues a month old calf from a well during watering. calf unharmed.
Russell municipality council discussed land transfer for a road from 11-20-29 W1 and hill access, a Gleniffer siding drainage plan with CP Rail, tax sale steps for October 23, 1973, and appointing A R McIntyre as assessor. Committees were formed to review bridge at 11-10-29 and river road projects, with next meeting set for August 29 in Bancarth.
Readers note Mrs M Mc Fatyen back in town as preparations ramp up for Shel Mirai’s autumn show. Public hope she remains steady and fully recovered while performances are being organized.
An amused listener hears two old Scotsmen discuss a mutual friend's unhappy marriage. One says Jamie Thomson enjoys a fair time with his wife, claiming they fight often. The other jokes that twenty years of courtship did not guarantee happiness, noting the man knew what he would get and chose not to marry after such a lengthy courting period.
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