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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 03, 1948
Page
2
Manitoba will license tourist facilities including camps homes and restrooms under new rules by Minister J S McDiarmid. Applications start with the Travel and Publicity Bureau with inspections for health water fire and sanitation. Licenses expire March 1 following issue with a star rating system from one to five and an insignia for approved premises.
The wedding occurred at the bride’s father John Madill home with Rev G A Edmison officiating. The issue also notes the first cricket match of the season, Russell defeating Shellmouth with Wallis star and Brown for the losers.
A June 1913 issue notes Shellmouth organizes an agricultural society with D Stewart as president. It also reports D M Kinnaird resigning after 21 years as Russell municipal secretary. The era highlights prior local events and leadership changes across age brackets and towns.
From Lethbridge, Silverton Clare Virtue and a team including Roy Anderson E Lillie W Cochrane D Young F Kennedy Russell P McKinnon M Linden Bud Glasman Punch Leifer C Glasman B Laird Rod Clement Forrest Man and W Broadfoot Umpired are conducting official experiments to create rain. The work will be watched by prairie residents as officials cooperate on this initiative.
A farmer wonders why rain fails in dry years while moisture laden clouds pass. The article notes a proposed method using dry ice dropped from airplanes to trigger rain by altering cloud dynamics. It cites United States and Australia experiments and mentions the Canadian National Research Council and Meteorological.
The Russell Banner is published weekly on Thursdays at Rowell Manitoba. It is a member of the Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association with a subscription of two dollars per year in advance, including a rate of two hundred fifty dollars to the USA. The editor and publisher is EC Sanderson, authorized as second class mail by the Post Office Department in Ottawa.
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