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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 10, 1915
Page
4
Fragmentary notice from The Banner mentions a loaned item and an address in Manitoba with garbled names and place references. No clear event, date, or identifiable entities emerge beyond Main St and Kasil Manitoba.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle praised the British Army’s halt to the German advance toward Calais. He argued the victory was immense and costly, with 600,000 Germans halted while 150,000 British and Indian forces held the line, noting the true measure is achieving the objective rather than dramatic feats.
The Department of Agriculture of Manitoba establishes cooperative wool handling. Wool receipts will be weighed and graded in Winnipeg under expert wool graders and sold by the Federal Department at market prices. Cash advances up to two thirds of local market value are offered, with one cent a pound set aside for contingencies. Wool sacks priced at 65 cents each. The system mirrors the Manitoba Sheep Breeders' Association past handling.
The text weighs contradictory theories on Sir Rodmond Roblin’s resignation over the Parliament Buildings contract. It also cites Silverton Angusville council actions on road funding, ward purchases, and local governance. Readers question if a new government will punish offenders or shield them.
Eyewitness recounts the Lusitania sighting land at noon and a black dome like object before a torpedo strike. The ship listed violently within minutes, passengers rushed to the deck as water rose, fireboats struggled, and chaos and fear filled the vessel amid the sudden disaster.
Pelly Sask will host a June 16 land rush when over one hundred quarter sections of former Doukhobor reserve land near the town are opened for homestead entry. A temporary land office is set up in Pelly under R S Dundas to grant entries to eligible applicants in order of receipt until all land is entered.
A subscriber notes shrinking subscriptions and reports Mrs J. Temple as the only Ra sell recipient of Patriotic Fund money. Three armory guardsmen are not listed as aid recipients but have applied for government separation allowances.
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