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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 24, 1909
Page
12
Fragmentary OCR reads as a biased, unclear note from The Banner with odd names and broken phrases. The readable bits mention a weekly office element and a person named McIntyre, but no coherent event or context to describe.
Preparations complete for a provincial Sunday School convention to be held at Brandon from June 29 to July 1. The event aims to elevate Sunday School leadership with prominent speakers, invites all who support Sunday School work, and offers railway privileges and four luncheons for key workers.
Council met at Angus on June 10 with all members present. Ro McLennan appointed arbitrator for the union school district. Municipality purchased a road grader and scrub plows. An annual allowance of 1600 for road work on the west side of the NFE. Provincial Telephone Department requested to install a system in the municipality. Public scales ordered for Angus and Silverton. Four thousand dollars to be spent on road improvements. Seed grain notes of 1289 to be collected with costs after December 15. Assessment roll tg 9 to be amended and adopted to region. Items ordered: Chandres's Aid Society Winnipeg 10, FM. Williams plank 45023, Rehirdson & Bishop 259, Geo. Barker plank 6909, W. McKay etc. Angus school by-law 500, M N. Stitt hall rent 7.00. Council adjourned to meet at call of the Reeve. W. McKay Clerk.
Russell council discussed building a bridge over the Assiniboine River and evaluating riverbank hills for road suitability. Committees were formed to locate bridge sites and secure right of way, with by laws on poundkeepers and patmasters pass ed and cemetery lot rates raised. A sanatorium subscription was approved and other routine actions carried.
The council agreed to reconvene on Friday July 16 to address the pending accounts. P. W. Rate is listed at 75 and A. B. Callin at 8.60 for the work.
The Winnipeg Industrial Exhibition returns in July with a wider array of agricultural and commercial displays. A grand military and pyrotechnic performance titled The Siege of Sebastopol will be staged nightly on the track field, employing over five hundred performers and presenting Canada’s largest fireworks display to date.
The text lists four states with equal political rights for women generally, and identifies multiple states where women have veto rights on school issues, plus regions with full suffrage. It notes Australia New Zealand Isle of Man Finland and Norway granting full suffrage.
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