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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 26, 1908
Page
12
The Banner prints a weekly notice from the office of publication in Main J Russell Manitoba. Joseph McIntyre is named as the Colana in the advertisement.
The Winnipeg Grain Exchange faces a loss of confidence after a charter amendment. Membership values have fallen from about 2650 to 1000, the new building project stalls, and funds to pay contractors are unavailable. The Manitoba Grain Growers' Association demanded action, hinting the exchange may reform under new management.
Parliament discussions clarify timber production in Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Frank Oliver reports 1906 royalty-bearing timber at 132,000,900 feet plus shingles and laths. total cut likely half again as large. For 1997 estimates place the royalty section slightly higher than 1996.
A temperance critique decries rising measures against alcohol tied to racial fears. The author warns of unintended consequences if prohibition extends beyond spirits and questions whether banishment of alcohol will leave a void or spur fresh social controls.
The Inland Revenue report Bulletin No 143 details inspectors buying three ounces of bromide of ammonium from ten Winnipeg druggists and one department store. Prices ranged from 20 to 45 cents, with the department store charging higher prices than local druggists for identical goods.
William A. Leitch of Sarles North Dakota has developed a binder mounted shocker that lifts bundles to a rotating table. The table builds the shock and, after two turns, a mechanism parts the finished shock and drops it cleanly. A steel ring prevents forward momentum to keep the shock intact.
The device has been tested successfully and can build and place shocks efficiently. In trials it even performed well at a trot, delivering a perfect shock. The inventor claims the cost will be only about hiring help for 300 to 400 acres of grain.
A former staff member now teaching in Winnipeg endures complaints about odor from foreign pupils. After a reprimand suggesting better hygiene, Johnny's mother replies with humor, writing Miss Particular Johnny is not a rose dont smell him learn him.
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