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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 27, 1902
Page
4
The Banner explains ads in its columns for the referendum to be held on an April date. It states openness to all advertisers who pay, provided content is decent, non libellous, and moral in its view. The paper will not endorse or contradict the ad or goods advertised, urging voters to express their opinion at the polls.
Mrs Salkeld and Miss Salkeld returned to Yorkton on Friday night after visiting relatives at Spy Hill. Local Sparks attended the carnival at Binscarth and enjoyed it. A blizzard Sunday damaged church windows and chairs. A petition is circulating for additional mail service on Wednesday and Thursday trains. Mrs J M Douglas arrived by Wednesday train to visit her son after being delayed in Winnipeg by the blizzard. Mrs Jas McKay returned from Ontario on Friday for health reasons.
The article states that voting qualifications for the referendum match current provincial election rules. It notes that individuals whose names appear on municipal lists are not required to register.
The text outlines who may vote on April 2 under the Manitoba referendum. It covers age, sex, British subject status, and one year provincial residence. It explains voting by name on municipal lists, affidavits for those not listed, and the educational test for non birth British subjects. It notes interpretation of residency requirements and affidavits allowing votes outside one's municipality. The article asserts the one man one vote principle applies.
At the Manitoba Veterinary Association annual meeting Dr J C Rutherford was unanimously elected an honorary Associate and praised as founder of the association and a leading member. Members resolved to place appreciation on record and extend best wishes for his new post as Chief Veterinary Inspector to the Dept of Agriculture.
The extracts from Mr Fielding's budget speech cite a current surplus of 5 648 433 and a predicted year end surplus of 3 800 000. Expenditures total about 65 255 000 with 6 000 000 to be added to the public debt. No tariff changes this season and no beet root sugar bounties noted. Public debt rose 2 986 196 in the past year.
Manitoba spends directly over the bars about two million dollars annually for liquor. Indirect costs include loss of time life labor misapplied and wasted production. The ad广告 notes the revenue of three thousand ninety dollars is paltry compared to the social costs.
There were 4 911 135 bushels of wheat in store at Fort William and Port Arthur on March 17 with 1 703 000 bushels the year prior and 333 000 bushels two years ago. Stocks across Fort William Port Arthur Keewatin Winnipeg and interior points total about 18 000 000 bushels, up from 5 138 000 last year and 9 000 000 two years ago, 950 200 three years ago, and 3 500 000 four years ago.
A garbled antique advertisement promotes Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for stomach and digestion issues and the Pleasant Pellets as a laxative. It cites cures for liver heart lungs kidneys and other organs, claiming to cleanse the system and restore appetite.
Mortgage sale notice from Winnipeg firm LOCK & ROBERTS Hulock solicitors indicates the sale of town property under the Real Property Act. The auction is scheduled for a Saturday at 9 in the morning with details of the property and purchasers listed in the conveyance records at Neepawa Land Titles Office.
Tenders will be received for quantities of sandstone to fill orders from Russell Farm Elevator. Bids must arrive by March 29 and be delivered to Rowell by June 11. Tenders are to be in firm lots and specify the number of loads of sandstone required for the site Acivery.
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