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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 11, 1922
Page
4
The article argues that investing in quality paint and regular varnish extends a building’s life, avoids decay, and yields dividends by delaying replacement. It warns against cheap paint, lists checks for reputable brands, and details proper mixing, thinning, and application under suitable weather and temperatures.
The article notes a farmer using Wagon Oil Paint for wagons and Buggy Paint for buggies and Paris Green Arsenate to protect crops. He keeps a good standard for house and outbuildings while recalling a neighbor who mixed lead and oil, leaving wagons shabby and crops exposed.
The message urges residents to back the old town and recruit helpers for community tasks. It encourages leadership and dependable turnout, promising personal satisfaction when neighbors count on you.
A poem urging residents to support local boosters, spend money locally, and defend community character. It promotes honesty, boldness, and teamwork, advising visitors and newcomers to hear the town’s story and join the boosters as a source of pride.
A brief upliftful manifesto urges individuals to brighten themselves and their surroundings. It highlights personal cheer, home ambiance, and business spirit aimed at spreading positivity and improving profits.
A promotional note urges a Brighten Up slogan to boost social and industrial progress. It argues painting saves 150 600 000 yearly nationally, enough to build 35 battleships, and notes lumber scarcity will push house costs from 200 to 5 000 in about 15 years, urging property owners to paint.
Community notice lists six guidelines for residents to keep Russell clean. Do not accumulate rubbish or ash piles. Do not dump on sidewalks or streets or deface public property. Plant grass or flowers to improve the area.
A reflective piece contrasts modern farm management with weather protection through paint. It argues farmers invest in coatings to safeguard property, boost value, and support healthy living, urging cooperative community action for better towns.
A brief public notice announces piano tuning services for local pianos. It lists tuning options, scheduling details, and contact information for the tuner. The item emphasizes timely service and professional regulation of instrument pitch.
The pamphlet urges residents to paint fences sheds and buildings and keeps Russet bright. It cites a crusade against rubbish to improve town life protect against fire boost health educate school children stimulate business and impress visitors to Rua Sell.
Notice to creditors of the estate of Katherine Kilur late of Silver Creek Manitoba requires all claims to be filed with Wilson & Glen solicitors in Russell Manitoba by May 22 1933. Dated April 22 1922.
Purebred White Wyandotte eggs from good farm stock at 1.75 per setting. Two settings for 3.00, postage paid to Russell and district. Thos E Gooda Box 14 Binsearth. Phone 345. Piano and organ tuner repairer John Connell A M T A will be in the district next month.
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