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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 31, 1906
Page
5
The report notes a league baseball game played on Victoria Day with Fox achieving a close win. Details are garbled but indicate Fox led with two runs and a notable batting effort by wwitz and others, listed in the damaged text.
A Presbyterian piece argues athletic vigor with disciplined aims supports national strength yet warns against overcelebration of sport. It notes Mr Sherring and Marathon feats as signs, then stresses balance, viewing physical prowess as a means, not the end, for Canada’s place among world nations. It also mentions Britain’s odd henpecked club dinner with oaths to prove domestic subservience.
The listing details various footwear on sale including Ladies Dongola and Pebble leather boots with buttons laces and bows. It notes prices such as 1.25 for ladies slippers and 7s to 4s equivalents for different boot styles plus children's and misses sizes and patent toe variants.
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