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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 18, 1920
Page
8
A Toronto headquartered Canadian tea firm announced a cut from 70 to 55 cents per pound for a popular variety. Other tea concerns are expected to follow. Analysts cite a market glut in Britain and Canada due to British merchants missing long boarded stocks from Russia. The firm is understood to face substantial losses from the cut.
Andrew Mooney, manager of the Port Arthur Bank of Nova Scotia branch, was fined 8530 for possessing 361 beaver pelts and 262 muskrat skins without government coupons. The pelts were ordered confiscated.
Mrs Rose Longman formerly Miss Hellman of New York sues to break the will of her husband Semuel T. Longman 52. She married him one month before his death to save him from drink and drug habits. He left her 50 000 and his estate is valued around 100 000.
A British merchant observes a Zanzibar sultan’s garden carousel where brides ride painted horses. The sultan proudly shows his harem enjoying the ride as music from drums and tambourines plays a jaunty local tune.
Senator L. W. Shatford, who suffered a paralytic stroke, died recently in Vancouver. A Nova Scotia native, he represented Similkimen in the Provincial Legislature as a Conservative for fourteen years, first elected by acclamation in 1912. He was closely linked with many British Columbia business enterprises.
A road near Gastonia North Carolina witnessed an armed robbery as two young men were attacked by two unidentified Black assailants. One man was fatally injured while the assailants dragged two girls into nearby woods and inflicted injuries on them. A posse of officers and armed citizens responded to the incident.
A Spanish beauty, Mrs. R. Lee, was arrested by police detectives in a downtown St. Paul hotel on grand larceny charges. She allegedly stole $1,280 from a Port Arthur, Ontario, traveling man who identified himself to police as John McGrew. The money was found in her room after he reported meeting her at a party.
Woman victim of stray bullet laid to rest on New York City East Side as mourners follow the flower crowned hearse. The young woman died after being struck by a bullet fired during a chase by detective James Kenney who pursued a car thief.
General Popminster of war recommends cutting the standing army from 460000 to 260000 and says conscripts should be drilled only a few days weekly rather than living in barracks. The plan also includes compulsory physical training for school youths aged fourteen to nineteen.
Jerry Callaghan of Prince Albert received three months for refusing to disclose the source of his firearm. The magistrate pressed him on the potential jail term, and Callaghan replied that he would rather go to jail than reveal his source.
Carl Cavanagh an escaped Indiana State prison convict known as Hugh Cavanaugh is remanded for trial on a murder charge in Moose Jaw after allegedly shooting his wife near her mother's home two weeks earlier. He was serving 20 years for sale when he escaped on July 14 1918 and police have received his Bertillon record from Indiana.
Coroner's jury ruled the shooting justifiable after witnesses recalled Rev J O L Spracklin inspecting licenses at Chappell House Windsor. doctors testified Smith claimed Trumble had a gun and flourished it, contradicting Smith's testimony that he did not see a gun.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police prepare an overland yearlong expedition to Herschel Island Arctic base via Fort McPherson. Dawon section will supply several policemen with dog teams. Preliminary supplies have begun from Dawson and will accompany mail along the route.
At a Dartmouth meeting of the Ministerial Association of Halifax the president Archbishop Worrell announced a resolution endorsing the British Government’s attitude toward the hunger strike of the late Lord Mayor Mac Swiney.
Armour and Company announced the closing of its business in Canada, including a packing plant in Hamilton Ontario and selling agencies in St John New Brunswick Sydney Nova Scotia Hamilton Ontario Montreal and Toronto. The firm cited insufficient hog supply and a tariff on dressed meat that made shipments from Chicago prohibitive.
Forest fire losses in Alberta are expected to drop this season thanks to the Morley based airplane forest patrol. Air crews have spotted fires and notified rangers, enabling early extinguishment before significant damage occurred.
Mrs. Cicolina of Toronto engaged in a serious quarrel with her husband last week and leaped from a second story window. Police Constable Burt, passing by, caught her moments before she struck the ground and she was unharmed.
The Labor Ministry reports 1919 figures showing three deaths for every two births in France. Only Fimisterre had more births than deaths, while several departments recorded deaths several times higher than births, highlighting a worsening birth rate.
Since inaugurating drainage schemes, approximately 3.2 million acres in Manitoba have been brought under cultivation. Fifty miles of dredge channels were built this year at a cost of 140000 dollars, with 30 miles in Sparling district and 20 miles in Morris municipality. The work relieves spring flood risk and enables swamp lands to be cultivated, with 72 sections in Sparling district made available.
The Government secured an agreement from mine employers to meet National Federation of Miners representatives to avert a planned strike over higher wages and mine nationalization. Miners demand five times the prewar maximum scale due to rising living costs, representing underground coal and other mines and quarries.
Basle authorities recognize women may occupy pulpits mirroring actions in two other cantons. Geneva synod is expected to follow as church circles anticipate broader acceptance of female ministry.
Colonel Powley, head of the provincial Government Labor Bureau in Vancouver, cautions against coming to the district for jobs. Officials report a large surplus of men relative to vacant positions, indicating limited opportunities.
David McNeal was acquitted of killing four year old Margaret Boucock and deported to the United States. The case raises interest in the trial of seventeen citizens linked to the August 16 disturbance at Thorold in which McNeal was nearly lynched.
A man believed to be English titled Waters Waters was found dead with head injuries in a Plymouth hotel room. Police sought a rough looking companion who used the name James Dunn Milwaukee to register with Waters.
Albert Chamberlain station agent at Reddit Ontario died at St Boni face hospital from injuries after a crane lead rope broke at the station loading platform crushing him between two tanks.
Twenty firemen escaped death and three were seriously injured when heavy doors failed at a sawdust vault, sending flaming debris onto the sidewalk. An order from Deputy Fire Chief Thomas Hayes cleared the area moments before, likely saving lives and property.
Reported surge of gunmen thieves and break ins in Toronto with robberies while victims were at church. Eighteen cars stolen temporarily and numerous houses entered with jewels and money taken.
The unknown soldier in Westminster Abbey will be buried on Armistice Day. A cenotaph in Whitehall will be unveiled the same day by a grateful nation to honor the sacrifices of Britain’s gallant dead. The Duke of Marlborough's funeral preceded the event.
The Federation of Labor Unions declared November 9, the second anniversary of the German revolution, a workless day. The industrial and technical workforce supported by labor, but middle classes and clerical workers opposed. Retail businesses continued as usual.
In South Russia the American Red Cross and Mennonite Relief Society report that Captain Emmet Kilpatrick and C. Atechney were captured during a Soviet advance. Two nurses with the Red Cross were killed, though the article notes no confirmation of their deaths.
J Morgan, supervisor of schools, told the Northern Alberta Teachers Association that 25 000 adults in Alberta cannot speak English and many cannot read. He urged night schools for adults in rural communities as the direct path to literacy. Other speakers included Prof. Malcolm Wallace and J W Barnett.
Winnipeg millers announce an immediate reduction of 80 cents per barrel on top patent flour. The move follows a seven day break of twenty two and a half cents on the cash wheat market.
Palestine faces serious scarcity of livestock cereals and vegetables. A planned monthly import of 500 cattle from Egypt and Sudan failed due to price. Authorities seek native stock from Eastern Jordan and Australian frozen meat imports. Wheat and barley embargo by the High Commissioner eases strain but grain growers resent pricing limits.
Railway Commission officials report ample winter fuel prospects as early winter supplies prove reasonably good. United States bituminous mines show October output at historic highs since 1918 while anthracite production also climbs.
A 1787 Franklin penny, one of the few struck, was found on a Dover Massachusetts homestead of an early settler. The coin carries Benjamin Franklin's admonition Mind your own busi ness and named for his suggestion that coins serve purposes beyond legal tender.
Soldiers and settlers are making satisfactory repayments on loans. They are urged to sell grain to cover payments and have collected a total of 47,3864.16 dollars so far.
The article notes a government purchase of timber worth several million dollars in Australia to support a vast construction program for returned soldiers. It suggests the plan could grow into a national housing scheme of major scale as Australia faces a worsening housing shortage.
As conditions normalize the pace of immigration to Canada rebounds with an expected 200000 arrivals by year end. Most newcomers come from Britain and the United States while continental entrants are restricted. Aimed at stability the policy limits numbers from any single source and favors farmers laborers and domestics.
Twenty thousand account books have been supplied to Canadian agriculturists by the Commission of Conservation to keep farm records. The move signals growing adoption of systematic bookkeeping among Canadian farmers.
Norman Somerville of the Ontario Public Service Commission told the Toronto Star Weekly that many jails are ancient and unchanged for fifty years. He cited Hamilton as having conditions resembling Russia with violent lunatics chained and walls battered by inmates among other prisoners.
The Rev R P McKim rector of St Luke s declares in a sermon that the League of Nations marks Bible prophecy fulfilled with Britain’s dominions Ireland and India moving toward separation and the second coming near according to his church position and address.
Mrs. Timothy O'Brien, beaten and gagged by two daylight robbers in Winnipeg, shows some improvement. Dr Venables says she will likely remain bedbound for a month or longer. An X ray will assess possible broken bones or internal injuries.
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