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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 03, 1901
Page
1
Local items report a baby girl in a family, mill work nearing completion, and a Bittern Lake house nearly finished. Weather brings snow, a longing for matrimonial news, and deer hunting resumes. Remarks note wolves harming local snares, hen flocks shrinking, and new stables under construction as winter approaches.
W J Paterson improves. Mr Dann of Ontario visiting at Wm Patterson’s. Donald Smith loses mare Vendetta to diaphoretics. Walter Ballie completes new house. Chicken season popular. boys seek numbers before closing. Miss Lucy Hope leaves for Grenfell briefly. Winters grip hits farmers with grain in stock. Trustees struggle to hire a teacher. hope for female. Kenny McLay visits Mrs Smith and plans east departure. Miss Amielia Fingus dies after short illness. funeral at Bersina cemetery. large turnout and community sympathy.
Local items report Barrie visitors John Cochrane and Geo Dunn staying with friends. McRostie Bros. ready for threshing. Robert McRostie nears completion of a new stable and plans a large house next summer. Patterson Bros. harvest potatoes. H McLaughlin leaves teaching to take a Plumas position. Wet week delays work, but sun and wind will resume stacking and threshing. A hay rack party of ten girls and two boys visited Wim Garnett’s home for an evening of songs led by Mr. Davidson and titled Barche.
A Wednesday morning heist at George Manson's shop in Shoal Lake saw the safe blown open and about 1500 taken from the till. Police arrested two men in Hamiota after a money order purchase and Montreal Bank bills were found on them amid loaded revolvers, while rain and thunder muffled the crime.
Wet weather has delayed harvesting in Brigh tside area while W Cisitar buys a straw blower from Geo Cartwright. Mr Jas Gray feels downhearted as the ring did not fit, reflecting local mood and small town events.
Farmers seek workers with limited success. Lizard Point Indians conflict with moose on Red Mountain. moose numbers down from earlier years. Threshing active before rain. wheat 25 to 40 bushels per acre, oats 60. Dan McLeod awarded Solsgirth to Ranchvale mail contract starting October 1. Several new houses built by local farmers. population grows with two young men and a lady arriving last week.
Council met at Stratford school house with all members present. Minutes approved. grants totalling 85.00 to Russell Agricultural Society and Winnipeg General Hospital recorded. By laws 160 and 161 passed. current year rates set at 1.95 percent. Arrears collection by distress authorized. Various payments listed including Dr Wright 70.00 and Waterous Engine Works 12.90. Leaves turn color signaling approaching cold weather.
Local notes report C J Mickle of Birtle visiting town Monday and J L Clark erecting a feed stable addition. W S Gordon hosted a Gladstone banquet last Wednesday. A party arrived for Pr Barnardo industrial farm. Sergt Vinnell of Winnipeg joined the Royal Canadians Dragoons in Toronto. Threshers’ books for sale at the Banner office. Frank Schwalm to attend medical college in Winnipeg. A carload of fruit reached local merchants. New curling rink work underway to finish around November 1. John Brown of Neepawa had a minor operation in Winnipeg hospital. Winnipeg Free Press published a royal visit bonjour.
Messrs McIntosh and M Hamil ton join with the young lady alongside Donald Sinclair in a social pairing noted in society notices.
The Banner offers fifteen months for one year to new subscribers from now through year end. Aimed at boosting subscriber lists, the paper promotes three months free with new subscriptions over the next three months.
In Russell on September 2 and 3 a daughter is born to the wife of John Peddie and a son to the wife of Frank W Stayner respectively. The announcements note the Russell births with brief parental references.
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