This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 10 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 06, 1966
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR text shows a masthead listing editor E C Gunderson and Ottawa mailing details. Content is incomplete with scattered phrases about publication and class mail, providing minimal readable facts for a summary.
A 1906 item notes Dr M J Campbell, photographer, who has pitched his tent on vacant Grand Central Hotel land and offers up to date work. Mr A C Clements of Binsearth gazetted game guardian for Manitoba. The column lists other brief notes from 1906 and surrounding years.
A fragment from a Canadian Pacific related notice references gas issues and a fee, but the OCR text is incomplete leaving unclear actions or outcomes. The readable elements include names resembling organizations and a numeric figure 41, but essential details are missing.
Mr ang airs and Bil Pagan left for Hazelcrest Illinois on Tuesday where they will visit with their daughter and son in law Mr and Mrs Joe Cecil of Nashville Tennessee who visited with them on Sunday. Mr and Mrs Bill Wiseman and family visited with her parents Mr and Bris Ricker Mt Roblin on Sunday.
Local news notes Mrs David Coulter and Mr Bruce Evans have returned home from hospital. Ken Mathison and family of Hamiota visited Mr and Mrs W Br Cochrane. Barbara Eshelby and Janie Keating’s group spent the weekend with Clark McNabb, a patient in Minnedosa hospital. Harvest Home concert planned for Friday at 8 pm in the ball.
Brent Stewart spent Monday night at Stewart McLeods. Sunday visitors at the home of Mr and Mrs Watson Dunn included Mr and Mrs E Lee and family of Wolverine. Grandview residents Mr and Mrs C May visited Bob Stewart’s home. Dave Klimack joined Bob McFarlane for a Winnipeg weekend trip. Best wishes go to Bruce Evans for a speedy recovery. Harvest Home at Minniska Church on Friday night was enjoyed. Guest speaker Mr Minish spoke on Truth. District residents attended Allan Newland’s farm for Albert Berney’s steam engine demo. Ross and Jimmy Dunn attended Loris Ann Keating’s 6th birthday. Mrs Eadie Mushumaneki of Shoal Lake visited her parents. Albert Mushumaneki’s family headed to Alberta for golfers’ haul. Goldie Forrest and Mrs Caldwell of Angusville visited Louise Miller. George McLeod celebrated his 17th birthday.
Mark Joy of Vancouver spent time with his mother Belle Joy. Miss Florence Kirkpatrick of Vancouver visited Air and Mrs A Johnson, and Mrs Johnson accompanied the party to Saskatoon where Miss Kirkpatrick and Mrs Johnson drove to Vancouver. Konakowski in Winnipeg visiting daughter. Miss B Johnson BA of Winnipeg visited home. Miss M Busch with Miss B Fingas of Winnipeg weekend visit. Community Club meeting in the Community Centre secured workers to finish siding on the hall. More tasks remain. urging community effort to complete the project.
Mr and Mrs Alex McKinnon who had been living at Dawson Creek B C visited for a few days at the Dave McKinnon home. They also visited with the Spencers at Oak Glen the Roy Whitmers and Miss M Bily of Millwood and planned a brief stay at Pox Warren before departing for Victoria BC.
The MIS six year program announced in the Manitoba Telephone System annual report aims to complete the dial conversion, expand multiparty lines, and extend rural service across northern Manitoba. A $1 million reserve funds special projects to broaden service in rural areas, with long distance calls up over 18 percent and local calls up nearly 17 million, while revenue and net income show growth for the year ending March 31, 1966.
The inaugural Manitoba harness meet attracted 43 owners who raced 61 horses and earned money on 455 starts. Notable participants included S. T. Jackson of Wawa and many Manitoba owners across towns like Virden, Carman, Portage la Prairie, Winnipeg, and Dauphin. The event signals growing interest in harness racing as a major provincial sport and economic activity.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.