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 11, 1917
Page
1
Proceeds from a Silver Shower at Mrs Swindell’s totaled $15.00. A business meeting is planned at Mrs Glen’s on Saturday the first at 3:30. A Silver Shower will be hosted by Mrs Hembroff on Saturday October 20. Tickets are urged for the Red Cross Concert on Tuesday night October 23.
For sale a few thousand oat sheaves net frozen straw green and well headed with nearly matured cats fit to stack new. Enclosed in a well fenced land. Make offers. Geo Wise, Phone 259-5, Shellmouth.
A successful comfort shower for district boys was held at Mrs Lorimer's last Wednesday night. A large crowd donated useful articles and money including AM Hanson 5.00 and threshing gang 9.00. Proceeds from supper totaled 8.7. The funds will ship next week and purchase twenty nine Christmas stockings for the heysqu arters. The next meeting is at Mrs EC Pagan's on November 7.
Christ Church holds 8 am Holy Communion and 230 Sunday School with 7 pm Harvest Service. Silverton observes 11 am Harvest Service. The harvest service will be continued Sunday evening in the English Church, Russell.
Mrs Jas Matheson visits Brandon while Ada Roger from Regina stays with the Browns in Russell. Donations of young stock arrive from Winnipeg. Vancouver visitors Mr and Mrs Smellie join Russell residents. Funeral for D C McDonald at Presbyterian church with A M and Masonic rites. street lights in north end need replacement. Girls Club hosts sale of home cooking November 16. meeting October 22. Concludes with school fair results at Millwood and Craigie, praising teachers and students.
Silverton R J Young of Eadcliffe visited Sunday while Nurse Keating spent days with friends in the district. Jas Chalmers of Virden was in the area last week. Stella Keating, daughter of Mr and Mrs Thos Keating, is seriously ill. The Anglican Harvest Festival will be held Sunday October 14 at 11 am. Red Cross supplies are available from Mrs Jas Minshull. a call goes out for more knitting.
Millwood holds a Thanksgiving service this Sunday with a welcome to all. Mr W McKinnon reports his cousin Angus Mc Kay of Portage is wounded and a prisoner in Germany after being reported missing. Miss L E Story and Miss Coulter from Yorkton accompany Miss Alice.
Thanksgiving visitors from Miss Maisie Seebach and Mrs Tait noted. Rally Day at Clifford school on Sunday next October 14 with Harvest Home at Boyle School at 3 pm. About 40 percent of threshing in the district completed amid good weather. Car travel growth boosts business and leisure use of autos and wagons. Harvest Home Service planned for October 28 with possible Kev Dr Bland. annual Fewt Supper on Oct 36 followed by Rev Win Wyman lecture on Ben Hur.
Despite poor weather, the Harrowby and Ingesine Red Cross group enjoyed an afternoon at Mrs Sinclair's on October 6. They raised 11.60 and plan an October 20 tea hosted by Mrs D J Kirk to fund Christmas parcels for soldiers. Parcels can be sent via the tea or the secretary Mrs Brady. The group urges sending remembrances from Canada and emphasizes chaplains’ Christmas appeals.
A L PELLAED, secretary, returns the Shellmouth Manitoba branch official receipt for $409.00 as a further contribution to KRCS funds and offers sincere thanks.
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.