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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 14, 1909
Page
4
Publication details from The Banner note an office on Main Street Manitobe with a publisher named Joseph McIntyre and regular Thursday issues.
Editorials question a plan to grant pensions to all living veterans of the 1870 Red River Rebellion in Canada. They argue many served without injury and warn such pensions cheapen patriotism and strain public funds. Calls mount for restraint as royal navy status and Canadian independence implications loom.
Hon. Mr. Brodeur explains naval policy as a national effort to build armament in Canada under government control yet hints vessels may be placed at the Imperial Admiralty in war. The piece questions peace time control of ships and their flag and duties.
A Friday aurora borealis storm disrupted telegraph and cable service from Chicago to the British Isles. Experts cite earth currents and electric particle flows as causes and note voltages above 500 seen in New York tests. The phenomenon, electrical at heart, remains unexplained with theories ranging from magnetic shifts to solar spots.
E A Partridge in the Manitoba Grain Growers Guide outlines a Western farmers platform. It calls for public ownership of storage facilities, stockyards abattoirs, packing plants in Alberta, and coal mines in Saskatchewan. It also seeks public control of terminal and transfer elevators, a railway to Hudson's Bay, chilled meat trade support, a Western grain outlet, and tariff reform. A Battle Creek man completes a 51 day fast, linking to breakfast foods.
Notice announces a parliamentary application in Canada for an act to authorize construction of a railway from near Birtle to near Hamiota in Manitoba, via a line from near Russell to the same province about 15 miles in a northerly direction. Dated Montreal September 4 1909.
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