Russell Rural Council Considers Land Sales and By-Laws
The Rural Municipality of Russell held a Friday meeting with Reeve and Councillors present. The council approved selling interests in several lots to various buyers for sums ranging from 50 to 225.90, contingent on consent. passed by-laws extending herd law and nuisance removal. approved road work funding. appointed Fred Vinnell as municipal constable. formed a committee to revise the herd by-law. authorized grants to the Winnipeg General Hospital and Russell Agricultural Society. scheduled payment of multiple accounts. and adjourned to December 22 as Davy Cunningham returned home praised Manitoba.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell
Huddlestone
McKinnon
Russell Rink Association
Silver Creek
Casitar
Plowman
Johnson— Huddlestone
S. E
George Cartwright
Huddlestone — Cusitar
Fred Vinnell
Johnson — McKinnon
Williams and
Conneillor Uddlestone
Tingley
Huddlestone—Johnson
James Muir
Town Welcomes New Operator and Growth in Foxwarren
A new operator Mr. William Mitchell and his bride have settled in town. New livery and butcher shops opened with strong business. Grain Growers weigh scales near the post office. Residents attended Birtle and Russell fairs with prizes. Graham becomes grain buyer for Dowd Elevator and Milling Co. Building activity rises with several dwellings and a new business block opposite the egg gee shop. H Hooper and Baker and Peters from Winnipeg open a general store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Mitchell
Grain Growers Association
Foxwarren
Birtle and
Russell
Graham
Dowd Elevator and Milling Co
H. Hooper
Strathclair Notes and Local Appointments
Strathclair looks to the next Silver Medal contest on November 6. Wheat yields reach forty bushels per acre for Col in Sutherland. Frank Ross of Shoal Lake visits Strathclair. A. R. Sutherland returns to Winnipeg after weekend with family. D Farmer buys harness shop stock from late Thos Heally and continues business. McCutcheon rents Morrison house. Finch and A McIntyre move to new premises. Ontario apples arrive by carload, high quality but pricier. Frank Reid departs for England. Wm Faulkner of Muskoka, Ontario, replaces him as baker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Ross
Shoal Lake
Strathclair
A. R. Sutherland
Winnipeg
D. Farmer
Thas. Heally
McCutcheon
Co-Operative Machine Co to Wind Up Operations
Western Canadian reports that Co-Operative Machine Co and its west coast agents will wind up business soon. Poor performance of the Clokey Binder leads to ceasing binder production and shifting to other farm implements. Possible recall to fix defects remains uncertain.
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Farmers’ Co- Operative Harvesting Machine Co
Clokey
Harvest news and notices from Russell district
Local items report Thanksgiving on Oct 26 and business closures, grain blockades west, and harvest progress. Social events include a Russell Citizens Band ball and a Harvest Festival at Silver Creek Church. Updates cover illness, newspaper staff changes, grain shipments, noxious weed rules, and a large carload grain movement to Yorkton.
Harvest Festival at St John’s Church Delights Millwood
The Harvest Festival at St John’s church drew a large crowd from a fifteen mile radius, filling the capacity pews as Rev. W. A. Fyles preached a fitting sermon. Decorations featured harvest cereals fruits vegetables and flowers, with new pew fixtures first used and praise for the Ladies Guild. Offerings including promissory cards totaled forty dollars for the Home Mission Fund of Rupert’s Land diocese.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John’s Church
W. A. Fyles
Ladies Guild
Home Mission Fund
Ruperts Land
Tum Bell Notes and Local Visits
Mrs J Riley and family of Winnipeg are visiting her mother Mrs J Edwards. Mr W Whaley passed through on the Roblin to Winnipeg route. A little boy was born to Mr and Mrs Brandon and will stay on the old homestead. Mr and Mrs Lammie of Tum Bell mourn the loss of their young son, a loss not new to the family. The note closes with a message of faith and hope amid sorrow.
Sir Henry Irving Dies Visibly Noted Actor
Renowned stage figure Sir Henry Irving has died ending a celebrated career. The English actor, famed for Shakespearean roles and leading theatres, passed away leaving a void in the theatre world.
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Henry Irving
McFaarlane In Silver Creek in Silver Creek notice
In Silver Creek on Tuesday a child named McFaarlane was reported to be born to Mr and Mrs William Me.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McFaarlane
Silver Creek
Tuesa, Ith
Mrs. Wm. Me
Port of Portland fair yields profits and big Yukon cleanup
Portland fair profits 30 to 40 percent for promoters. Yukon gold cleanup forecast at 6 million dollars this season. CPR moves 300 cars daily from Owen Sound. Winnipeg Fair Board reports a surplus over expenses of just over 4 thousand dollars. CPR moved twelve cars of silk worth 1.5 million from Pacific coast to New York last week. A printer in eastern Canada is said to be 103 years old and fears dying after many typographical blunders. Speer Stevenson Drug Company Limited incorporated with 100 thousand dollars authorized capital. incorporators listed from Shoal Lake to Winnnipeg. Winnipeg to be main headquarters.
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Yukon
C. P.R
Owen Sound
Pacific Coast
New York
Canada
Speer-Stevenson Drug Company, Ltd
Manitoba Joint Stock Companies
Wm. H. Speer
Angus J. Fraser
Edward E. Greenshaw
Ralph Randall
Shoal Lake
Richard J. S
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Mr. D. Cunningham
Davy
U. S
Manitoba
Pox Warren
Colin Sutherland
Co-Operative Machine Co
H. Gray
Harry Boyd
Banner Staff
Gladstone Age
Geo. Nield
Seeburn
Arch’d R. Tingiey
Truro
Mass
Russell Citizen
John C. Seebach
Thos. McNutt
Saltcoats
A. C. Thompson
D. D. Campbell
Dominion
D. D. Cambell
Grain Exchange
Winnippeg
Presbyterian Church
Harry Smith
Boulton
Binscarth
Alf. Clee
Joseph Smithson
Morrison's
H. J. Morrison
Literary Society
R. G. O'Malley
Messrs Garnetts
Mabel Davidson
Mitiniska
Mr. Chapman
Holmes
John A. Beattie
Russell Farmers
Christchurch
R. G. Atkinson
Gladstone
Yorkton
Russell Fair
Miss French
Madeline Moore
Henry Smith
Palmer
Millwood
Tumbell
Portland
Winnipeg Fair Board
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