Grain and Stock Markets Report Amid Turmoil
Market notes show mixed activity in grain and stock futures with scattered price quotes and limited detail. No clear leaders or definitive trends emerge from the fragmentary data.
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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 23, 1913
Page
1
Market notes show mixed activity in grain and stock futures with scattered price quotes and limited detail. No clear leaders or definitive trends emerge from the fragmentary data.
The Russell electric light plant began service after a quick startup on a Wednesday afternoon. 32 street lights are lit and about 60 buildings wired, with a rate of 200 per kilowatt and a monthly minimum of 1.00. The engine is from Kuster Proctor & Co of Lincoln England and electrical gear from Westinghouse Hamilton.
Monday marked the chicken shooting end in Russell with a wide range of notes on residents travel, crop yields, society events, and upcoming meetings. Reports include potato and grain yields, church services, a landing on eight potato varieties, and preparations for a new public reading room and curling plans in the town.
Threshing continues slowly. John McLennan Jr of Mimska visited Asessippi on Sunday. Miss Lawrence of Austin visits with her sister Mrs Alvert McKay. Question about weather and summer. Mr Front, new missionary of the Church of England, has arrived and will visit local churches for services.
English Church notes report electric light installation by Mr. Mault funded by the Young People and congregation. Harvest Festival services scheduled October 26 with a Home Mission Fund appeal. Special preacher Rev W W H Thomas M A. Angusville Grain Growers meet October 13 and hail insurance discussion. Coal orders for October placed. No service at Bolton schoolhouse next Sunday.
Social news records visits and travel in the Binscarth Russell Winnipeg and Milan districts from Friday to Monday with multiple residents visiting relatives, attending dances, or transporting others to Winnipeg hospitals. A death notice for Mrs. Anna Lowry from Winnipeg is noted with funeral arrangements and cemetery details in Binscarth.
Mrs Jas Stevens and others visited Rochedale Sunday evening while Jas Craig is seen in high spirits. A communion service is set for Sunday at 11 15 a m in the Presbyterian church and 3 30 p m at Shellmouth. Robin herded cattle through Rochedale, prompting concerns over roaming bands and the need for an adequate herder in the district.
The railway commission promises a final hearing on Western Canada freight set for November 24. A Western Canada exchange notes that if steak hits one dollar a pound, investing in a cow may beat a subsidy division.
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