Cash Sales Continue Each Saturday Afternoon
Following last week’s success and demand for cheaper meat, cash sales will continue every Saturday afternoon with prices listed below.
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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 01, 1921
Page
4
Following last week’s success and demand for cheaper meat, cash sales will continue every Saturday afternoon with prices listed below.
Resolutions adopted at the Winnipeg Labor Convention call for restricting unwarranted immigration, enforcing an eight hour day for public employees, building needed public works, renewing public buildings, extending relief grants, and a $50 million housing loan to aid working class housing. They urge large scale road building, forestry, agricultural development, sewer and water mains projects, and municipal fire, school, and relief funding while pressing provincial and municipal governments to participate. If governments refuse, federal action is implied.
The document calls for provincial unemployment councils, limited public works, and recruiting controls to shield workers. It endorses advisory councils, seeks cooperation with Canada’s employment service, and proposes strict immigration measures including two year European ban with farm workers exception and deportation rules. Community club fairs listed with town dates follow.
A curious old verse describes making a dangerous brew by chasing a bull frog three miles and gathering hops. The recipe lists ten gallons of bedbug poison, axle grease, homemade soap, and a grasshopper per pint, then boiling for 36 hours and straining through a sock.
The Banner Bookstore in Germany and the United States reports a peace treaty among magazines of all kings. United States authorities order destruction of all seized liquors. Ottawa signals government approval of Sir Joseph Flavelle's Canadian National Railways reforms and prepares enabling legislation. Libel actions totaling half a million dollars are filed against the Farmers' Sun in Toronto by eastern politicians accused of war profits trafficking.
Germany and France are negotiating an economic arrangement of war reparations and indemnities. The talks focus on postwar recovery terms and financial obligations linked to the conflict.
Experienced shoe clerk and salesman offers skills in stock keeping and display trimming. Seeks general store work to broaden knowledge. Best of references. Drawer 1, Banner Office.
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