Russell Area Advertisements and Local Notices Summary
Local notices report Russell School opening, harvest progress, and various personal moves. George Nield buys R G Atkins son’s residence. Dr Donald McKenzie leaves for Toronto to study. Rev J A Beattie to conduct services and administer communion at multiple churches. Pauline Johnson and Walter McKaye to perform at Foresters Hall. Listowel visitors Joseph Smith and Norman Bartley, with Bartley seeking a new store site. Jos S Barnes assumes control of Queen’s Hotel and plans improvements. Immigration commissioner seeks info on Alice E Ritchie last seen in Russell. Fire destroys W H Evans residence. loss over 1000 dollars. Milling screenings warning issued to grain companies. Threshers’ account books for sale. Winnipeg Free Press and Banner subscription offer. C J Mickle attends County Court. Minniska church repainted. Mrs Alex McDonagh returns from the coast. Judge Cumberland presides at court. Harrow Anfitan church tender called. First-class job printing offered. highest market price for cattle and hogs in Russell. Village lighting discussed. bear shot and sent to Winnipeg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell School
Silver Creek
Geo. Nield
Seeburn
R. G. Atkinson
Pauline Johnson
Walter McKaye
Foresters’ Hall
Joseph Smith
Norman Bartley
Listowel
Ont
Smith
Bartley
Russell
Jos. S. Barnes
Inter-Ocean Cafe
Winnipeg
Queen’s Hotel
Barnes
Immigration
Alice E. Ritchie
Rrgsell
Banner Office
Banner
Winnipeg Free Press
The
C.J. Mickle
Birtle
Minniska
Alex. McDonagh
Vancouver
Cumberland
Harrowby
Henry Smith
Grain cutting and threshing surge in Binscarth district
Grain cutting nears completion while threshing begins on the reserve. Merchants anticipate a bumper fall trade as new goods arrive. The Binscarth school resumes hard work under a capable staff. A local incident notes the death by apoplexy of R P Nicholls, a recent Ontario arrival and baker, whose remains were sent to Toronto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Binscarth
Gee. Murdock
Minnedosa
R. P. Nicholls
Ontario
Thos. Rhodes
Lanigan
Wright
Toronto
Williamses Enjoy Fishing Visit and Local Changes
Millwood residents report a pleasant fishing day with Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Williams and friends. Several arrivals, including a Cropp relative and Miss French returning to Craigie school, plan a permanent stay. The parish plans new benches for kneeling worship. A serious accident injured Mr. Walker, postmaster, when his horse bolted after a child, breaking his collar bone. he is stable but faces a long recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. M. Williams
D. Cropp
Mr. Walker
Binscarth
Silver Creek Notes on Local Activity and Weather
Mr W Freeman’s house nears completion and John Crerar builds a commodious granary on his farm. Visitors include Mrs T Flynn of Roblin and Abner Robertson from Kilsyth. James Arnott gears up threshing while Wm Keating from Medicine Hat plans a stay until harvest. Mrs D S Buchanan visits as husband ill. H Cochrane buys part of section 16 21 27, boosting his farm. Heavy rain last Thursday delayed cutting. minor rust damage reported but wheat largely unaffected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. S. Buchanan
Shoal Lake
Andrew Arnott
H. Cochrane
J M. Keating
Cochrane
Silver Creek Council Minutes Sealed at Stratford School
Minutes show all members present and read, with Assessment N E 36 1926 reduced for lake. Neepaware telephone lines petition ordered signed. Reeve to attend Brandon municipal convention in November. By-laws 187 188 passed. total municipal rates set at 23.5 mills. items ordered paid include Waterous Engine Works Co Richardson & Bishop W McKay and Reeve Crerar. adjourned to meet on Reeve call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stratford School House
Neepaware
Reeve
Brandon
Waterous Engine Works Co. Goc
Richardson & Bishop
W. McKay
Reeve Crerar
Winnipeg
W.S. Crerar
Asessippi Holiday News and Local Gossip Note
In Asessippi a quiet holiday tone pervades daily life as gossip and work fill the town. The very Rev. delivers a long Sabbath sermon on Temptation, while local craftsman tradesmen and residents discuss community events and concerns amid orderly routine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asessippi
Johnnie
Ower Eld
Stratford School August Report Grades VII to I
Stratford School report for August lists grades and student marks. Grade VII A includes Coulter Callin Peddie Kennedy with varied days. Grade V notes Richardson Callin Coulter. Grade III J H Peddie Coulter. Grade II Coulter Richardson Kennedy Reid. Grade I Peddie Coulter Kennedy. Attendance possible 23 days. Enrollment 16. Average attendance 11.17. P L Hype, teacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Coulter
R. Callin
J. Peddie
EF. Kennedy
Londonderry School August Attendance Report
The Londonderry School reports August average attendance 27.63 days. Teachers listed include F. M. Bryant. Students across Grade VI to Jr Grade show varied daily attendances with names such as Mabel Rea C McLennan Simms Toovey Cope and Lorimer among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel
Rea
C. McLennan
Simms
Yi Wages ‘Cope
H. Madill
Aks
E. Toovey
Charles
H. Cope
Eileen Cope
K. Lawther
Maud Roberts
L. Roberts
H. Charles
W. Charles
K. ‘Simats
A. Simms
Bert Charles
I. Charles
C. Lorimer
R Lorimer
Sr. Grade
Ih. Rea
M. Roberts
Ga Gilmour
M. Simms
W. ‘Simms
J. Lorimer
Ethel Charles
H. Simms
F. M. Bryant
Strathclair News Briefs on Local Events and Canada’s New Provinces
Grain cutting wraps up with no frozen grain. Royal Templars plan a silver medal contest in early October. Lena Caswell nurses at St Boni hospital. Walter and M Chapman honeymoon visit. Lilly L Ross travels to Nesbit. M N Ross returns to Lyleton. Daniel Bryce faces appendicitis. his mother and John Bryce run the store. Canada forms Saskatchewan and Alberta as provinces under new governors Forget and Bulyea. Weather outlook hints at a stormy Sept week. expect heat, rain, wind, hail and later cooling showers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Templars
Lena Caswell
Beatty
St. Boniface Hospital
Walter Chapman
Rainy River
M. Chapman
Lilly L. Ross
Brandon
Nesbit
M. N. Ross
Lyleton
Northwest Territories
Saskachewan
Alberta
Cansada
A. E. Forget
Saskatchewan
G. H. Bulyea
Foster
Jupiter
Saturn
Earth
Beater
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W. H. Evans
Ranchvale
Evans
Department of Agriculture
Bernard Phillip
Brain
Gateway City
Junger
Yorkton
Moosoiniti
Mr. Pritchard
Rossburn
Mr. Beattie
Pritchard
Jin Murray
Waller
Capt
Woodiwiss
Millwood
Stratford
Londonderry
Strathclair
Daniel Bryce
Winnipeg General Hospital
John Bryce
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