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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 08, 1910
Page
12
The fragment announces a weekly newspaper printed on Main St Hassel Manitoba with a yearly price of one dollar issued by publisher sOSTEPH MO'TYRE from the office of publication with edition date Thursdays.
The article reports on Canada moving toward church union among Methodists, Presbyterians and Congregationalists, with General Assemblies approving principles of union. It notes Sir Wilfrid Laurier's Medicine Hat speech and reflects on Lord Grey’s voyage, highlighting favorable Hudson Bay conditions and optimistic Western sentiment.
The Governor-General Lord Grey reports a voyage across Hudson Bay and Straits challenging critics who claimed icefields barred the route. His journey is hailed as a great regional service and shows the waters have long been navigated, even in midsummer.
The Free Press notes Professor Brock of the Dominion Geological Survey, member of the Governor General's party, argues three centuries of Hudson Bay navigation justify a plan to chart, light, and equip the route with modern aids so it can be navigable for about a third of each year.
Mrs J Bedwell of Landsdown has a son born last week. Miss Alice Storey visits sister Mrs J Dutton at Govan. Mrs Heap and daughter travel to Rocanville by car with Roy Allen as chauffeur. Threshing to begin Monday on several farms west of the river if weather permits. Oliver and Graham Tench of Hamiota visit mother and assist harvest. A local amateur artist has worked on bachelor friends craniums and a hair restorers pedlar may visit. Mabel Sparling injures eye with binder lash while helping her injured father. doctor visit to Russell required.
Sir Richard Cartwright stands as the final pre Confederation public figure to hold a cabinet seat. Since entering Parliament in 1863 he has devoted his life to Canadian national affairs, earning a reputation as a formidable parliamentary debater and an effective hustings speaker at the age of about seventy five.
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