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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 13, 1906
Page
1
The Act now makes farmers liable for wages of threshing workers for ten days after the machine leaves, up to the threshing bill amount. It prioritizes wages and repairs over other claims and restricts garnishment and assignments on earnings.
Market report shows wheat values at multiyear lows with No 1 hard 71c and No 1 northern 72c amid fire weather and weak foreign inquiry. Hog prices hold steady with demand for bacon hogs. cattle demand remains active for good stock while low grade animals are passed over.
Western Farmers form the Grain Growers' Grain Company in Manitoba. It issues 10 000 shares at 25 each with a four share limit. The firm acts as commission men and track buyers, plans to sell to eastern millers, holds special bins in CPR elevators, seeks grain exchange seat, and is handling wheat and barley on commission with advances.
A Sunday School Convention of the Deanery of Minnedosa will be held at St Matthew's church Binscarth on Monday and Tuesday September 17 and 18. The program includes divine service, Holy communion, business meetings, papers by Mrs. Bagshaw and Rev. F W Goodeve, discussions on Young Peoples Societies and Sunday School supplies, and a Bible Class Work feature with Rev Canon Phair. All teachers, office bearers, and the public are invited to attend. The event is led by the Sunday School Committee of the diocese of Rupert's Land.
The Globe notes Ontario’s lament as farmers leave for the Northwest. The message expresses sorrow at the loss but welcomes the workers’ new destination and opportunities awaiting them.
In Minnesota two neighboring families named Day and Sunday share kinship ties. Mr Day is father to seven girls while Mr Sunday has seven sons. Four sons have married Day women and another engaged, creating a curious pattern where every day seems to be Sunday.
A birth notice reports the arrival of a son to Mr and Mrs Matheson at Nuseell on Thursday September 6 and a further entry notes a birth at HN on Friday September 1 for another child.
Local notes report stacking and stock threshing at full swing as the Banner runs from now until January 1 1907. Wheat yields in Neepawa district average fifteen bushels per acre with frost touches noted but no material damage.
Mr. Harry Mullins was in town last week while Mr. J. Beattie will again manage the Binscarth Farmers' Elevator this season. Mr. Leggatt leased his elevator to Echo Milling Co. of Gladstone for the season. Mrs. Huddlestone and Miss Pearl Huddlestone visit Mr. Jos. Allen from Rossell. Mr. T Patrick left for Langenburg on Monday evening's train.
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