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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 16, 1920
Page
4
George Moba of Dakotah, a settlement twenty two miles southwest of Waahed hie overalls in greso Ran, died after threshing when he struck a match on denim. The contact with gas caused a small explosion, flames spread quickly, and he died after being brought to hospital in Win pipes.
In Liv(e) England and Manchester striking newspaper compositors halt all editions for the first time in 122 and 52 years respectively. The Manchester Guardian also misses publication for the first time in 75 years as workers press for higher pay.
The H. A. Ford and P. Burns coal properties in the Highwood and Sheep Creek valleys will be developed soon using railway access. These mines could supply all Canada for 1,500 years with sixteen seams opened on the Ford holdings and fourteen on the Burns.
Alberta can supply Saskatoon with coal but a shortage of rail cars and miners will hinder shipments to Manitoba and other provinces. High grade coal in Calgary trades around $10.75 per ton, with Washington price effects noted and freight costs widening regional price gaps.
George Waterson of Queen's Valley near Winnipeg was riding a hayrack when his loaded pistol fired upon impact after he threw it to the ground. The gun exploded into his thigh causing injuries on the farm.
Continental immigrants mainly Poles and Russian Jews face Canada import limits as the Immigration Department warns steamship lines several are sent back at shipowners’ cost. A separate North Sea wedding tale recounts Captain Pederson and a Norwegian bride wed aboard a steam tug before legal ceremonies on land. At sea theft rises with two Californians from the Olympic fined for silverware theft, pleading guilty and claiming voyage motives.
Field Marshal Foch has been offered a Paris residence rescued by the Government. The house gained fame during the Dreyfus hearing and housed the Second Bureau which handled espionage affairs. It is where Lieut Col Picquart began his inquiry aiding the Dreyfus retrial and acquittal.
George Lynch of Brooklyn fled an alleged bigamy case after explaining that his wife forced him to eat from a tub while a boarder ate at the table. The court released him on a conditional promise to support his first wife and his mother.
Brigadier General D. M. Ormond takes command of M.D. 12 succeeding Brigadier General A. Ross. He arrived in Regina from Ottawa where he led the A division of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
In Montreal a wave of domestic servant seekers swarmed Dorchester house after news that twenty three British Isles maids had arrived. Women in Paris outfits and luxury cars surrounded the facility forcing confusion as the matron lost track of the girls and employers found themselves without staff or funds.
Two men from St. Neree Bellechasse county were killed when a barn they were approaching was struck by lightning during a severe district storm. Names Joseph Lamontaigne and Georges Labrecque, both 20, reported dead at the scene.
A man discharged for his wife’s death was found alive in Vienna living with two wives and two children. After learning he remarried in Siberia, he faced his first wife who pleaded with police chief for discharge. The chief allowed their reunion and the trio now live harmoniously with a celebratory meal.
A shale slide at Cave of the Winds near Niagara Falls crushed three visitors a man and two women and injured two men as a bridge and stairway gave way. Over a hundred tourists inside the cave escaped with bruises and cuts from falling rock.
A touring car with six people narrowly escaped death when the driver lost control on a hill near Paris. The vehicle dashed forward at high speed and fell 1,250 feet into a ravine. All occupants suffered only minor bruises.
Hon W A Turgeon during a Montreal interview said Saskatchewan Mennonites were the first to oppose provincial laws and remain a minority. He praised them as exemplary and law abiding while noting they rely solely on the Bible for education and reject modern schooling. He suggested they could thrive in Quebec where similar legislation is absent.
Painters decorators and paper hangers in New York vote to strike unless paid $10.00 per day for an eight hour day. Plumbers demand a forty four hour week with $9.00 daily minimum, ten holidays, curtailed overtime and double pay for Sunday holiday and after hours work.
A boy tied to a cow by two playmates was dragged about half a mile before the animal stopped. Medical officials fear he will die from injuries. The incident is under investigation by local authorities.
Lt. Col. Denison marked his August 31 birthday by publishing Recollections a memoir of a career as a magistrate spanning over forty years. He asserts that in all that time he has never second guessed himself or considered stepping from the bench.
Four thousand New York longshoremen, said to be Irish sympathizers, walk out in a protest linked to the Irish movement. They vow not to load or discharge any ship flying the Union Jack until Archbishop Mannix is allowed on Irish soil and Cork’s Lord Mayor is released from prison.
A skull was discovered floating in a vat of boiling rubber at Consolidated Rubber Company in Montreal. It is believed to relate to the recent disappearance of worker Ludger Milleur who was thought to have left the plant without notice. The vat will be emptied to recover more remains.
Mrs. Arthur Hamilton daughter of Sir Charles and Lady Fairlie Cunningham began a channel attempt from Margaret's Bay but abandoned near South Goodwin Sands. She is the first woman to start since Annette Kellerman fifteen years ago. Englishwoman Mrs Hilda Willing plans a future Channel try.
Chris Callan of Fulton Market Chicago completed twenty five years delivering mail. Business leaders awarded him a new $1,000 bill on the occasion of his service anniversary.
Arrangements for the decennial census are nearly complete with work set to begin in June on a date to be fixed. About 12 000 enumerators will be employed. Projections based on twenty year trends estimate Canada’s population at eight and three Quebec. the next census should surpass a quarter million, driven by growth in western provinces and greater enumeration detail.
It states 240 employees will be retired in the games and fisheries branch and the branch will be reorganized within ten days. The question of government dropping out of the fish business has not yet been decided.
A shipment of nineteen Jersey cattle entered Canada at North Portal en route to Kai Fang Henan China. Donated to Baptist College there the cattle came from top US herds including Thornbury farm Libertyville Illinois and Falfuria Jersey herd Texas. Additional stock will be added at Vancouver from Caronation Stock Farm Seattle and Hollywood Farms Sacramento. Value over 10000 dollars.
C. E. Bray named registrar for Swift Current to manage personal registration from September 13 to 18 for all eligible voters. Rev. Hugh Dobson of Prince Albert and Rev. C. E. Endicott of Saskatoon spoke on referendum issues this week as campaign efforts begin.
Sixteen farmers in Rose du Lac district lose homes barns implements and crops as bush fires sweep the area. Thousands of acres of hay land and hundreds of tons of cut hay destroyed in northern Manitoba per official authorities report.
An international conference on methods to combat the grasshopper plague will be held in Winnipeg in October at the request of A. C. Durill of the U S department of agriculture who consulted Mr. Evans for information on the pest. Durill estimated Dakota losses at 4 million dollars.
Renowned racer Harry H Hawkey has died from injuries sustained in an automobile accident on the Winnipeg course. The incident occurred recently while he was competing, and his death follows the race in which he was involved.
A Toronto local Jewish charity considered bringing several thousand orphans from Russia. Members formed a temporary committee to handle organizational work as the plan received favorable support at the meeting.
An elevator with eighteen people aboard plunged ten stories during a rush period in New York. Two died instantly and sixteen were injured. The car jammed at the first door, preventing a larger catastrophe if it had reached the basement.
Negotiations to begin soon in Winnipeg over wage increases and working conditions for about 6,000 CN R and GTP clerks and freight handlers on routes from Armstrong Port Arthur Ontario to Prince Rupert Vancouver. A general wage rise around 27 percent is expected to be requested by the unions.
Reports say Wrangel’s forces fall back across the region north of the Crimea while Bolsheviks cross the Dnieper in strength. Cavalry raiders seize Alexandrovsk. General Makhov aiding Wrangel advances on Reds from behind and is said to have captured Mahmud and executed Soviet commissaries.
The board of commerce issued an order forbidding dealers in boots and shoes from allowing salesmen or clerks any bonus or percentage for selling at the normal or speculated price. It states such incentives tend to raise prices.
More than 4,000 Mennonites of the old stock may relocate from Manitoba to Abitibi in Quebec after reassuring reports from investigators returning from an inspection trip. Deputy Minister of Education R. Fletcher believes the remaining 15,000 Mennonites in the province will stay and comply with the education act.
Rev. Dr. Stephen S. Wise of the Free Synagogue in New York spoke at Temple Emmanuel in Montreal praising the British flag as a beloved symbol of the Jewish people for centuries. He lauded teachers who served in congregations under the British flag, underscoring enduring ties between Jewish life and British heritage.
Disturbances rise among Tartars as riots erupt over a cost of living now twenty times higher than at the Soviet government’s founding. The unrest reflects widespread discontent with economic hardship and political upheaval spreading under Bolshevik rule.
Helen Brown of Belleville Ontario narrowly escaped a fatal fire after she set her clothing alight with a box of matches. Ontario Mother's Allowance Board names Mrs Shortt of Ottawa as vice chairman with Rev Dr Bryce of Toronto as chairman.
May Casey a 20 year old visitor from Ottawa was shot and killed near West Port at Mud Lake. She and Gilles sat on a cliff at eight to nine with a flashlight aimed at Neil’s house. Neil admitted firing the rifle to scare them, not kill. He faces manslaughter charges.
Max Seibert of Regina was fined $40 for cruelty to dumb animals after throwing two kittens into a furnace causing their deaths. The penalty was issued under the cruelty statute, with a suggestion that harsher punishment would be more effective.
Telegram from Constable Nold reports Mrs. John Hespka of Hyas Sask killed by lightning during a district storm. Pickets in Boston docks urged men to stop unloading British ships but rain reduced their impact as workers quit in Nitonian.
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