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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 20, 1906
Page
1
A terse birth notice from Castles reports the arrival of a baby to Mr and Mrs in the Thareda area. The sparse text notes the parents and the newborn, with no further details about date or name available in the fragment.
Fragmentary notice reports a marriage event at an unspecified location with unclear names and dates.
Local adlist items report theatre notices bank openings school and church events and visits by family and friends in Russell Ontario and area. Entries include Dr Wrights block delay updates railway and milling news church services and presbytery actions with several personal visits and sales and the return of wheat shipments
The Harvest Festival of the English Church is set for next Sunday September 23 at 3 PM. Geo White was injured last week when a horse jerked, dislocating his collarbone. The Anglican Sunday School Convention in the Deanery of Minne dosa is ongoing. A window incident crushed Mrs Murdock's fingers.
Miss Mulberry of Spy Hill visits Mrs Heap at Assiniboine House. The Northern Elevator opens this week with John Heap as buyer. The Presbyterian mission field is vacant awaiting a Methodist or Presbyterian missionary. Threshing is general after weather setbacks. Clarence Whiteley leaves store clerk duties for threshing work as fireman on W B Davis engine. Mrs John Rollinson returns from Yorkshire to her daughter Mrs Jas Murdock. Rev Mr Pyles announces a new Irish missionary Curate to visit parish stations, with Mr Fyles as Rector.
Seeburn residents filled Silver Creek church last Sunday as threshing nears. Rev J J Crookshanks of Kerfoot Man will preach at Boyle school next Sunday afternoon. John Bell shows slow recovery after illness and Mrs Mustard is again able to be up. W Powers of Hastings Ont has taken over the local store and plans a full stock.
Miss Jennie Ross of Shoal Lake visited here last week. Mr. Robinson Sr. near town is very ill with small hope of recovery. No minister appeared for the Presbyterian service last Sunday, other churches drew large crowds. Most folks favor a real good thanksgiving on October 18.
Rev Mr Swalley a Baptist minister holds second prayer meetings this week from house to house. A weekend storm gave way to dry winds and clear skies while farmers report oats yielding 60 to 85 bushels per acre. The Minnedosa Presbytery met at Oak River with Rev J Macalister named superintendent of joint Indian Missions for Okanase Lizard Point Seeburn Rossburn and Ranchvale were united for now.
News of Mrs Robt Brunt's death on September fourth after a brief illness spread through her Manitoba community. Survived by her aging husband and four children with many grandchildren, she was loved for her gentle temper and devotion. The large funeral procession joined by numerous friends carried her to Silver Creek Cemetery where floral tributes from many local residents marked the service.
Monthly attendance summary lists 22 teaching days. Names include James Mitchell 22, Mabel Hornsby 22, Clara Hornsby 19, Margaret Mitchell 22, William Hornsby 22, Henry Cranwell 22, Louis Hornsby 2a, David Mitchell 22, Thomas Watson 22, Lizzie Rorrison 13, Florence Knight 18 1-2, Lauchlyn MacDonald 20 1-2, Malcolm MacDonald 21 1-2, Arthur Cranwell 22, Duncan MacDonald 21 1-2, Wm. Rorrison 4, Fred Knight 18 1-2, David Watson 22, Thos. Kelso 20, Bertie Rorrison 10, Dorothy Knight 14, Roy Monforth 16. Total attendance 417 days, aggregate 18.95, average 13.95. Miss E M Linklater, Teacher.
The grain market in Winnipeg closed with minor advances. No 1 hard 74c No 1 northern 73c No 2 northern 76c No 3 northern 66c No 2 white oats 32c barley 38c Hog market held steady locally.
Steady with good bacon demand, hogs priced on cars. Live hogs Choice 1 9 to 250 lbs at $7.25, over 250 lbs $6.25. Cattle market steady with active demand for good cattle. Export cattle 3C, choice steers Lingolds over 2% to 33. heifers over 2% to 40. cows 1,100 lbs over 2 to ge. fat bulls. Sheep demand good with wethers to 5 1-2, ewes 4 1-2 to c, lambs 1-2 to 7c.
The Department of the Attorney General urges clergymen caretakers and cemetery superintendents to enforce section 22 of The Vital Statistics Act Manitoba. It requires death particulars to be registered with municipal clerks before interment and warns violators face a fifty dollar fine. The department will prosecute infractions to prevent disease spread and concealment of crime.
Mrs Wm McDonagh will sell her household effects by public auction on Saturday Sept 2gth. Watch for bills. Plant life and dry weather have left a combustible landscape. Sparks from threshing outfits and dropped matches threaten fires across the province. Guilty parties face heavy penalties if fire origin is proven.
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