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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 27, 1917
Page
4
The piece discusses the ongoing election campaign marked by violence and calls for a timely election. It critiques party ism and the use of a newspaper party to divide the nation, arguing for a unified government free and independent. It notes W R Woods remarks on grain growers and urges farmers to display a placard about the Act on threshing machines.
The Family Herald and Weekly Star of Montreal offers a free colored war map of Europe to subscribers. New and renewing subscribers who pay a year at $1.25 receive the map at no extra cost, a bargain aimed at making up the difference in price.
A Manitoba Weed Act section requires threshing machine owners to clean the machine and related outfit after each harvest to prevent spreading noxious weed seeds. Violators face penalties of 25 to 100 dollars and possible imprisonment. A printed copy must be affixed to the machine, with penalties for noncompliance.
The fortnightly Red Cross Tea hosted by Mrs S Houck on Saturday Sept 22 drew a large turnout though no men attended. Donations totaled ¢160 to the secretary Mrs A Brady, and an order for Red Cross supplies worth $3000 was sent. Ten dollars had previously been sent for Xmas stockings for wounded soldiers. Next tea hosted by Mrs Sinclair is set for Saturday Oct 6 with hopes for strong support.
A French soldier who escaped a German prison camp says 5,200 British French and Russian prisoners of war have died of typhus at Kasel. This figure highlights harsh conditions and ongoing wartime suffering among Allied detainees.
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