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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 30, 1909
Page
1
Local items report a new cement residence on Assiniboine Street W, a toll bridge under construction, and a second elevator opening at Shelton. Harvest services, soft economic signals, threshing delays, and fruit shipments are noted along with clergy movements, teaching certificates, and a stock train departure from Russell. An accident injures Arthur Simms during threshing with prompt medical care and improving recovery.
Winnipeg markets Tuesday list cash wheat per bushel for No. 1 Northern 94.1, No. 2 92.5, No. 3 91, No. 3 83. Oats 32.74, No. 3 white 30. Barley 45. Livestock quotes show Choice export steers 425 to 450, Good export steers 400 to 425, Choice export heifers 375 to 400, Choice butcher steers and heifers 350 to 375, good butcher cows and heifers 300 to 350, medium butcher cattle 250 to 350, Chi se hogs 85 to 850, Choice lambs 650 to 700, Choice sheep 525 to 1050, Choice calves 400 to 450, medium calves 200 to 400.
Pox warren Theshing will soon be over and the grain is turning out good. Walter Hall and Geo. Colby have returned from Winnipeg, where they were spending their holidays. Henry Leckie has left for Russel where he is going to work for the CPR. W. Forsyth has also left for the same place where he has secured a good situation. He will be missed by the football bowl as Will was one of their best players, and his place at fullback will be hard to fill.
Millwood reports Mr Bailey’s oats yielding 119 bushels per acre. Mr Hebert Polding of Kamloops visits E T Walker at Lymm Creek Farm. The English Church Harvest Festival at St Johns planned for Sunday October 10th, with hopes for a bountiful season. Craigie Farm lawn party and ten cent tea at Mrs W B Heath’s home raised funds for the Anglican Ladies Guild.
Threshing outfits perform well with bountiful crops praised by farmers. Hunters report heavy duck hunting pressure as the season opens, while a plan to clean up stray chickens is noted. The Rinscarth Hockey Club began with strong attendance and an optimistic season. G. H. Bradshaw elected president, Leslie Patterson captain, and Ketchen manager.
Mr Montgomery delivered his farewell sermon at Rochedale on Sunday to a large audience. The service closed with the hymn God be With You till We Meet Again. A Harvest Home social at Rochedale school house Friday featured a farewell supper for Mr Montgomery and a well received concert by local youths.
The town reports the stockyards erected and the National elevator completed and soon to open. D W Cram of Minnedosa visits representing Confederation Life. Dr Wright may bring a well-cruting machine from Dauphin. Threshing is progressing with satisfactory yields as grain markets are slow. The CNR opens a station with J No Bottomley in charge. Funeral of Mr Robert Brunt held at Silver Creek cemetery amid community
Sliverton Mes remains ill in Woase trodelr illness. W Flyde and W Bingham of Russell pass through the district toward Angus. The WoTL & FM Society meets this week at Miss Jessie Hyde’s home. The young man who lost his hat has recovered it. Regret is expressed at the departures of Rev J L King and Mrs King, and Rev Geo Edimison who has been closely connected with the congregation.
Windy week with greetings and health notes. Mentions Geo Gibbs recovery from indigestion and John Young visiting Silver Creek friends. Reports on Russell boys hats, Miss Jessie Hyde illness, Brunt family bereavement, Margaret Keating eye inflammation, and birds northward. Local commerce includes fruit arrival at Westervelt's and lawn grass seed at Silver ton British American elevator. Grain is arriving at area elevators. managers busy with grain business.
A fragment notes activities involving ladies on premises during leisure hours. The text appears incomplete and lacks clear names, dates, or location to identify the event or parties involved.
A September garden party at North Craigie hosted by Mrs Heath and the St. John's Millwood Women’s Auxiliary drew local and visiting supporters. Attendees enjoyed decorations, music, and tea while proceeds from sales and a ten cent tea raised $20 for painting and re shingling the church. The event encouraged vestry effort to improve church surroundings.
Halley's comet, invisible 70 years, returns to telescope range. First dividend due from York County Loan and Savings. Great Northern cuts Oriental Limited travel by eleven hours from St Paul to Seattle. Brooklyn paper questions New York Herald Cook North Pole pictures. Alberta coal reserves could last Canada about 4000 years at current use. Antelope hunting banned in the United States. Western provinces reaffirm government elevator ownership. constitutional amendment needed. Sawdust beer hoped, but wage growth remains key for citizens. Many praise Pole flight but note language control issues. Reindeer farming remains unstarted.
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