Local News from Across the Rainy River District
Trouble had been smoldering for weeks that summer of 1910. There had been early season rains; then droughts. The forests grew close in all settled areas. Transportation was either by boat or by train. An occasional trail would through the woods from one homestead to the other. The towns of […]
Canadians Thrill Border Throng With Dazzling Display of Hockey To Take Series From Stratford Triumphantly winning the Allan Cup, the Fort Frances Canadians on Friday night entered the national limelight as senior amateur hockey champions of all Canada for 1952. The Canadians showed a jubilant border throng a dazzling brand […]
The Peek Inn Cafe at 292 Scott St. was badly damaged by fire which was reported at 2:45 a.m. this morning. Although the flames, starting in the vicinity of the soda fountain swept up through the first floor and through the roof. The walls of the building were not badly […]
Cecil Stewart of Fort Frances by virtue of two victories on Saturday night, won the lightweight title at Hibbing’s ninth District Golden Gloves tournament and the right to participate in the Minnesota tournament at Minneapolis opening on February 9. In the semi-finals, Stewart won over George Elich of Hibbing and […]
J. M. Newman, Liberal-Labour Fort Frances, is the choice of the electors of the Rainy River as their candidate to the Ontario Legislature as a result of Monday’s election. in 75 of 81 polls he has a majority of 243 over his nearest opponent, Mayor R. O. Wilkes, M. C., […]
Widely Publicized “Hot Stove” Case Is Concluded Three men, William Shmidt, 29, of Fort Frances, George Skrypnyk, 25, and Anthony Skrypnyk, 22, both of Atikokan, paid with their lives on the gallows in the jail jail this morning, the penalty for their participation in what has become known as the […]
Four men from this district, Anthony and George Skrypnyk, Eino Tallonen and William Schmidt, were committed for trial on a charge of murder in connection with the torture slaying of Mrs. Viola Jamieson, 49, of Flanders, Ontario, at the preliminary hearing before Magistrate Wolfe at Kenora Monday. George Armstrong of […]
Mrs. Viola Jamieson of Flanders, died Sunday morning at ten o ‘clock as a result of burns allegedly to have been inflicted when, according to her statement, three ruffians entered her home Saturday evening, June 10, unable to get money from her, placed the tiny woman on a hot stove, […]
Mrs. Jamieson who resides in the vicinity of Flanders was reported to have been robbed with violence at her home Saturday night. Three men were said to have thrown a sheet over her head when she entered her the house and when she refused to tell them where her money […]
“Thank God, most of us who are reading this issue of the Time have not experienced the stark terror of a forest fire as did our neighbouring residents of Dance Township. Although we sympathize with these anguished settlers, from the bottom of our hearts, many of us just cannot realize […]
“Good God, will this never end!” he cried, as he collapsed in my arms, sobbing like a baby, in the McKenzie hospital, at the foot of Mrs. Frank LaBelle’s bed as her sweet little 11-year-old daughter, Maxine, lying in a bed beside her, was drawing her last breath. Half carrying […]
Twelve Members of LaBelle Family and Four Of Fyle and Ben Fults Met Fiery Death On the afternoon of Thanksgiving Day, havoc, horror and desolation literally square miles of death swept down upon this peaceful district. The fire demon, breaking homes and hearts, snatched in its wake the lives of […]
