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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 02, 1908
Page
3
A school inquiry into pupils parents yields evasions as a freckled boy reveals his father is a bearded circus performer. The scene ends with the boy explaining pills are for his popgun, and the teacher contemplates how to proceed with discipline.
A London charity bazaar displays a collection of dolls presented by royals and nobles. The narrator notes Scottish, Norwegian, German, Spanish, and Swedish dolls in period costumes, with comments on their charm and on how royal favorites were once simple toys.
Roderick appeals to King Duncan after learning his father Jacob is imprisoned for trampling by Duncan’s horsemen. The king offers release if the boy completes three tasks. The first task requests all one hundred fowls be plucked cleanly by dawn.
Flora and her four puppies live in a barn with a goat and two lambs. A grand carriage stops, a lady selects Blacky, but he later learns happiness is with his family, not a pampered life. Blacky decides to romp with siblings rather than join the rich mistress.
A boy named Roderick nears death in a royal test. A talking bird and thousands of hidden elves help him pluck fowls and drain a pond. He then wins a race against a deer, aided by the helpers, earning his freedom and great honors from King Duncan.
A Sunday school tale follows two toddlers Bill and Jack explaining they must miss school for a tooth extraction. The elder Bill plans to have a tooth pulled while younger Jack pretends to eat him. Henry bets he can jump between raisins on a cake, prompting a humorous challenge at the bakery.
A brief childlike exchange recalls a moment of tears and memory. Sarah asks her grandmother why she cried, then remembers her mother's rule about staying in, ending with a renewed wail.
The letter suggests trying a different hair tonic if the current product fails to satisfy. It notes DELLA MAY as a brand possibility and mentions a typical price around $1. The speaker acknowledges no tonic works for every person and advises experimenting with alternate formulas.
A fragment discusses eyelash tonic dangers and warns against oily mixtures. A geography lesson yields a shocking misstatement about China and a boy who tries to remove foreigners, prompting concern from the teacher.
Instructions describe creating raised turnover effects by contrasting light and dark shades. Begin with dark background, oppose a light fade to reach the flower color, then apply turnovers in long and short stitch along the shading guide. Use the lightest silk for turnovers to highlight the flower’s brightest points.
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