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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 26, 1908
Page
3
The Chums struggle in a icy creek after a cave escape goes wrong. Billy De Nie Tra and Sherry fall through ice as they try to reach shore. Shorty faints while Billy fights to pull them to safety before the freezing water ends their peril.
A reflective piece on spiders noting their usefulness as insect control and their intricate webs. It contrasts harmless little spiders with the dangerous tarantula and teases a tale of a hunchback spider guiding a dreamlike theme. The passage shifts to a cave adventure of Shorty and Billy as they escape a cave ending and return home after a dangerous chase.
The article notes embroidery on garments as a growing American trend. Shadow embroidery graces thin materials in white and color, while French and eyelet styles are also used. The piece highlights accessible handwork suitable for women with little artistic experience.
The piece notes hair styling advice by face shape. Long faces should avoid high updos. Fat faces should avoid heavy mops. Thin faces should use soft fluffy hair away from the cheeks, with sides lifted to balance features.
A practical guide on preserving garments by resting and cleaning strategies. It urges frequent wardrobe rotation, careful pressing, ammonia cleaning for stains, dust removal, and proper storage with tissue paper. It notes women should rest frocks and ribbons to appear newly worn. The piece contrasts men's and women's habits in maintaining attire.
A short tale recalls Jenny Lind's charm and a sick boy who heard a birdlike song in his home. His mother seeks the source and learns the singer will visit to soothe him with her melodies. The boy discovers the artist is the famed Jenny Lind and is moved by her generous offer.
Farmer Brown, once wary of the Bloody Robbers, embraces the robbers as helpers after a tense gift exchange. The boys confess mischief, pledge to stand by him, and return to the farm to repay kindness with a visit and aid. Farmer Jones notes the change while Brown sheds his grumpy persona.
A thief claimed the horse as his but Yousouf challenged the rogue in court. He shielded the horse’s head and asked which eye it was blind in. The thief guessed left eye. Yousouf declared the horse blind in neither eye and recovered the animal. The tale ends with the villain punished.
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