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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 19, 1906
Page
7
Aunt Amelia explains hornets as misjudged beings while children fearfully observe a hornet near a paper nest. Joe recalls stings from a nest as Aunt Amelia argues hornets are simply doing their business and caring for their young despite a notorious temper.
The dialogue explains how hornets and sand hornets build nests. Females survive winter and use saliva and timber scraps to form papery nests with multiple tiers. The sand hornet nests in sandy soil and paralyzes prey for its larvae. Jesse Bowles Fisher signs off.
Two lines of players with captains and guards race to transfer all items from full baskets to empty ones. Objects shift along the line while a guard retrieves any dropped item. The first side to empty its basket wins and each winner receives a souvenir.
A Hungarian blacksmith sent to the Austrian emperor a horseshoe pincers a file and a knife all neatly nailed to a goose egg without cracking it. The emperor replied with his photograph a gold medal and thirty ducats as a gift in return.
In a small town a parson's son nicknamed Squeechy plans a backyard circus with friends to lift his spirits after envy of an attending circus. The event backfires when rival Bug Jernigan steals the show with stunts beyond the agreed lineup. The tale shifts to boys and guns, as Morton Sigler and Charlie Crane confront a dangerous hunting mishap with an uncle's breech loader, ending in fear and a stern family talk.
The article describes making a crossbow from a thick plank and a curved gouge tool. It covers shaping the stock and barrel, boring a hole for a bow, boiling the wood to set the bow, tying strong elastic bowstrings, and integrating a trigger cut into the barrel with a pine cover.
The article describes making a blowgun from a glass tube wrapped in cloth to shoot arrows pellets or clay wads. It warns boys against yielding to temptation to harm birds and urges them to resist mischief and stand up to temptation.
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