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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 31, 1906
Page
3
A lively diary note describes a wheelbarrow race with Jennie Snyder Gregory children. Jennie trips on the hill but recovers quickly, keeping her dolly and rejoining the race. The narrator revels in the playful contest and plans more races tomorrow.
Ingenious boys Ames and Jerry unveil The Roaring Dragon a handmade frame of light wood muslin and cardboard with a sawtooth mouth and fringe. They operate the jaws with a cord while one roars through a megaphone and the other wriggles the frame for a lifelike display.
Ben Mason turns a Plymouth Rock cock and setting hen into a small farm venture to aid an old couple in need. He earns eight dollars eighty three and a half cents from eggs and broilers, repays a loan, and raises seven dollars to donate to the Old Folks Home via his Sunday school teacher Miss Smith.
A line reads nena erhek is the meaning of a turning point and a student notes the phrase. After hesitation Tommy writes they came to a crisis in the road signaling a pivotal moment in the story.
A brief item recounts a young girl sewing when her mother finds a needle with a distinctive flaw. The girl asserts ownership, crying that the needle is hers because of the hole and marks, as told by the Little Chronicle.
A child asks an old man if he was Noah or his kin in the Ark. The grandpa, with a twinkling eye, says he was in the Ark and hints at being a beast, prompting a puzzled yet amused reply from the child.
In a school exchange, Teacher asks which bird Noah sent from the ark. Little Jimmy answers dove, prompting surprise that the smallest boy knew the answer. Billy adds the remark that his father owns a bird shop.
A playful anecdote recounts a child misnaming flags, stumbling on Austria-Hungary and exclaiming Austria Eat, reflecting a humorous moment in linguistic learning.
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