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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 25, 1906
Page
2
Readers are urged to reuse waste spools to craft many toys. Instructions describe cutting slits for noses, adding eyes ears and mouths with paint, making crowns swords visors and hats, plus assembling arms and hands from sticks and spools. Marble games are suggested for fun.
A fragment describes a riddle about William's share in a four‑cent, six‑cent, ten‑cent trio and the rest, then shifts to social play. It details Fishermen, King Caesar, Jolly, and other children’s games with rules for forming lines, catching, and center positions, including a Mother Goose variant and chase actions.
At breakfast Benny’s father plans a barber visit. In the shop Benny sits in the chair as the barber shaves and trims, humorously reacting to the snip and spray while the barber jokes about his snowball like head. Benny’s antics amuse and surprise those present.
The barber uses a drying wind and water hose on Benny's hair while the family waits at home. Benny's hair appears smaller as his parents plan to place a lock of hair in a jeweler's locket for his mother. The scene shifts to a Mother Goose play and a magic tricks section with children learning onlookers.
The article recalls quaint epitaphs from churchyards. It notes Joseph Jones who enjoyed meals, John Sykes a stagecoach maker killed with others, and Enoch Wood famed cricketer with verses praising his cricket life and an unreduced score of fate.
The piece describes sea anemones that attach to rocks or live in sand. Some bury completely while others stay partly above the surface. They can reach seven or eight inches, with the upper disc flush with sand or mud, sometimes drawn slightly down to trap small passing creatures.
Tommy, a mischievous student, cackles behind his teacher and contorts a grimace. The angry instructor confronts him, scolding him for bad behavior as Tom pleads that his face slipped while trying to laugh.
The Caspian, an English schooner from India, brought back a strange animal called Tabby. It looked like a cat with two wings that could fly only with difficulty, along with six tame ducks.
A domestic guide advises households to manage green pears to prevent theft and spoilage. It recommends hiring a picker, protecting fruit with newspaper, and arranging pears in single layers to preserve juiciness while warning boys and pests may tempt mischief.
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