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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1959
Page
6
On Christmas Eve 1870 near Paris a French post watched Henri Regnault, once an artist, climb a barricade and sing O Holy Night as bullets whistled. A German soldier answered with Silent Night, creating a rare moment of ceasefire before Regnault fell in battle, remembered as France loses a promising artist.
A historical overview details the polar bear’s size and power, noting adults up to 1,600 pounds and nine feet long. It explains feeding on seals, hunting methods, year round activity, denning in December, and threats from walrus tusks. Also contrasts with other bears and notes rough paw pads for ice travel.
Seasonal fun ideas for snowball games include Snowball Catch, Snowball Race and Snowball Toss. Snowball Catch selects an "it" who arms a toss and calls a player to catch. failure ousts them. Snowball Race has players balance snowballs on their heads while racing to a finish line. Snowball Toss pits players against a mound of snowballs with five throws each to knock down as many as possible.
A truncated readers’ notice lists numerous youths with names ages and mailing addresses across states including Nashua New Hampshire Byesville Ohio Lynn Massachusetts Conover North Carolina Bay St. Louis Mississippi Groton Connecticut Haw River North Carolina Lynch etc noting a final incomplete entry for David Gregorin age ti
Puzzle Pete hides Georgia clues in word changes and an acrostic. Rebus items Bacon Harm Springs Brunswink Athena point to a Georgia place after one-letter shifts. Cal hints give partial city name for completing crossword style clues across and down.
A joke contrasts a well dressed man with a tired dog noting the man wears a suit while the dog pants. It ends with a trivia prompt.
Early explorers carried emeralds from South America to Spain and legends grew of vast riches. The Muzo mine near Bogota was rediscovered after a horse’s stumble revealed a green stone, and the Chivor region yielded when an Indian hunter entered a tunnel left by earlier miners.
The column counsels a younger reader to wait for an air rifle, warns about handling any rifle safely, prefers not to reveal Santa expectations to a close age cousin, and suggests calling an aunt by her first name since she is only a year older than the reader.
Puzzle lists pairs where a word forms with C to yield hat clock chat chill etc. Answers: lock clock hat chat hill chill owl cowl rayon crayon.
A short poem by Louise Darcy celebrates trimming a Christmas tree with bright balls and tinsel. The narrator describes red and blue colors and topping the tree with a star light, expressing how Christmas is a lovely sight.
The guide suggests making greeting cards distinct by using colored toothpicks glued with airplane cement on construction paper. Cut toothpicks to needed lengths and spell the recipient’s name as a personalized touch.
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