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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1962
Page
6
A concise look at candy history traces origins from ancient Egypt and Rome to Persia Arabia and India. It notes early sugar import, confections used to disguise medicine, and Cortes's 1519 cacao bean discovery leading to chocolate.
In Japan, fishermen use cormorants to catch ayu, deploying a master pilot to guide lines attached to birds’ neck hooks. Fire-lit baskets attract fish, birds dive for catches, and every fifth fish feeds the birds. cormorants dive long, stay underwater, and are kept wing-dry to function.
The Doom Palm of Upper Egypt and Central Africa bears a reddish fruit about the size of an orange with pulp tasting sweet and like gingerbread. No chocolate cat guards it, so travelers must climb the tall tree themselves, a challenge for nonexperts.
Puzzle text hints at filling line blanks with New Year words. Clues refer to seasons and months noting winter spring summer and autumn. It mentions day length and April and September as prompts for snowy and rainy months.
A short guide explains mixing two quarts of hot water with one and a half ounces of boric acid and three and a half ounces of borax. The solution is sprinkled on camping equipment to fireproof gear.
Puzzle text notes Mrs Garfield's middle name Rudolph and instructs forming a word diamond. It identifies four facts: a word mire, a phrase ancient Persians, a girl’s name, and a mineral spring. The column invites completing the diamond puzzle using the provided clues.
The note asks to reverse odd words to reveal an ancestor of Mrs Garfield and details a husband’s fate and her first name. The riddle cites Garfield union in Ohio on a date written as 5 Dry and lists definitions for wine color and other terms to aid decoding.
Frances Gorman Risser presents a poem on doors their forms and uses noting hinges locks and knobs. The piece blends playful lines with a word puzzle referencing Rudolph 13 and a garfield era mystery involving Lucretia after 1918 and Mrs Garfield with March dates hinted.
London viewers in September 1953 witnessed a test pattern bearing KLEE, the Houston station, 5 000 miles away, despite KLEE having ceased broadcasting in 1950. BBC and Houston authorities offered theories, while Nikola Tesla and Marconi reported eerie signals from space, underscoring enduring radio mysteries.
Create circular disks by cutting an old broom handle with a hand saw. Sand the pieces smooth then paint to match missing checkers. Use the disks to replace lost pieces and restore sets.
A simple home project suggests covering an old album space with gift wrap paper or wallpaper to blend with room decor. The idea focuses on reusing an item by wrapping its cover for a refreshed look.
A humorous request invites readers to mail their names addresses and ages to Captain Hal for pen pal correspondence. The list includes numerous youths from across the United States with ages ranging from 8 to 15, providing street addresses in Michigan Maryland Ohio Alabama Illinois and more.
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