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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1963
Page
5
A young Devonshire smith in 1920 buys tools and longs for a shop hammer from his master. He later finds a hammer identical in his own yard and later loses it. The old master reports the hammer vanished and reappeared, then the missing hammer is found under a bench. Was it the same hammer haunting time? Nobody knows.
Pete's missing words puzzle fills a phonetic clue with The was being followed by a a little fawn. A word square challenge asks to rearrange each row to form valid words and reorder rows so the reading stays the same forward and backward.
A nostalgic piece describes a family moment with a mother listening to each member. It references a gift hour and a word mutation puzzle with several word ladder clues and a skate care tip toward the end.
In a Los Angeles school history lesson on western United States, a Mary Croutz carved Cheyenne town model is used. It shows a Civil War era courthouse and bustling frontier life with a stagecoach, Wells Fargo office, hotel, and more.
The article traces the buffalo recovery from near extinction to present day trends. It explains government culling to reduce overcrowding, transfers to zoos, and international trading while highlighting historic declines from tens of millions to under a thousand in the wild. It notes protection efforts since 1905 and current populations around 10 000 in the U S and Alaska, with Canada leading slightly higher.
An article explains Saxifrage a rocky Alpine plant that creates its own soil by chemical action and seeds. It also describes lichens a symbiosis of algae and fungi that live on rocks and help form soil. Ida Smith notes erosion control and long fossil history.
Captain Hal seeks pen pals with a long list of readable names ages and addresses from Ohio and nearby states. The ad invites readers to print their own name address and age and mail to Captain Hal care of the newspaper.
Riddle lines describe a wordplay sequence where removing letters yields numbers. The phrasing centers on a magic word that becomes four after removing two letters, then five after further removals, leading to IV and V as Roman numerals. The verse concludes with the magic word FIVE and subsequent letter removals.
Short literary verse asks a playful question about Willard Wood whittling whistles. The line plays on alliteration and sound, presenting a whimsical language puzzle without a newsy event or context.
Poem contrasts weather and nature with hints that rain and sun affect growth. It describes cold days thick clouds and a lack of flowers. Slugs weeds and hungry insects hinder awakening roots signaling spring may delay.
A puzzle matching colorful items to names with final answer key: 1-d 2-e 3-h 4-1 5-i 6-c 7-j 8-k 9-f 10-g 11-a 12-b.
A hazy September afternoon in Scotland showed a blue sun with a pale blue moon later that evening. Observers noted varying blue hues across England and Europe, attributing the color to dust or smoke from fires, while some feared ominous events to come.
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