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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1959
Page
7
Readers list ages and addresses across Hawaii and mainland states for pen pals. Captain Hal invites correspondence, urges listing interests hobbies and ages to join the weekly page feature.
Elmo, an eager young hunter, treks through a quiet wood with a rifle ready. After a tense moment and a shot, he loses the deer, but arrives at a scene where two men claim the kill. His license tag on the antlers proves ownership, making his tale of the chase true and celebrated.
A compact nineteenth century style quiz tests recognition of buck related terms and names. It asks multiple choice about buck up buckeye state sawbuck pearl Buck bucknell buckram buckboard Buckingham Palace buckler and more, ending with a garbled tail of stray characters.
An old western warning about the bracken fern described as a plant thief killing horses and cattle. The text notes its grassy green appearance in spring, poisoning from the leaves, and spread in woods, burned areas, and pastures. It suggests early detection, oil treatments, soil cultivation, and top cutting to starve roots as control methods attributed to “old-time justice.”
Mr Info answers reader questions on wrestling realism birthday party games and age pricing. A letter asks if wrestling is fake and about injuries while another inquires where to buy a monkey. Roy Rogers age is discussed with note he began riding young.
A short verse by Kay Cammer about growing taller as sleeves grow short and belt tight. The speaker notes height changes and a loosened clothes fit, while expressing mixed feelings about growing up and new proportions.
A volcanic blast on August 27 1883 at Krakatoa in the Straits of Sunda produced the loudest sound ever heard. The Pik Perboone Tan eruption killed over 35000 people, left only part of the five mile island, blasted four cubic miles of material into the air, formed a global dust cloud, and colored sunsets worldwide for three years.
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