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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1962
Page
7
A lively look at Bunraku puppetry in Japan. Puppeteers sit openly on stage beside large, elaborately dressed puppets and sometimes require three operators to move a single figure. The ancient art began 500 years ago in special theaters and remains a popular spring spectacle worldwide.
A child narrates a dream of Backward Town where December comes first and clocks run backward. People, animals, and cars move in reverse while lessons invert and naps occur at daylight. The tale ends with relief at waking from the odd world and returning to normal.
A short brain teaser asks you to complete words by filling vowels. It provides four clues: study of birds, working with clocks and watches, hunting for precious stones, and having an interest in insects. Vowel patterns guide the answers.
Petes COLUMN presents a word puzzle: ACROSS and DOWN clues for food fish coal scuttle and more. A word square and a hidden sentence challenge readers with mis-spelled yet sound alike phrases.
Puzzle describes changing MORE to LESS in four steps by altering one letter at a time with valid words. Each mutation moves toward LESS while preserving a sensible word. The excerpt includes cryptic notes and a long garbled COMMENT line about word triangles and related phrases.
A readable excerpt portrays Elba as Napoleon Bonaparte’s exile site in 1814. It describes Napoleon’s nine months on the island, his hopes, and the lasting local memory of his impact through roads, sanitation, and agriculture. The piece notes Elba’s small ports, mountain villages, and lack of automobiles, with Marciana Alta highlighted as a focal point where the emperor and his mother stayed.
Polite Polly teaches courteous shopping habits by clearly stating needs and budget to clerks, avoiding unnecessary showings, returning to helpful sales staff, and expressing thanks. The piece also offers a travelogue on Elba and Napoleon sites highlighting Portoferrato, Via Napoleone, Palazzina Mulini, and ghost lore.
Instructions describe making a scratching post using a firewood log roughly 16 inches long and 4 inches thick. Mount the log firmly on a flat base to prevent tipping as a cat claws it. The goal is a sturdy, economical scratching surface.
A newspaper notice solicits pen pals listing many youths with names ages and addresses across North Carolina Texas Hawaii Montana New York and Alabama. The ad invites readers to write letters to the children, naming Captain Hal as contact and providing multiple routes P O boxes and street addresses for correspondence.
Short clipped notice states that production in whole or in part is prohibited except by permission of Newspaper Enterprise Association as printed in V edition.
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