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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1961
Page
6
Petes ape ant column presents month end varieties with across clues and a four letter word puzzle. Puzzle Pete hints the second clue is hidden by reading fh backward. Cartoonist Cal’s sketch allegedly contains seven mistakes to spot in this British streetcar market themed puzzle.
The article reflects on early printing and manual copying techniques, noting how painstaking it was to produce text by hand. It contrasts past high costs with today’s inexpensive newspapers and hints at a transition away from handwritten manuscripts toward mass printing.
The text outlines how books were copied by hand until printing emerged. It credits Johannes Gutenberg, who lived in Mainz, with introducing movable type and the four essentials of printing: type, a press, ink, and paper. It describes casting metal into letter shapes and forming type ready for printing.
A short September poem by Kay Cammer notes muggy heat rainy days and windy cold spells. It contrasts gloomy and bright days and ends with September days described as delightful and shimmering with orange and gold.
Spiders travel by air without wings using silk balloons and dive underwater by weaving silk bags for air. They ride rafts of silk to snare flies and mosquitoes, and most spiders help control pests. Black widows are dangerous and should be destroyed. they are recognizable by a glossy black body with a red mark.
When ants or insects bother you on a quilt or beach towel, spray the outer edges with insect spray. Ants dislike powdered cloves red pepper or chalk, which can help keep them away.
Instructions describe a game where cut numbers from a calendar are placed into each compartment of a plastic egg tray. Players stand about three feet away and toss buttons one by one into the marked sections, using the tray as the playing field.
Five wordplay items give clues to forward and backward words. Each pair yields a drink versus chew, exchange versus animal part, singing poet versus colorless, store versus public vehicle, game versus gangster desire. The string at end appears as garbled cipher.
Jack and Debbie visit Arizona with cousins and explore a dry river bed. They camp by arroyos, build a fire, and roast hot dogs while joking about a beach. A distant thunderstorm sends a sudden flash flood racing toward them, forcing a quick scramble up the bank. The teens agree picnics in Arizona can be different.
A short poem contrasts writing tools. The pencil glides velvetly across paper while the fountain pen scratches in a restrained anger. The typewriter dominates with rapid snappy rhetoric urging readers to listen to its loud voice.
An oiled silk or plastic bowl cover or a shower cap will protect the seat of a bicycle that must remain outdoors in bad weather.
Readers list names addresses and ages seeking pen pals from across the United States. Several youths from Hawaii Alabama Texas New York Ohio Illinois and other states provide contact details and ages for correspondence including requests for pen pals in Hawaii Florida Alabama or Georgia.
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