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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1960
Page
6
Puzzle Pete hides four Labor Day facts in a rebus using Work to Play steps. Cal inserts WORKERS in the puzzle to aid readers while a sequence changes WORK into PLAY through single-letter moves. The puzzle includes clues about moods, days, letters, and terms, forming a word diamond with a golfer term a capital city a horseman and an Indian weight.
A poem about beachgoers enjoying a seaside day. The speaker prefers walking the shore and collecting shells and stones instead of swimming, noting a dry bathing suit and fascination with sand as treasure along the coastline.
The fortress town Mont-Saint-Michel rises 510 feet above the English Channel with tides that twice weekly seal the streets. In the Hundred Years War English besiegers used a supply basket ruse to reach the abbey but French traitors led to executions as the gates remained closed and the coastal stronghold endured.
A blue jay atop a tall pine imitates hawk calls to drive away intruders and feed. The bird appears to have a complex vocal behavior, possibly a shared language, with calls signaling danger and aiding group defense. Observations suggest blue jays stay together about a year and communicate with family through loud, varied calls.
The ASPCA opened America's first shelter for skyborne animals at New York City's JFK. The Sydney H Colemas Animalport costs 275000 dollars, sits in the Air Cargo Center, and houses cats dogs horses and larger animals in climate controlled kennels stalls and paddocks with a veterinary clinic and kitchen. Daily rates for pets range from 25 cents to 5 dollars depending on species while snakes cost one dollar per bag for cobras and 50 cents for nonpoisonous varieties.
The sauna tradition in Finland uses heated stones to steam bathers. A bundle of branches is used to whip participants, improving circulation and leaving them feeling energized and clean. Afterward, bathers roll in snow or plunge into cold water. Visitors, including children, often embrace the practice on Saturdays with family participation.
Prepare an egg for this trick by blowing out the contents. Make a small hole in each end and blow through one to release the egg into a bowl. Break away shell around one hole, dry it, and place small white paper bits inside. Show the egg holding the shell between thumb and finger, crumble the shell quickly to reveal paper snow as the contents escape.
A short note explains why the hurricane plant endures storms. It grows in hurricane regions and withstands gusts due to holes in its leaves that let wind pass through, keeping the plant intact.
Prepare a large jack o lantern face on a wall or door with eyes nose and a mouth but no teeth. Provide each player with teeth cut from heavy white paper. Blindfolded players attempt to place teeth on the jack and the closest placement wins a prize.
A brief guide contrasts a ten ounce cub with a Papa bear over a thousand pounds. It notes a grizzly cannot climb a tree and has straight claws, while a black bear can climb due to curved claws. It advises against seeking tall trees against black bears.
A collection of short letters from children ages 9 to 15 listing names and addresses across states. Each note shares friendly greetings and asks about daily routines and hometown happenings in a warm, informal tone.
If I were a tree I’d want to be the tallest. If I were a shrub I’d want to be the smallest. If I were a river I’d want to be the longest. If I were a bridge I’d want to be the strongest. But I am a man and I’m content to be no more than what my Maker meant.
Mr Info answers two reader questions. He says a gift of ten dollars should be spent cautiously when living on a busy street and that a father joking about a pen pal should not halt correspondence as long as both parties enjoy the exchange.
The text notes that baby opossums ride on their mother's back and sometimes cling to her tail while she curves it over her back, describing a common behavior observed in maternal care.
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