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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1959
Page
7
Puzzle Pete hides four fish kind clues in this rebus and a second set of two in sentences. Across and down clues seek fish endings and word parts. Complete the word diamond with tarpons at center and fill in the remaining terms such as prohibit and compass point.
A look back at early football before 1905 when no forward pass existed. Giants like Heffelfinger of Yale dominated the line, players weighed over 200 pounds, and brutal clashes with gruesome injuries were common. Reform led by Theodore Roosevelt and the 1905 forward pass opened the game, balancing brawn with brains and boosting its enduring popularity.
In 1776 Jerry Hale, a stable boy above an Dover inn, answers a hurried traveler’s call for fresh horses after a rainy day of work. Mr Wilson guides the exchange as the traveler insists on changing mounts quickly.
Jerry Hale recalls a rain day when his horse Night Rider is lent to a traveler named Caesar Rodney. Rodney plans a Philadelphia trip and later returns with the horse and tells Jerry he has signed the Declaration of Independence.
A list of youngsters seeking pen pals includes Robin Hourihan aged 10 from Brasher Falls New York and Leslie Denson at 1015 Adams Street Mobile Alabama with others Irene Jakubisin from Byesville Ohio aged 11 Fd Dennis Beatrice Alabama Barbara Puzik Peninsula Ohio and Brenda Lindley Willoughby Ohio aged 11.
A Havana shark became wedged with an auto tire while scavenging dumped garbage at sea. Two boys lassowed the exhausted creature and removed the tire by cutting the shark into pieces. Names and ages of local readers appear at the end.
A fragmentary item notes a peculiar action described as cutting something in half resembling a bottle cork and mentions a sharp pan fee in unclear context with minimal readable details.
A kind man lives at our house who always has time to play a game of chess or read a silly rhyme. The piece portrays a gentle guest who brings simple joy through stories and games.
Two prospectors Kellogg and O’Rourke hired a donkey in Idaho who pawed away turf revealing galena. Donkey owners claimed half interest. court ruled the jackass and two men discovered the Bunker Hill Mine. The mine paid out $1,673,000 to stockholders by 1904.
A brief poem in prayerful verse asking divine help for hungry children in distant lands. The speaker notes sadness for others and hopes for food for those in need, ending with a plea to extend love abroad.
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