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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1961
Page
6
The article explains how natural soap forming plants like Amole and Bouncing Bet were used to catch fish and wash, noting saponin in plants and early conservation ideas in the United States. It mentions historical uses by Indigenous peoples, settlers, and concerns about soap poisons later outlawed for fishing.
Petes column presents a hidden star and three planets puzzle with backward planet clues and a diamond riddle centered on Jupiter. Also includes a drawing game where guests sketch nonsensical animal cards after a timed prompt and a list of whimsical creature prompts.
Henry H. Graham urges better telephone manners in a brief guide. The piece emphasizes a friendly greeting, brief conversations, and courtesy when interrupted by doorbells. It advises writing down names and numbers, avoiding long talks, and modeling manners after polite peers.
Pen pal request column lists numerous individuals with ages from 3 to 14, providing names and addresses across the United States and abroad. Readers are invited to write and send photos, with several notes about birthday or residence details. The item reflects a community-style appeal for correspondence.
Kay Cammer and Frances Gorman Risser contribute verses about pumpkins turning to jack o lanterns and witches riding broomsticks. The poems evoke Halloween imagery with pumpkins, night, and a playful bite of the pumpkin moon as night falls.
A frost fairy traced words on my window pane last night and the sun erased them with golden beams at dawn. The brief verse captures a cold night scene and a playful meteorological reset by morning light.
Step by step guide explains making a purse loom from cardboard. It covers cutting teeth, threading warp, weaving with yarn, pressing rows, removing the loom, and sewing a lining with a zipper. It encourages multiple purses as gifts and experimenting with sizes shapes and yarns.
A playful verse notes the porcupine is always whineless because if you hurt him he isn’t spineless. The line turns on the animal’s quills as a defense and a pun about resilience.
Alma C. Denny offers a craft idea using pecan ducks as table favors or a centerpiece. Carve wings and tail with ink or crayons, tint the pecan, add head and neck cut from construction paper, back to back, and mount on a brown circle leaf or small mirror lake for a fall display.
The notice warns that production in whole or part is prohibited except with permission from the Newspaper Enterprise Association. Printed in UV.
A poetic scene describes a golden harvest moon smiling from midnight skies. pumpkins below in gardens and fields respond with greeting, calling the moon as Grandfather Pumpkin looking down from above.
King Solomon reportedly sourced cedar wood from Lebanon for the temple, highlighting the timber's significance in ancient sacred architecture.
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