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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1962
Page
5
A Grover Brinkman essay extols geese as farm workers. It argues geese eat only grass, keep fields free of weeds, and cost less than human labor. Goose flocks are shown aiding cotton, berries, and orchards across agricultural America with daily, diligent grazing.
Two children find a hidden walled up closet behind an old wall papered window in a country house once occupied during war. They access dusty dishes paintings and vases but escape danger by ladder. Grandparents return and plan to auction the finds to fund new rooms for the family.
In 1775 Paul Revere rode from Charlestown toward Concord warning of British troop advance. Dr Samuel Prescott, 24, joined Revere and Dawes to alert patriots. Prescott rode on to Concord, summoned Minute Men, and helped hide military supplies. Prescott later died a prisoner of war in Halifax.
Jacob Riis recalls a boyhood meeting in Copenhagen where a tall stranger guides him through an art exhibit. Riis learns friendliness mirrors home as he bonds with a guide and later discovers the gentleman is King Christian. The encounter becomes his first democracy lesson.
A simple craft describes making a chalkboard by repurposing a discarded window shade. Paint the shade with black paint to create a dark surface and hang it at the proper eye level for use as a chalkboard.
A short poem notes the busy world beneath our feet. It lists creatures such as trap door spiders ants moles gophers earthworms slugs snakes rabbits rats mice and assorted bugs living contentedly under rocks dirt and sand. The piece ends with a humorous line about humans enviously pitying their airless life.
Dui Pite column presents a crossword style puzzle with Across clues like cured meat malt beverage and school subject, Down clues head coverings and compass points. Beheadings and scrambles yield new phrases and the text notes a word triangle with Greek letter sound, music study, and young miss as clues. The piece asks if you can complete the triangle and count Cs in Cartoonist Cal's sketch, noting Puzzle Pete finds ten.
A crowded appeal prints names and addresses of children and a Mexican girl seeking pen pals across the United States and Mexico. Participants list ages and hobbies, with several addresses in Alabama, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, California, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Maine, and more, plus a Nigerian correspondent seeking exchanges and horse photos.
A brain teaser presents familiar sayings to complete with animal names. Answers include Ox, Lamb, Fox, Mule, Deer, and Lion mapped to phrases like Strong as an ox and Sly as a fox.
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