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Biddeford Saco Journal

Location

Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

Date

Sep 26, 1960

Page

7

Patience Is Key Teaching Your Dog Tricks

A step by step guide to trainers teaching dogs tricks with patient repetition. Start with sit stay heel and come then advance to lie down carry a folded paper and jump. End with a prayer gesture using commands and gentle handling.

The Coyote Moon Howls in Western Plains Tale

A camp hears a lone coyote’s night chorus mistaken for many by frightened girls. A sheep herder explains the coyote’s count, habits, denning, thirst, and nocturnal hunts. Coyotes are shy toward humans but fierce predators of jackrabbits sage hens rock chucks and ground squirrels.

Western Plains

The Decks That Changed Sea Warfare

The article notes that decks emerged during the Crusades about 800 years ago as Venice led ship design. Early Mediterranean ships lacked decks, while European powers built elevated fighting platforms to cast stones and spears at foes, shaping modern decked ships.

Europe Holy Land Venice Italy Mediterranean Sea Englan France Deeks

Riddles and wordplay from a humor page

A collection of pun riddles highlights wordplay about sight tires pillows watches rivers and cheeses. The jokes hinge on sound and letter tricks such as the two letter spelling of blind pig and the letter M appearing twice in a moment but not in a hundred years.

Nature's Vacation by Kay Cammer

April brought snow and March was hot and sultry as weather across the nation disrupted patterns. The north wind did not blow and September felt like springtime in an odd seasonal swing.

Father Poem About a Father's Love and Guidance

A reflective poem celebrates a father as a supportive guide who helps a son grow learn and endure. It emphasizes a father’s constant presence willingness to listen and offer wisdom expressing that Dad is a special man in a son’s life.

Son Dad

Word Triangle Puzzle With Reordered Rows

A historical puzzle page presents word rearrangement challenges with clues and a named solver. It asks to form valid words by changing letters stepwise and completes a triangle using hints like compass point possessive pronoun and ship term.

Pete

Memories for September School Song

A reflective verse celebrating September memories of summer sun and beach days. It recalls shared moments from school and past gay times, as Kay Cammer writes about wanting to remember September.

How Rainbows Are Formed

Rainbows appear when the sun is behind you and rain falls ahead. Raindrops act as prisms bending and reflecting sunlight to split it into colors. On sunny days you can make a rainbow by using a lawn sprinkler and viewing the spray with the sun behind you.

Grab Bag Gifts From Junk To Joyful Toys

A writer describes creating grab bag gifts from accumulated trinkets and junk. An idea sparked after sharing bags with preschoolers at a neighbor's, leading to plans to give grab bags to other children, shut ins, and birthday guests.

Mush Mouth Word Game At Party Night

Guests play a four word sentence game using the letters M U S H forming phrases like My Uncle Shoes Horses. Players have one minute to write first words that come to mind and exchange papers to read aloud for fun and a prize for the fastest reader.

Animals Use Natural Remedies For Ills In The Wild

The piece notes that animals and birds treat illness with medicinal herbs and rest, often reducing food intake. It recounts a goshawk and snowshoe rabbit near death, the mother rabbit healing the wound with saliva, and highlights water as a cleansing solvent. It concludes that wild creatures usually recover quickly unless injuries are severe.

Know Your Underwater Plants A Seaweed Jungle Revealed

Betty Bariomi describes seaweed as a broad minded plant that grows on mud rocks wrecks piers shellfish and boat bottoms. hold-fast structures anchor it while storms tear it away. seaweed beds support fish and shellfish life and can rebound to improve fishermen catches.

Newspaper note on restricted use rights

Notice notes that reproduction is prohibited except by permission of the Newspaper Enterprise Association and is printed in the USA.

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