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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1962
Page
12
An ordinary clinical thermometer costs about $1.50 and should be in every medicine chest. The article traces thermometer history from ancient ideas to 19th century mercury-in-glass devices, explains readings from 96 to 108 degrees, and advises cleaning, placement under the tongue, and using a home thermometer to aid doctors during illness.
The article describes Apache dances including victory and social forms. It explains drum-made timing using coffee cans, creates campfire space, and details three circle dances with boy girl pairings. It notes practice, rhythm, and occasional dance changes led by a chief.
Weldon D. Woodson profiles St Jean Port Joli Canada where Bourgault brothers lead 18 full time workers producing 3 000 items each season. Andre Bourgault trains son Guy begun at age five with chip carving then whittling using basswood butternut pine and cedar. Guy learns habitant farming group carved as one of the towns finest works.
Termites inhabit warm regions and number over a thousand species. In homes they damage wood floors timbers and books while showing a complex five caste social structure. The worker cares for food and labor while soldiers defend against ants.
Local notice invites readers to mail name address and age to Captain Hal for pen pal exchanges. Includes sample entries from Patty Cote Linda Mitchell Gloria Macalag Jacklyn Allard Diane Alfonsi Hayley Zittercol and Jane Evans with ages 10 to 12 and locations in Maine Massachusetts Hawaii California and North Carolina.
Starved Rock on the Illinois river between Ottawa and La Salle in La Salle County is a white sandstone fortress of 813 acres rising 160 feet with a stairway to a half acre summit. The site offers river valley views, picnic spots, and state park status, noting its historic link to Illini and Ottawa warfare following Pontiac's death in 1770.
A mixed page features a word square puzzle with clues across and down including skin and animal names, a letter-change riddle by Puzzle Pete, and a light verse about Horace the horse by Elizabeth H. Hickey. The items offer wordplay, a triangle puzzle, and rhymed verse.
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