22 Jan 1890
Page 1
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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1890
Page
1
A garbled 1889 contest notice invites readers to solve a fiction robbery mystery “The Dent in the Panel” with a $200 prize for best solutions. It urges subscribers to participate, outlines prize tiers, and promises back issues and secrecy until the final instalment.
A serialized contest note explains weekly installments and a prize for subscribers. Readers are told the last instalment arrives next month and a final issue follows one month later. The prompt invites readers to answer the robbery question and mentions back numbers and prizes for early subscribers.
A garbled report mentions water surface near Kokomo Indiana and a farm named Wik slam Shale gated by locals. The text is heavily corrupted with broken phrases and misread words, but hints at agricultural concerns and a local meeting on education in Missouri with Grangers pushing public school instruction.
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