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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1955
Page
14
A 1955 ad urges readers to join the Opportunity Puzzle Contest sponsored by The Standard International Library Inc. It promises a chance to win up to 50 000 dollars first prize and notes 400 cash prizes total. Read three puzzles on the page, mail in answers and contact details, and receive the full rules and basic puzzles without obligation.
Readers are urged to solve three official puzzles shown in the ad to identify famous names. The ad promises cash prizes up to $100,000 and instructs readers to mail in answers and their details today to receive further puzzles and rules. The appeal emphasizes urgency and financial security.
The sample explains adding C OWL EYE plus TANK then subtracting TOWEL CAN to reveal YEK letters. Reordering yields KEY, matching Francis Scott KEY among listed names. Readers are invited to solve Puzzles 1 2 3 and submit answers for contest details.
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