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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Feb 19, 1925
Page
2
A promotional page promising a potential prize of 1270 dollars and one hundred free prizes. It frames the effort as a test of patience and skill with a simple chance for readers to win, urging participation without revealing concrete details.
The notice lists a five thousand dollar prize pool with tiers from first to seventh five prizes and various Radiola sets or cash values. It notes values, multipliers for submissions, and deadlines for solutions, inviting extra puzzle copies and mentioning outside district participation.
A figure puzzle asks to sum the numbers inside two circles to equal the total miles Canada’s leading broadcasting station can be heard. Figures 2 through 9 appear, no 1s or zeros, with curved tops on sixes and flat bottoms on nines. Solvers need accuracy and patience to reach the exact or nearest total.
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