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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1950
Page
5
A compact crossword style clue list notes entries such as Cutlas like weapon and Contain, with hints referencing The Wolf constellation and other partial word fragments. It lists numbers and partial answers including Antelope and negative reply, suggesting a mixed puzzle draft.
A cryptogram excerpt shows a substitution puzzle with daily changing letters and hints about word lengths and punctuation. The text references a cryptogram quotation, a Swift quote about a ghost, and a news snippet noting a missing parent search tied to Luther Nater of Oceana amid farm trouble and a US Department of Agriculture comment on tractors.
A farmer lets a hunter use his hired man Zeb to point and retrieve. Zeb outperforms bird dogs, the hunter pays five dollars, and returns two weeks later to find Zeb deceased after malingering with birds. The tale ends with a punchline about Zeb and a short note on tractors and U.S. farm investment in the Western Hemisphere.
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