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Newspaper
Houston Post
Location
Houston, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1916
Page
13
A South African explorer discovers a bag of diamonds left by a native merchant and, after taking them, faces a tricky problem. The diamonds cement together in a liquid substance, making counting and separation impossible. He offers a substantial reward for the solution, and a chart is provided presumably showing the same number of diamonds.
The list enumerates prizes for a drawing or promotion: 2nd prize 100.00 cash plus 25 times the subscription amount with a maximum value of 325. 3rd prize 50.00 cash plus 20 times the subscription amount with a maximum value of 230. 4th prize Lot 21 Block 29 Houston Heights valued at 200. 1st to 15th prizes five times the subscription amount with a maximum value of 45.
The contest invites entrants from Texas and neighboring states with subscription payments of 75 cents to 1.00 for The Houston Post or 75 cents to 8.00 if the paper is mailed. Contestants may submit multiple solutions for each additional payment, with prizes varying by subscription amount. Payments can be by check, money order, or cash in a registered letter. unaffiliated solutions will not be registered.
The Post outlines rules for a puzzle contest with prizes for individual effort. Submissions may be rejected if not from the submitting person, with potential refunds. Family entries share one prize. The Puzzle Manager may form a committee to resolve questions, and decisions are final. Two prizes will not be awarded to the same person.
In a forthcoming challenge readers will be given a chart containing all letters of the alphabet duplicated to yield about 2000 letters and a list of around 300 three to five letter words. The task is to select one word starting with each letter that can be formed most often from the chart without reusing letters. If ties occur, successive rounds will yield 26 new words formed from the same letters, with eliminations until a prize is awarded.
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