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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1950
Page
10
A long puzzle roundup asks readers to fill in missing G- words from famous figures and myths. It centers on a bouquet riddle about the three Graces and nine Muses with a mathematical twist. The passage nods to Alexander the Great and the Gordian knot while mixing playful wordplay and foreign phrases.
Detective Sharpe links the hour‑long abduction to an inside job after a nurse reports Joseph Shoreward was carried from the nursery by a heavyset man. A 20‑ft ladder head, muddy nursery prints, and a stocking near the ladder bolster the theory as the nurse is tracked for leads.
A historical note discusses hydrogen filled cylinders loaded in rail freight cars. It estimates a car weight of five tons and a loading space of 2000 cubic feet. A cylinder containing hydrogen weighs about nine ounces per 100 cubic feet, asking how much heavier the loaded car is than the empty car.
A full page puzzle item listing biblical clues with multiple questions and an answer grid. It includes horizontal and vertical prompts covering Acts, Genesis, Psalms, Proverbs, Exodus and more, plus a long flow of cross reference notes and a final mystery reveal.
The passage blends a cryptogram puzzle with Sydney Smith and Macaulay quotes and a tale of Postman Peters in Sunvale. It frames cryptogram solving and a route problem across a suburban street map ending at house 21 while noting unused letters and a long decoding string.
The text describes assembling a drawing on cardboard, drying, and cutting out six "men" formed by three circles and three squares for two players. Directions place circles in round spaces at the left of the diagram and guide placement for play.
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