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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1960
Page
13
A stage magic routine describes a magician who single papers with one name written on all slips. Audience names are called, but the magician’s pad holds only his favorite candidate, ensuring the drawn ballot matches his choice regardless of input. The method relies on unseen gimmicks and burned ballots prevent verification.
In a puzzling contest the Puzzlists' nomination went to a candidate who drew 100 votes, the top tally among over 100 nominees. The 100 votes come from four states whose abbreviations, when combined, spell the lady’s name. Identify the states and the nominee.
A playful instructional piece invites readers to test line drawing by following a grid pathname from multiple starting points. It guides adding lines between lettered coordinates, culminating in a completed scene that may be colored, featuring a gentleman captioned with gibe about give and learn.
A concise guide explains how adding colors in specified lettered spaces clarifies the image. After coloring, a diagram is pasted to cardboard and cut into seven or eight pieces to create a jigsaw puzzle for solving.
A fragmented OCR puzzle page lists biblical names numbers and clues for a vertical crossword including questions about Martha Rachel Rebekah Omri Nimrod Paul and other figures with entries like Planet Wings and Antitoxin but readability is partial and jumbled with several misspellings and garbled phrases.
A quizzical excerpt lists tongue twisters and reading aloud challenges including reads like three gray geese and three tree twigs. It also shows scattered references and biblical verse notation amid odd line fragments and product-like items.
In a dramatic ONG time clash Millard Hopper calls the game Kings downfall. Black starts with three kings strong, White counters and, on White to move, executes four precise steps to win. White’s pieces advance up the board and secure the upset despite the material disadvantage.
The article describes long hand writing decipherable by reading reverse English. It explains three glasses made from stiff paper with different slit patterns to give elongation, magnification, and other perspectives. Eskimos carved similar eyepieces for glare reduction. Florence tomb inscription links lensed glasses to Salvino D Armato in late 13th century, while Marco Polo notes them in China.
A playful prompt from a junior readers piece featuring Nancy ANCY who baked a cake for Bill. The task asks readers to guess what must be added before serving and to connect numbered dots from dot to dot in sequence, using dot twice when two numbers share a dot.
A boxing training drill uses two players on opposite table sides with a small object at the center and a referee. On Go, both players reach to grab the object first. This is repeated for several rounds to develop speed and reflexes.
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