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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1957
Page
22
A colorblind reader is challenged by eye color cues to tell red-eyed vireo from white-eyed vireo. The passage notes several birds and asks how many of eight pictured can be identified, mentioning toucan pelican and prompting further look.
A mixed set of wordplay and math riddles from a vintage puzzle page. It includes cross-number prompts about leap years and flags, animal nicknames in sports, time phrases, and a list of cryptic clues such as hot corner grass cutter and banjo hitter with an overall playful tone.
A painting 18 by 12 inches requires a uniform frame width so the frame area equals the picture area. Let the frame width be w on all sides. The outer dimensions are (18+2w) by (12+2w) and the frame area is (18+2w)(12+2w) minus the picture area 216. Set equal to 216. Solve: (18+2w)(12+2w) = 432. Expanding gives 216 + 60w + 4w^2 = 432, so 4w^2 + 60w -216 = 0, divide by 4: w^2 + 15w -54 = 0. Solve: w = [ -15 ± sqrt(225 + 216) ] / 2 = [ -15 ± sqrt441 ] / 2 = [ -15 ± 21 ] / 2. Positive root: (6)/2 = 3 inches. Outer measurements: 18+2w = 24 inches, 12+2w = 18 inches.
A cryptic note hints at a new device capable of firing around corners. It suggests the technique may represent a possible method of solving a puzzle, with a variation noted as a potential discovery.
A playful prompt invites young readers to guess what a little cowboy sees in a forest. If unsure, use a pen to connect numbered dots from 1 to 2 and so on, using a dot twice when two numbers share it, then add colors for a fill-in artwork activity.
A blurring puzzle asks to color each quilt segment with three shades so that adjacent segments share the same color. The solution is indicated elsewhere on the page and designed like a classic patchwork problem.
The puzzle prompts readers to trace a continuous nonretreading line within a figure. It states lines must not cross or retrace, corners may touch, and one may start anywhere. A solution is referenced as available elsewhere on the page for reference.
A classic riddle asks how a father could marry his widow's sister before his birth revealing a tricky family relation. Another line hints at a mentor, Pete Plunkett, who builds a gun that shoots around corners and a maze traces the bullet's turning path to its target.
A time challenge asks to identify two identical blooms among eight with only petals shown. Stems and leaves ignored. The prompt includes garbled text and a note about pin money and coin counts totaling 2.80 with equal numbers of nickels dimes and quarters.
A fragmented OCR puzzle listing bible verses and clues across topics like land measures Greek letters and biblical places. Items reference Acts 14 25 Genesis 37 and Revelation with terms such as deface exist and Persian style questions, plus a patchwork solution prompt.
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