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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1960
Page
12
A teaser about a 15 cent pencil and a pad ten cents more, plus a tiger cage incident where a worker blocks an escape route. Also includes a math puzzle about 215 and a division problem with missing figures. The text blends comedy prompts with mathematical brainteasers and circus notes.
A magician’s egg trick uses a salt water layer to suspend an egg mid pitcher as heavy salt water sits below fresh water. A separate puzzle asks to rearrange eight matches into four pairs by four moves, each move passing a match over two others.
A scrambled OCR puzzle asks to assign numbers 1 through 18 to letters so that three dotted lines with six numbers each total 57 and the five concentric triangles around them also total 57. The six cross triangles formed by intersecting lines also sum to 57, yielding 14 distinct 57 sums in all.
A feature presents a checkerboard brain teaser asking to place twelve initial pieces then add five more of each color while ensuring no two same kind share a row column or diagonal. It invites readers to try the challenge themselves with a nod to optical illusions and puzzle variety.
Eight colored pencils are needed and letters B O R V G Y Br P denote colors. OK DILTS has between 900 and 1800 tomato plants to plant using rows of seven eight or nine per row with leftovers four seven or six respectively. Find total plants by solving the remainder constraints.
A blurred puzzle page presents a Catholic style crossword with biblical clues and wordplay. It lists numbers and partial answers, referencing verses from Luke Acts John and Genesis, and includes hints about vowels and language patterns. The page features syndicated content with many four letter words and a semi vowel Y pattern, plus a word search like list of definitions.
Mil lard Hopper discusses a key walk away move in a checker test claiming it can help win many tussles He challenges players to white move up the board and force a five move win The prompt includes garbled or encoded text bits suggesting a move sequence and a movie style tag in the snippet
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