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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1957
Page
15
The article describes a miniature rocking horse craft for table use, with step by step folding and pasting to form a dual rocker reinforced by heavy paper. It includes a color diagram activity and a list of ten word riddles, plus a pool stake-splitting puzzle.
A puzzle asks to measure exactly half a glassful when one tumbler is four fifths full and the other is empty. Using only the two glasses without pouring away water or adding any, devise a simple method to obtain precisely half a glass of water. The garbled text includes unrelated marks and potential stray references.
Railroad police confront a deadly scene in compartment 13 after a gunshot. A crumpled note, claimed as a puzzle, is found. one officer decodes it as a crossword idea with out squares revealing a hidden message. The victim’s statement to never be taken alive frames the mystery.
A group of four men Black White Brown Green and their wives Winifred Barbara Grace Blanche start with $40. Wives spend Blanche $1, Winifred twice Blanche, Barbara 50 percent more than Winifred, Grace $1 more than Barbara. Husbands spend Black equal to his wife, White twice his wife, Brown triple his wife, Green double his wife. After expenses, money is shared equally. A separate note says James has $40 more to buy 20 acres or $80 less for 10 acres. Determine James’s money and acre value.
An OCR fragment describes Gogo Moonbeam discovering his atomic powered rocket fuel gauge nearly empty. He must rush through ship chambers to reach the motor, with path tracing restricted. The narrative also flirts with a clock question and various puzzle lines, ending in garbled text.
A cartooning lesson shows how to draw a plump pig in four steps starting with two circles. Add lines in each step, erase guides, then finish by drawing free hand. Tracing paper helps beginners before attempting the final figure.
A continuing list highlights Clark Kinnaird’s selection from The Naked Truth and Personal Vision, with 106 works including 18 in color. plus The Microphone and You by Alice Keith offering radio and TV announcer guidance. and The Complete Italian Cookbook by Rose L. Sorce covering antipasto to sabaglione across 800 recipes.
A vintage puzzle page presents a word and number matching challenge with a dice score question. It asks to cross out correct digits for clues such as a witching hour and a record speed, and asks how many different scores are possible in six throws of two dice.
Puzzle describes a dotograph connecting 19 points and an age problem. Ralph is currently two and one third times Mary’s age. Next year Ralph will be one and four ninths Mary’s age. Solve: let Mary's age be M and Ralph's be R. R = 7/3 M. Next year R+1 = 13/9 M+1. Solve: 7/3 M +1 = 13/9 M +1. Subtract 1 both sides: 7/3 M = 13/9 M. Multiply by 9: 21 M = 13 M. So M = 0. Then R = 0. Ages both zero. The puzzle text also includes unclear fragments about confinement and dotograph, but no coherent factual event or persons to report.
A dense word puzzle list matching biblical references to clues across numbers 1 to 70. It includes names, objects, and terms like Roman road, celestial being, Hebrew month, and various biblical figures, with scattered stray letters and odd phrasing.
White lines up a swift coup as Lack’s superior forces loom. The note sketches a four move plan for White to force a win, outlining progression up the board with decisive exchanges and tempo. Strong entities appear to be White and Black forces, but the fragmentary text limits precise piece coordinates.
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