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Newspaper
Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 18, 1962
Page
2
A party stunt explains using a shallow soapy dish a coin dropped date up from view. The performer presses a glass tumbler over the coin and claims to read the date through the glass bottom without touching the coin or removing it.
A Christmas puzzle recounts two playful bets with Santa and a gift problem. The gift puzzle states a pen and pencil set costs ten dollars total, the pencil costs two dollars more than the pen refills, and the pen costs three times as much as the pencil and refills combined. Determine individual item costs.
A fragment describes a planning diagram for a figure restoration on Christmas Day. It invites sketching a sequence from dot 1 to successive points, with parallel dots implying a single dot may serve two numbers if the subject is guessed in advance.
A playful puzzle uses four colors to complete Christmas themed statements. Readers fill blanks to restore sense as hints mix with holiday cheer. The garbled lines hint at shopping, parking, time, and post holiday plans, inviting puzzle fans to decode.
A compact puzzle feature listing Christmas themed clues and wordplay across many lines. It includes references to Santa, reindeer, gifts, and holiday tasks with a diagram about removing toothpicks to form two squares.
Inspector Boyle learns of a fatal Christmas accident as Harry Famish dies from a gunshot after a costume reveal. Doris Barnes and Mr. Famish are detained while the case unfolds. A garbled insertion of random letters and questions about carols follows, adding confusion to the page.
A mother uses a helium filled balloon to track Junior in a crowded department store. She can locate his position indirectly and wonders how quickly the tracking method could be translated from mother to son using a diagram.
A coded note arrives in Santa's hands the night before Christmas. Read the diagram in a mirror to decode Santa's reply. The message includes a garbled string and mixed characters requiring rearrangement to reveal the sender and content. The source presents the puzzle as a seasonal device with encoded greetings.
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