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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1954
Page
2
A description combines a crayon drawer craft to fashion a cradle from a basket and wood rockers with instructions for a post office style parlor game called letter. Teams split by color letters, form given words, and score points for speed and accuracy.
MacTavish rides Ocean Drive bus, fare up ten cents. After a scuffle, the driver hurls him and his bag from the bus and then the suitcase lands in the surf. The taunting line in cryptogram hints at a hidden plain text punch line awaiting decoding.
A fragmented puzzle item asks readers to spot 17 errors in a picture drawn by an artist. The text toys with coded strings and nonsensical lines, inviting a contest to find the fastest way to end the errors if an opponent is available.
Players place small wooden match boxes on the back of the hand and face each other. Only the resting hand may strike, while feet stay planted and body movement is allowed. The goal is to cause the opponent’s matchbox to fail first through legal maneuvers.
A playful maze puzzle describes a mountain goat aiming for a distant destination at the top of a circle. It notes the route is circuitous and torturous through the hills, with the goat knowing the path. Readers are instructed to start at the small arrow in the lower left and avoid crossing lines or retracing steps.
Coroner Lewing studies Caroline Checkert’s body found on the living room couch. The sheriff notes the stepmother story about a horse accident is flawed, hinting at foul play. A list of scrambled lines hints at a feature puzzle about states and a missing alphabet letter.
A homemade color machine for the whole family explains building two wooden wheels with grooves and spools, a crank base, and color discs cut from cardboard. Children design patterns and crank to reveal kaleidoscopic color effects while a family contest decides the most interesting design.
A brain teaser presents twelve motorcycle tires numbered 1 to 12 arranged in a row. The rule: when picking a tire, lift it over exactly three others to place it atop a target tire. The example starts by moving tire 7 to sit on tire 11 after passing over tires 8, 9, and 10. The challenge is to complete four piles following this constraint.
A fragmented puzzle list mixes biblical references with clues such as to whom Joshua gave Hebron and the 20th New Testament book, plus terms like dawn twilight and ancient place names. The garbled fill includes several book and place references, asking for terms like plant juice and sea eagle.
White moves first and edges Black in five moves despite Black having two kings. The fragment mentions a chess puzzle solution with scrambled text and a crossword puzzle solution hint.
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