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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1948
Page
8
A collection of pun filled trivia and crossword style clues. It lists numbered wordplay prompts about historical figures places and common phrases with themed WELL hints and a poetry line. The puzzle asks for fill in based on phonetic and semantic twists.
A maze puzzle asks to start at the bottom and choose a single path to lead the Little Last Bear home without retracing lines. Beginning at the top is considered cheating and invalid.
Readers are invited to find ten drawing mistakes or historical inaccuracies in a Bagdad themed scene inspired by Haroun al Rashid. The exercise tests perception of Caliphate era details and contrasts with modern misplacements and unrelated elements.
The item describes a four way optical illusion that changes appearance when viewed upside down or from different angles. Viewers are invited to gaze briefly to see puzzling aspects emerge from each orientation. The text suggests rotating the image to reveal alternate perceptions.
An old how to card explains a stage deception where six discs are placed on a knife blade and hidden from view while removed one by one. The reveal shows all six discs again by turning the knife, masking the true single-disc removals and exploiting perspective.
A brief instruction style puzzle item presents examples of creating a new word by combining letters from a given word with an added letter. It prompts solving several unsolved instances using the same rule.
A party game called Reverse Orders has players perform the exact opposite of given commands to avoid elimination. Instructions suggest prepare long lists of simple directives and reading them aloud, with improvisation for humor. The text also describes practicing piano by following figure keys and playing Old Folks at Home, then hints at learning an accordion keyboard similarly.
A knot tying trick shows a cord about 18 inches long placed along a table edge. Two bystanders each hold one end and must knot the cord without letting go. The sleight is demonstrated on camera with a caption mentioning Sare em Burmersen and a cryptic note.
A garbled list of Bible questions and related clues from various books. It references figures like David, Joab, Absalom, and Job, plus hints about kings, cities, and doctrinal phrases, in a jumbled, quiz-style format.
Puzzle style item listing tongue twisters Bible quotes and word clues. Includes questions on groundhogs ground grinding paths age phrases and multiple incomplete entries across topics. Contains references to scripture numbers and scattered language hints.
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