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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1955
Page
2
Puzzle prompt asks to insert digits into blanks for a crostword style grid with many numeric clues and wordplay. It mixes riddles about dates, Roman numerals, and arithmetic, referencing Leap Day birthdays and historical phrases, ending with a garbled summary tag.
The puzzle asks to read clock faces reversed in a mirror and convert them to actual times to the nearest minute. It presents a substitution cryptogram with an initial teaser about limerickograms and solving steps by guessing opening words. The text blends puzzle instructions with a coded question about mirrored times.
A word puzzle presents a visual nose count within a night drawing and defines a nose as a facial feature only when part of a face appears. It then shifts to a family-relations riddle: the smallest group among which father mother son daughter brother sister cousin nephew niece uncle aunt could exist, excluding step-relatives and in-laws.
A playful prompt invites drawing a continuous line from dot 1 to dot 15 to reveal a hidden picture then coloring. It asks a math riddle about taking half and leaving nothing and includes a scrambled cipher line Tequne wolg zeny for solving practice.
A reader asks if a fish under three inches must be released when hooked and whether a two inch thirty two and a half inch fish counts. The note appears to discuss catch and release rules for a specific species and asks if the fish length affects keeping or releasing.
An old party icebreaker game aims to mix guests with quick introductions. Guests label slips Brown Blue and Other, fill spaces with names of color-eyed people, then race to cross out three in a row for a prize.
Pedro must choose one of seven paths to reach a friend’s house for a masquerade party. He lacks memory of the route and needs a correct first attempt. The device presents a logic puzzle about selecting the right path under time pressure.
A catalog-like note reviews several hobby and domestic guides. It mentions Clark Kinnaird on parliamentary procedure, Henry A. Davidson and Roberts' Rules alternatives, a milk topics book by W L Tewalt, and a guide on edible mushrooms by W K Charles. The text imitates a 20th century catalog with prices and publishers.
A con artist explains two seemingly impossible bets. First, place three coins in a row and have a spectator pick the pair farthest apart. the outer coins are always the farthest, though most pick the middle pair. Second, claim you can push a quarter through a wedding ring by aligning them and sliding the coin with a finger.
A fragment describes a word tester puzzle with a skeleton form and a trial and error method to fill spaces. It explains inserting letters across vertical rows and forming small words in horizontal rows, with repeated gibberish letter groups as scrambled clues. The text preserves the puzzle tone and hints at completing missing letters to reveal short words.
A quirky old style quiz lists biblical references and scattered clues across old text. It pairs questions about Old and New Testament books with unrelated items, names, and odd phrases, creating a dense, puzzle-like card that mixes scripture, geography, and wordplay.
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