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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1949
Page
4
A humor filled page quizzes readers on sitting related trivia from sports to medicine and history. It features a long list of questions about sitting in sports, presidents, notable figures, and terms, plus a reader letter challenging a single answer solution to a seating puzzle.
A wordplay riddle hints at value and speech while guiding a chicken through a maze. Start at the maze bottom and find a pencil path that leads the chicken back to its barn without retracing steps. Use precise wording to reveal the solution.
A medieval baron funded peaceful work by soldiers to build bridges and roads, birthing civil engineering. The Panama Canal stands as a landmark achievement of Army engineers, not a straight cut but a lake created by dams and navigated by locks, running north-south with its Atlantic end west of the Pacific terminus.
A cryptic riddle-like prompt appears to pose a question about climbing from a tree without having climbed in. The garbled text includes stray numbers and phrases, making a clear factual report impossible.
Aye proposes a money gamble with Bee to reveal their cash, claiming the winner will give all to the other. Bee agrees noting he has X collars now and his gain would exceed X if he wins, prompting questions about true advantage. The text shifts to unreadable garble thereafter.
A jumble of puzzle text blends trivia about Princess Elizabeth, mystery headgear names, and a Sherlock Holmes style hat clue. It mentions fill-in words like helmet and lists various hat types, plus scattered history references and garbled dialogue.
A discussion criticizes puzzle origins and credit practices in the field. It notes widespread anonymous roots and misnaming as puzzles are commercialized. The piece cites examples and mentions contributions by Wynne, Shulman, and others over a decade.
A chaotic quiz prompts readers with Bible trivia and wordplay across multiple lines. Clues include book numbers prophecies and place names, demanding memory of verses, associations, and spellings from the New and Old Testaments.
An old column demonstrates a party trick using a handkerchief rolled into a rope and linked to a string tied to a bystander’s wrists. A reader is invited to figure out the hidden method without untying any knot, with additional snippets of text and puzzle prompts interspersed.
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