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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1954
Page
4
Instructions describe making a roll your own waste paper basket from 14 inch plywood base cardboard and various coverings. Steps outline cutting the base, attaching cardboard layers, sealing seams with tape or adhesive, and adding outer coverings and stiffening strips for rigidity.
The text describes a cryptic arithmetical riddle about ideal body proportions for a model. It states the waist is twice the neck diameter, the neck, twice the wrist, and one and a half around the wrist, plus the ankle. with a waist of 24 inches the task is to find the ankle size.
A playful mix of a maze like fishing route and word puzzle. It asks how long Joe takes to reach a spot by tracing a pencil path from a parked location to a fish hole while avoiding lines. It also poses a riddle about the letter separating Spain from Africa and a five vowel word with four consecutive vowels.
A quirky Halloween prank idea describes a blindfolded marshmallow bite in water but with flour as the substitute pan for a surprise. It poses questions about nursery rhymes and odd-number answers. The piece also hints at party etiquette and old clothes gatherings.
A home project details making a Pan pipes style instrument from cardboard and eight straws, with color keying and a simple math puzzle about distributing matches between two hands. The color key uses Y BR B V G O. The riddle asks how many matches are in each hand given right hand has 6 more and twice right equals four times left plus four.
A dense crossword style quiz lists biblical references and clues across horizontal and vertical entries. It mixes scripture citations with wordplay on names places and common terms challenging solvers.
A garbled text presents a puzzle about reading patterns and abstractions. It mentions doodling, diagram parts, and a riddle about distributing an amount between two people where one has ten times the other, suggesting a numeric paradox or bias puzzle.
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