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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1914
Page
8
The notice offers 350 in gold for accurately counting all circles in a diagram. Every circle is complete and intersects or touches others with no deceptive parts. If no exact count emerges, prizes go to the nearest correct solution. Joe, noted for accuracy and patience, is highlighted as best suited to solve the puzzle.
The contest is open to all ages. A subscription payment of 50c to 5.00 lets a contestant submit a solution. Each solution requires an additional payment up to 5.00. Submissions with cash, checks, money orders, or stamps may be used to apply toward a continuous subscription. The manager may reject any solution and refund payments if the answer is not by the submitter.
A terse instruction asks to cut out a blank area around the border and send it with the solution and payment. The message emphasizes plain writing and inclusion with the submission.
Twelfth prize awarded as $10 worth of merchandise from any store advertising in The Item plus three times the subscription payment made by the winner.
The article explains tie breaking in a puzzle contest. Prizes stay with tied contestants and additional solvable puzzles decide ties. Six days are given for tied solutions. If none are correct, nearest correct solutions win. Prizes are not divided. Where no ties exist, one puzzle only. Contest rules include submission and interpretation by the manager.
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