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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1914
Page
10
First prize is 350 dollars in gold for accurately counting all circles in the diagram. Every circle is complete and intersects or touches others. No partials or deceptions exist. Prizes go to the exact count or the nearest correct solution. accuracy and patience determine the best solvers.
The contest welcomes men women and youths. A subscription payment of 50 cents to 5 dollars qualifies a contestant to submit a puzzle solution. Any number of solutions may be sent with each paid amount, but no single submission may exceed five dollars. Subscriptions and solutions may be sent by check money order registered mail or two cent stamps. Prizes scale with payment amount and subscribers may renew continuously. The manager may reject any solution and will return funds if the submission appears produced by someone other than the named entrant.
A terse note asks to cut out a blank smoothly around the border and send it with the solution and money. It requests plain language and direct handling of the payment alongside the item.
The notice outlines how ties for first prize will be resolved with remaining puzzles, eligibility, and procedures. It specifies extra puzzles, non split prizes, timelines, submission rules, and puzzle manager authority to decide disputes, with all papers preserved for verification.
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