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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1909
Page
4
A word puzzle from The Land of Puzzledom presents steps: subtract a letter from a carpenter tool to form a base, add two letters to reveal a heavenly object, remove head and tail to yield a path. The riddle parts describe three fragments: first expresses wonder, second can denote self in some cases, third grants permission yet hinders. The whole clue leads to a phrase meaning an eggcellent fry.
A word puzzle shows a chart where twelve fruit names can be formed by moving in any direction. Letters may be reused, but no steps can be skipped, offering a flexible path to spell each fruit.
The musical comedy Papa's Boy with thirteen musical numbers offers laughs and music from start to finish. Catchy songs up to date dancing and genuine comedy entertain, with refined, non suggestive content. Prices 25 35 50.
Miss Dorothy Miller and Max Miller of the University of Chicago will arrive home Thursday night to spend the Christmas holidays. M. B. Jones returned this morning to his home in Wyman after visiting his mother Mrs. Miriam Jones.
A dialogue reveals a scheme to intoxicate a man for profit as one speaker asks for alcohol for commercial purposes and the other agrees to sell him a horse while drunk. The terse exchange hints at criminal intent and potential fraud.
Alice Paul, American suffragist and University of Pennsylvania alumna, was released from Holloway Prison after thirty days hard labor for suffrage protests. She alleges forcible feeding by wardresses and doctors, with restraints and a nasal tube used to compel eating.
An August 1890 incident recounted by Henry W. Fischer tells how King Leopold of Belgium, seeking a hot bath after daily routines, triggered a guffawing fiasco. A bath with heat control led to a chaotic scene as guards and staff burst in to find him dancing and shouting in a mix of languages. He did not ride to the parade next morning, watching from his window.
The Wisconsin Society of New York plans a permanent Carl Schurz memorial near Watertown Wisconsin. Henry C. Davis and H L Horton led talks, with Davis to form a financing committee. The site can be bought for about 3500 dollars, with relics and speeches to be preserved in the historic house. Carl Schurz Jr. was named an honorary member.
A set of wordplay clues asks to add letters, transpose, and form new words: weight plus six yields a type of obligation. fruit plus p yields a daily publication. base plus one yields a state. strike plus p yields a plant part. skin plus p yields a number next to three. talk plus addy yields a vessel at sea.
A baked riddle asks to take one seventh of a cabbage two ninths of an artichoke one sixth of a radish one fifth of an onion and one sixth of a tomato. Arrange carefully and another vegetable will be produced.
A scanned page presents a sequence of puzzles and word games. Entries include Enigma No 494, Cities Rebus No 495, Diamond No 496, Concealed Abodes, Trumpet and Drum, and Word Building No 481. Also listed are Charades of Countries and a Talking Baby Puzzle.
A fragment lists puzzles and wordplay items such as Goo goo goo phrases and beheadings clues. It references numbers 484 to 488 with titles like Numerical Emigna and Pictured Word and ends with a faded Pyramid Puzzle line Remem ber me.
A Chicago heiress Ada Tilt Otis, widow of Thomas Otis, commits suicide eight months after divorce. She left a note to a young millionaire saying the game of life is not worth the candle. The piece laments her wealth but spiritual poverty and urges service over selfishness.
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