Puzzler 300 Numerical Enigma From Much Ado About Nothing
The puzzle presents a fifty eight letter quotation from Much Ado About Nothing and decodes several letter-number riddles. It lists multiple clues like 38-23-50 and 31-51-36 as words with definitions such as snare study mark man finger and to take food by violence. The block ends with a poetic instruction about shunning a stone seeking brilliant sights and sounds and a friend’s action when intent is wrong and a scarce group to the fifth.
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St. Nicholas
Fragmentary Memory Verse Scene From Odd Dialogue
A string of disjointed lines mentions a picnic melon a tear and a sigh with odd phrases like German silver and Blanche with a bag of nuts and raisins The text hints at a scattered scene with vague actions and questions about selectivity and authors in a pretty place suggesting a diary like excerpt or script fragment.
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Blanche
Asprin
The Missing Letter Riddles in a Quiet Printing House
In a late night composing room a mischievous idea to “set up” words leads to a puzzle as a stubborn letter is omitted. The remaining words shift positions revealing alternate meanings for twelve pairs such as vibrate bird part and brush lament and other double definitions.
Drum Riddle Says It Rules Lads And Maids With Thunder
A riddle presents a drum as the answer. Two heads are described and when its voice travels like thunder, the crowd watches in suspense. It is obeyed promptly, and the master bangs it left and right, with the drum obliged to follow the drummer's motions.
Resemblances A Game Described for players and clues
A game called Resemblances asks a thought holder to suggest an object and has players guess what it resembles. The questioner explains the object and each guess is followed by remarks on how the guess resembles the object.
Puzzle page snippets and a carrying puzzle solution
The page lists several puzzle titles with brief captions such as A Queer Report and A Number Puzzle. It ends with a Car rying Puzzle explanation detailing a lever problem where a donkey and a boy balance a pole, giving measurements like twenty seven and three elevenths inches and other fractions.
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Thomas Cat
Spain
Cunningham Sister Visit Spreads North to West Point
Mrs J Cunningham left yesterday morning for West Point Iowa to visit her sister Mrs Arnett. She traveled from the area to spend time with family and will return soon.
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M. J. Sproull
Des Moines
Mrs. Skinner
Mrs. J. ©. Cunningham
West Point
Iowa
Mrs. Arnett
Mrs Remps Hampsher Visits Sister in Ainsworth
Mrs Remps Hampsher traveled to Ainsworth yesterday morning to spend the day with her sister Mrs Max Keller.
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Mrs. Remps Hampsher
Ainsworth
Max Keller
Burris Arrives From Duluth for Family Visit
A. T. Burris arrived yesterday from Duluth Minnesota for a visit at the home of his parents Mr. and Mrs. Alf Burris.
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A. T. Burris
Duluth, Minn
Alf Burris
Burlington man visits daughter and returns home
Hr A Brown of Burlington spent Monday at the home of his daughter Mrs Marsh W Bailey and returned to his home yesterday morning.
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Hr. A. Brown
Burlington
Daugher
Marsh W. Bailey
Davenport Woman Changes Cars En Route Home
Miss Estelle Carden of Davenport changed cars here last evening while returning from a visit at the William Carden home in Winfield.
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Estelle Carden
Davenport
William Carden
Winfield
Local visits and travel plans noted in brief
Mrs. G W England traveled to Harvey to visit friends and relatives. Mrs Wood and Mrs J F Kolkman left for Oskaloosa for a brief visit. Wayne Critz went to Rock Rapids Iowa to lead a bakery. J J Weldin visited Wapello to see son C D Weildin and family. Frey’s Studio advertises new photo styles. Mrs Fred Martin and Mrs Mart McDowell visited Mrs A L Dusenberry. Cohn and Share buy hides furs and junk, phone 387 Washington House. Miss Mary Brockway returned to Ainsworth after visiting Mrs Smeltzer.
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Wood
J. F. Kolkman
Oskaloosa
Wayne Critz
Rock Rapids
Iowa
J. J. Weldin
Wapello
C. D. Weildin
Frey
Fred Martin
Hedrick
Mart McDowell
Keota
A. L. Dusenbherry
Cohn & Share
Washington House
Rexall Orderlies Offer Gentle Constipation Remedy
A doctor notes most illness links to inactive bowels and liver, warning against harsh laxatives. Rexall Orderlies are claimed to safely restore bowel function without purging or side effects, with a money back guarantee. Available from Cook & Sherman, 36 tablets for 25c or 12 tablets for 10c.
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Rexall
Price
Cook & Sherman
Immigration Hope As Steamship Lines Invite Laborers Back
Steamship agents and emigration bodies push for renewed immigration to the United States citing increased industrial activity. They instruct abroad offices to tell aliens who prepaid their passage that conditions warrant returning, with a cautious outlook on immediate growth and possible gains from Pennsylvania and Midwest plant needs.
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New York
Europe
United States
Planta
Pennsylvania
Middle West
Postmaster General Removes Seattle Official
The Postmaster General announced the president will remove George M. Stewart, Seattle postmaster, following an investigation into charges that he solicited campaign contributions. The Post Office records show Seattle service has been unsatisfactory.
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Washington
George M. Stewart
Seattle
Post Office Department
Last Public Penance in English Churches Record
The article recounts the decline of open public confessions with a white sheet for penance. It notes Hartree’s 1882 public penance at All Saints East Clevedon as the last openly documented case, with earlier instances in St Bridget’s Chester 1851 and other sites in Essex and Ditton Cambridge in the 1840s and 1850s.
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Hartree
Church of All Saints
East Clevedon
St. Bridget’s Church
Chester
Essex
Ditton Church
Cambridge
How to Wash Velveteen
To wash velveteen use luke warm soapy lather and wash as with flannel. Remove water by pressure not twisting to avoid shading. Shake dry and hang in front of heat to raise the pile, then iron the wrong side over a thick blanket.
Surf Birds Return to Alaska for Breeding
The article notes that surf birds of the Hawaiian Islands migrate about 4,000 miles to the tundras of Alaska each year to rear their young, a remarkable annual journey shared by turnstones, black bellied plovers, and Pacific golden plovers.
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Hawaiian Islands
Pacific
Alaska
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Permiss
Henri W Savage
der. Teufel
Franz Molnar
Ouver. Herford
R. H. Clyde
Arthur Yard
Neal
Crawfordsville
Frey's
J. B. Crooks
Mrs. Hossam
Doctor Holson
Farina
Mrs. Rickey
Mrs. R. S. Cook
G. W. England
Harvey
Mary Brockway
Graham Opera House
Dorothy Dix
New York Journal
Mr. Edwin Forsberg
Pedrick’s
Great
Poland
China
Missouri
Nebraska
Minnesota
Kansas City
Casey's
Charles Brown and
Teeter & Lathrop
Jake Lemley
Jake Lemey
Mayhew Forry
M,w
Sarah J. Hoskins
Cary
Cardui
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