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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1912
Page
12
Classified line items list multiple prices for winter suits and overcoats. Entries show $2500, $5000, $420, $60, $3750, $4500, $3550, $4000, $3125, $3500, and $2550 alongside brief product descriptions for winter wear.
Real estate transfer notices list multiple parcels and owners including Bergan Taggart Stevens and Atherton Corile Werte. Transfers cover blocks and avenues in areas named Twelfth Street Southeast and Trent Northeast with properties totaling various square footage and prices.
A large meeting at the New Willard, marking Hamilton's birth anniversary, pressed Congress to fund two statues of Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson. Speakers, including Justice Oredel and Rep. Metall, urged the project and warned against horse-mounted figures, aiming for dignified portrayals in the memorial site.
The puzzle asks to count the number of links in a chain where each link is a complete circle. Links intersect or touch others. The text promises prizes for the nearest correct count and emphasizes accuracy and patience as key traits to win.
Readers may subscribe for Daily and Sunday editions at 70 cents per month or 60 cents for Daily and Sunday combined. Pay for a year to submit twelve solutions, with dividends on prize wins from five to twenty five times the paid amount. Dividends apply pro rata for multiple solutions and months, with rules on repeats and payment methods.
In case of a tie a second puzzle will be presented for tied solvers only. If ties persist a third puzzle increases complexity under the same terms. Prizes are shared if unavoidable. only one puzzle remains if no ties occur. The process aims to award prizes without cash division.
Readers receiving the paper via an agent must request the agent to notify The Post of a new address. If the change is not made, the paper may not be billed credit for the interim period.
The notice outlines multiple prize levels with values and formulas based on subscription payments to The Post. It details Second through Thirty sixth prize structures, including cash, jewelry, and tailor made suits, all tied to the amount of subscriptions purchased by winners.
A cryptic instruction describes that time solutions are irrelevant to judging. The final correct answer holds the same weight as the first, while the initial answer stands as if it were last. The elusive pugvk challenges solvers to begin counting immediately and resend if a mistake is found, noting there is no limit to distinct registered solutions.
Contest entries without subscription payment will not be registered. The contest manager bears no responsibility for money sent after entries have been forwarded or in separate envelopes. Participants entering the contest must meet the manager’s rating requirement.
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