The Barricaded Gate Concluded Next Week
George Wallace, a Judson Tube Co office boy, overhears mill workers plotting to blow up the Judson home and plant. He and Bob Judson race to reach the mill, extinguish a bomb, and help defend the plant as strikers surge toward the gate. The scene ends with the mob advancing, setting up a cliffhanger for next week.
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Bynopsig
George Wallace
Judson Tube Company
Mr. Judson
George
Judson
Bob
Egbert
Myr
Paul Lane
Anily
Mr Sullivan
Bob Judson
Emerald Avenue
Judson House
Rob
Answers to riddles and wordplay fragments
Riddles and wordplay items appear broken and garbled. The text hints at phrases like she is something to a one adore and notes about a sheriff and converting ade into a ruler, with partial words such as gnap and feary. The readable pieces form a fragmented puzzle tease rather than a coherent event or report.
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Feary
Balloon Adventure Makes Dill Pickle Sail Skyward
A playful tale features Dill Pickle sailing to the moon in a Galloon and losing his cheese laden balloon when he steps out. The balloon floats away as he imagines looking up to the sky pondering how it stays aloft.
Goofeyland Fourth July Picnic Draws Cast and Crew
Goofeyland studios stage a seashore Fourth of July picnic with stars like Thelma Kitty Phil Strongbred and Olga Blackbird enjoying boating swimming and ice cream. Bull Canine serves as beach cop while Oscar Buge entertains friends on a roller coaster ride.
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Goofeyland Studios
Goofey
Fred Neher
Gooseyland
Thelma Kitty
Phil Strongbred
Phil
Spider
Bull Canine
Olga Blackbird
Oscar Buge
Otto de Snake
My Pet Editor Seeks Reader Pet Tricks from Readers
A Pittsburgh reader Earl Tubbs reports a pet raccoon named Jack kept in a cellar cage and fed by hand. Homer Kibby of Garden City Kansas describes a fox terrier Jerry Jud who stands for jelly, and Pauline Hergfeld of Cutler Wisconsin shares a cat Tibby that can dress doll clothes and wheel a doll buggy.
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Earl Tubbs
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Earl
Jack
Jelry
Jerry Jud
Homer Kibby
Garden City
Kansas
Homer
Tibby
Pauline Hergfeld
Cutler, Wineis
Pauline
Ahene
Quiz of forgotten facts prompts quick recall
A compact set of historical and factual questions covers Luther, the cotton gin, Smoky City, Lincoln’s death, the largest Great Lake, the current US vice president, the largest state, and water’s freezing point.
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Martin Luther
Abraham Lincoln
Great Lakes
United States
Union
Riddles to keep you alive this week
Ten brain teasers from readers across North America present playful questions on wordplay and everyday objects. Names and locations accompany each item, offering a slice of local interest and humor.
Riddle submission request to the Riddle Editor
A reader is invited to send original riddles for publication to the newspaper and to include their own name for possible printing on the page. The notice asks readers to submit via the Riddle Editor and watch for results.
Stunts and a Sick Goat Riddle From Waverley Books
A quirky question asks what to do for a billy goat sick after getting a set of Waverley novels. A doctor suggests feeding him a copy of the Literary Digest as the humorous fix.
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Rim
Billy Goat
Joctor
Hungry Oarsman Fails At Frogtown Boat Race
The Frogtown camp saw a major boat race end badly when the favored crew led but an oarsman’s attempt to swat a pursuing fly caused him to spill the boat and lose the Swampland Pennant. Old Man Turtle notes the frogs’ greed and warns against mixing business with pleasure.
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Frogtown
Man Turtle
Quutch Youth and Editor Exchange Surprising Punchline
A quirky exchange unfolds with suggestions about a paper’s appeal and an office boy carrying them out. A brief item notes Dick Niche narrowly escaping drowning after a pillow and bed spread slip into a spring. The Biltmore waiter delivers a joke about soup, joking that it’s fourteen carrot.
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Qucht
Biltmore
Fractured Dialog Fragments From a Creaking Pageant of Patter
A garbled dialogue fragment shows a mother throwing plates at a father and a boy pondering measles in a Detroit News voice. A sanitary cup exchange and stray names appear, mixing quips with historical names and scattered place markers.
Fairyland Journey Nears End as Puzzlers Travel Skyward
By Cecille Lyon that lively column visits Fairyland where puzzlers converge for a whimsical flight on airy clouds. The narrator hints at meeting two odd Fairyland figures as the journey progresses toward its finale.
Enchanting as Contested in a Fairy Character Sentence
A riddle asks which North American city shares its name with a Fairyland, linking the fairy tale line where Mr Jewel greets his daughter to the clue of a city named after a magical realm in the far north.
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Jewel
North America
Windmills Word Squares Puzzle Center Square
Four word squares are linked by a three letter center square. The second word in the center is given. Use the numbered definitions to solve the puzzle, filling each square with valid cross words.
Wordplay Puzzle From OCR Fragment Sparks Curiosity
A fragment lists disparate clues and odd phrases such as seafood vertical space and bird's home. It asks readers to spot hidden characters in a garbled sentence, including “The announcement would impel few readers to volunteer.”
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Fairsland
Puzzling OCR Note on Answers and Hidden Words
The reader lists puzzle results with misread names and concealed words. It notes pobila and drrad as figures, wlich as hidden, and a sequence of items tied to numbers and clues such as crab bean post sean tant met IL tant 12 shot haver ovals nest Ella slam ream e. The diamond word is linked to symbols and nonsensical fragments like £ bak fatty tty F- 6 Imp-elf.
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Pobila
Drrad
Wlich
Bean
Post
Sean
Haver
Nest
Ella
Slam
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W. Boyce. Morgan
Goofey Movies
Ajol
Thers
Wilke
Lobay
Oe Novies
Obinson
Cquide Lifeis
Qooreylan
Goofeyland
Fred Asehes
Posers
Corrine Galdan
Nunda
South Dakota
Violette Steinert
Marshfield
Wisconsin
Marie Williams
Winifred
Mollie Rinaldo
Nashville
Tennessee
Neola Decker
Bedford
Indiana
Dala Thompson
Edmonton
Alberta
Canada
Fleanor Stevenson
Indianapolis
Evelyn Richardson
Juab
Utah
Ruth Iverson
Sioux Falls
Helen Christian
Dickson
S the
W. B
Fano
Geatuc
Dick Niche
Tommy
Thim
Dolan
Rafferty
The
Detroit News
Rastus
Answers
I Whitney
VuTsnurga
Lake Superior
Charles G. Dawes
Texas
Dar Etry Hs
By Cecille Lyon
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