Riddle Mania: Reader Submissions From Across America
Riddle fans contribute a batch of wordplay and brain teasers with名 entry numbers 261 to 270. Names include Stanley Engle of Ohio Carolyn Norma Cannon of Tennessee Anna Untiect of Minnesota Violette Steinert of Wisconsin Bernice Moore of Indiana Wilford Rosenblum of Utah Josephine Jamlin of New Jersey Bernice Mason of California F. W. Schick of Kansas Mathew Kostle of Iowa. The column invites readers to solve playful questions about everyday objects and witty comparisons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Engle
Hamilon
Ohio
Carolyn Norma Cannon
McKenzie
Tennessee
Anna Untiect
Kanaranzi
Minnesota
Violette Steinert
Marshfield
Wisconsin
Bernice Moore
Indianapolis
Indiana
Wilford Rosenblum
Salt Lake City
Utah
Josephine Jamlin
Harrison
New Jersey
Bernice Mason
San Diego
California
F. W. Schick
Marion
Kansas
Mathew Kostle
Dubuque
Iowa
Riddle Request Sparks Reader Submissions for Page
A call invites readers to send original riddles for the page with attribution. The notice encourages participation by promising publication and credit, framing the request as an opportunity to showcase creativity in a local paper.
My Pet editor fans smart readers pets this week
Readers send in tales of Pal the dog who acts as an alarm clock and playful doll companion from Ohio Frances Lucile Ebersall. Nelia Hanes in North Carolina reports two gray squirrels that drink milk from a spoon and hide in pockets. Russell Heimendinger of South Dakota describes Flossy the Shetland pony that can lie down roll and shake hooves. quirky panels close with jokes and a prompt for more pet letters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pal
Frances Lucile Ebersall
Spring Geld
Ohio
Frances
Daddy
Dad
Nelia Hanes
Rush
North Carolina
Nelia
Russell Heimendinger
Brookings
South Dakota
Flossy
Russell
Bitter Candy Rivalry Ends in Tragic Meltdown
Short story about Peter Peanut and Percy Popcorn living in a glass shelf in front of a candy store. Their feud with Beatrice Chocolate Bar fuels jealousy and eventual deadly fight. Beatrice mourns as both cubbies are ruined and the candy shopkeeper laments the heat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Peanut
Percy Papcorn
Peter
Percy
Perey
Rna
Striee
Beatrice
Percy Popcorn
Peanut
Posers and Answers Sparks Mental Workout
Answers to Posers show a quirky mix of facts and errors. William Cutten Bryant is listed as author. tureen is a large deep serving dish. The Ganges flows in India. The Woolworth Building was once the tallest in New York. An acre equals 43 560 square feet. Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love. The Battle of Waterloo ended Napoleon Bonaparte’s rule. Cornell University is in Ithaca, New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ganges River
New York
Aphrodite
Duke of Wellington
Napoleon
Cornell University
Wiliam Cutten Bryant
India
Woolworth
Batto of
Waterloo
Ithaca
Explorers Find Royal Tombs in Ohio Mound Complex
Ohio Historical and Archaeological Society researchers opened the great central Seip mound near Bainbridge and uncovered four skeletons believed to be a royal family. The tombs showed heavy timber mausoleums under cloth canopies, earth shoveled in by tribesmen to raise mounds thirty feet above the land. The burial chamber yielded the first cloth fragment ever seen in a North American mound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Historical and Archaeological’ Society
Great Central
Seip
Bainbridge
Ohio
North American
That's a Story in Five Parts Tearing Through The Theme
A fragment from a period piece notes a man describing a multi part tale in five segments. The line references a fresh or new element tearing at a subject, suggesting an evolving narrative approach. The phrasing hints at literary or dramatic device rather than a direct news event.
The Lesson Of A Flag
A short reflection on how combined colors of a flag symbolize national virtues. Red stands for courage white for purity and blue for devotion and faithfulness. Courage, purity, and devotion together shape a beautiful character, as the author WB. M. notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Cuckoo Clock Quip and Parsimonious Puns Across the Page
A string of light verse style gags and cartoons features Jasper challenging a jeweler over a clock, a moon distance joke, a math miscue from Eon, and street level wordplay about postage stamps and city hall. The items blend whimsical quips with local flavor and quirky dialogue.
Dill Pickles Balloon Mischance Sends Moonbound Trip Astray
A quirky scene unfolds as Dill Pickles rises in a balloon to slice the moon but forgets to secure the craft. He slips from the basket, drifts off into space above a green cheese sea, then uses a parachute to return to Earth, still soaring through darkness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dill
USA
Diu
Earth
The Earls of Sandwich and the Sandwich Origin
A historical note recounts how Edward Montagu, first Earl of Sandwich, popularized the meat between bread after playing cards and dice for long periods. A famed naval general and Cromwell ally, he reportedly ordered meals at the gaming table, birthing the sandwich as we know it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Montagu
Montagu
Oliver Cromwell
Lucky Bug and Noah’s Ark Parody Verse
A playful verse chain riffs on a firefly tail light fears and a kite made from fly paper. It ends with a lighthearted note comparing Noah’s voyage to modern troubles in a childlike voice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kite
Frogtown Frogs Begin Summer Camp Picture Series
Erwin Manheim, noted nature artist, presents twelve drawings depicting Frogtown inhabitants on their annual Summer camp. The first image shows the frogs pitching tents, with a new weekly adventure to follow through the season. Watch for them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Man Turtle
Frogtown
Erwin Manheim
The Evolution of the American Flag Through History
A compact overview tracing the flag’s growth from British origins and colonial banners to the 13 stripes and blue field with stars. It notes Washington’s preference for six points, Betsy Ross’s five-pointed star, and the 1777 adoption of the Star Spangled Banner with 13 stars and 13 stripes, up to later state additions and the 1926 flag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Great Britain
James I
White Cross
Scotland
St. George
America
New England
Washington
Cambridge
Massachussets
Betsy Ross
Congress
England
The Puzzlers at the Country Club Enjoy a Sunny Day
Bud and Joe serve as caddies at the Country Club and have a great time looking for balls all day in the sunshine. Bud enjoys swimming while Joe prefers the golf course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bud
Joe
Phrase puzzle hints for a golf like word game
A fragmented wordplay clue leads through several steps each changing one letter to form new words. The puzzle references country club sport, syllables, paddling equipment, and a paddle usage result, then an additional letter change yielding a new word in four moves.
Crossword Puzzle Center Feels Like a Baseball Diamond
A lighthearted note on a crossword puzzle’s center giving readers the sense of being on a baseball diamond. The playful image ties wordplay to sports geography, inviting readers to spot hidden baseball themed cues within the grid.
Undefined glossary fragment hints show scattered terms
A fragmented OCR item lists terms and partial phrases such as pronouns, congealed water, minerals, whirlpool, birds home and body of water. It appears as a miscellaneous dictionary-like extract with no coherent narrative or events to summarize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther
Noy
Hel
Pely
Answers to Tuzzles Golf Pictures Are Clues
The garbled prompt lists word fragments and numbers tied to a word puzzle set. It appears to mix sports terms like golf and tennis with scattered fragments, names, and digits, suggesting a misread OCR of a puzzle page.
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