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TO BE WON IN THIS GREAT
ALASKAGRAM
CONTEST
NO ESSAYS NO SLOGANS NO LETTERS
No special talent is required in this new, fascinating Alaskagram
Contest. You and only you will determine your standing based on
your own individual effort. You don’t need any special knowledge.
Alaskagrams is a game of skill in which any Alaskan can take part.
There is nothing difficult to understand, nothing complicated about
Alaskagrams. Luck and guesswork play no part.
Alaskagrams will appear in each issue of The Nugget. If you should
miss any of the puzzles they are avaliable at the Nugget office.
Wherever you live in the Territory—in a town or in a
remote settlement—your chance to win is as good as any Alas
kan's. There is nothing "tricky" that will eliminate you. and
your Alaskagram answers need not be fancy nor flowery, as
neatness and decorations of answers do not count. Your ans
wers will be accepted if ihey can be read—just print them
legibly in capital letters. You do not have to write any essays,
letters, or slogans—just unscramble the puzzles correctly.
SEE HOW SIMPLE IT IS!
SAMPLE ALASKAGRAM
CLUE: No Mexicans in this Bering
Sea coast town since Stampede
days when the beach yielded fortunes
in gold.
No iVIex Nome -- X
(Place) (Extra Letter)
MONEY PRIZES for ALASKANS
First Prize - SI.000.00
Second Prize - - - 8500.00
Third Prize - - - - 8250.00
Fourth Prize - - - 8100.00
F;fth, Sixth and
Seventh Prizes - - 850.00
TOTAL PRIZES - - 82.000.00
WHAT YOU DO TO WIN
Here’s how you take part in this big opportunity! Every issue this newspaper will
publish Alaskagrams in consecutive order, six each week for 12 weeks—a total of
72 Alaskagrams.
Each Alaskagram is a group of scrambled letters which form meaningless words
or a nonsensical phrase. After an Alaskagram is unscrambled the letters form the
name of a place in Alaska: however, there is one superfluous letter which is not
needed to form the word.
All you do is re-arrange the letters to lorm a single word which is the name of a
place in Alaska, and you also show which is the extra letter. For example, the phrase
"For a change" when it is unscrambled equals •‘ANCHORAGE” plus the extra letter F.
Just remember that all place-names consist of only one word—and remember to
show the extra letter. There is only one correct answer to each Alaskagram.
SUBMIT ANSWERS IN WEEKLY SETS OF (i
Your Alaskagram answers should be mailed to Anchorage in units of six. When
ever a group of six Alaskagrams have been published, this newspaper will print an
Alaskagram Answer Blank. You will send all six Alaskagrams for that week and also
the weekly Alaskagram Answer Blank. And to be eligible for a prize each weekly set
of six Alaskagrams must be accompanied by a quarter '25c in coin*.
In return for your remittance, after you complete 10 weeks of the contest, you will
receive a copy of the 112-page Mn=ka Almanac which critics label the best modern
reference on Alaska and which will be used as the official authority for spelling and
definitions in this contest.
NEATNESS DOES NOT COUNT
You don’t have to decorate your entries. Just be sure your answers can be read
easily. Nor will you have to write any letters, or slogans or essays. You must under
stand that hundreds of Alaskans are competing in this Alaskagram Contest and it is
possible persons may be tied for prizes. In that case, there will be tie-breaking puzzles
to solve, as provided for in the Official Rules which will be sent to you immediately on
receipt of your first six solutions.
START NOW
This is your big opportunity, your chance to win as much as $1,000.00 cold cash. If
you reside in Alaska any time between January 1, 1950 and February 15, 1950, or if
you are a member of the Armed Forces stationed in Alaska during any part of that
period, you can make that $1,000.00 cash prize YOUR goal.
Just be sure you get every issue of the Nome Nugget so that you can keep up in
this fascinating game. Leading newspapers throughout the Territory are featuring
Alaskagrams. All 72 of your completed solutions and your Answer Blanks must be
taken from the same Alaska newspaper.
HERE ARE THE FIRST FOUR ALASKAORAMS
ALASKAGRAM No. I
CLUE: “Eau” is “water” in French and they have
plenty of it in the Capital City in June and
July, too.
Eau June —.—.
(Place) (Extra Letter)
Your Name.
0
P. O. Box.Town.
SAVE THIS PUZZLE AND SUBMIT IT WITH THE
WEEKLY SET OF ALASKAGRAMS 1 TO 6
ALASKAGRAM No. 2
CLUE: First City mothers sometimes complain
about the price of fish in the “Salmon Capi
tal of the World.’’
Then kick, Ma -- .-|-.
(Place) (Extra Letter)
\
Your Name...
P. O. Box.Town.
SAVE THIS PUZZLE AND SUBMIT IT WITH THE
WEEKLY SET OF ALASKAGRAMS 1 TO 6
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EASY
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EXCITING
ENTERTAINING
ALASKAGRAM No. .J
CLUE: Real mental ability is needed to successfully
mine creeks in the ‘‘Golden Heart,’* hub of
summer activity.
Fake brains .- -.
(Place' (Extra Letter)
Your Name.
P. 0. Box.Town.
SAVE THIS PUZZLE AND SUBMIT IT WITH THE
WEEKLY SET OF ALASKAGRAMS 1 TO 6
ALASKAGRAM No. 1
CLUE: Named for the American most important in
Alaska’s purchase, the “Gateway City" is a
railroad terminus.
War desk ..
'Place) 'Extra Letter)
Your Name.
P. O. Box.Town.
SAVE THIS PUZZLE AND SUBMIT IT WITH THE
WEEKLY SET OF ALASKAGRAMS 1 TO 6