Mail This Second Week’s Set of
ALASKAGRAMS
And
The Nome Nugget
Will Send You Back
Copies If You Need
Them To Enter!
SEE HOW SIMPLE IT IS!
SAMPLE ALASKAGRAM
CLUE: A family name prominent in Territorial his
tory is most closely identified with this i
Northwestern Alaska town.
Lomen = Nome -- L
(Place) (Extra Letter)
AI.ASKVCKUI No. 7
CLUE: Liquor is illegal on the Arctic coast hut the
Navy would like to get oiled near this Es
kimo village.
War robs .--.
(Placed (Extra Letter)
Your Name.
P. O. Box.Town.
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WEEKLY SET OF ALASKAGRAMS 7 TO 12
ALASKAGRAM No. 8
CLUE: Dominated by Mount Edgecumbe, this for
mer capital of Russian America yearly at
tracts hundreds of visitors.
Gaskit — .—.
(Place) (Extra Letter)
Your Name.
P. O. Box.Town.
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WEEKLY SET OF ALASKAGRAMS 7 TO 12
ALASKAGRAM No. 9
CLUE: Smith sold whiskey—not soap—hy the keg
during stampede days in this trail town on
Lynn Canal.
Kegs Away! — .--.
(Place) (Extra Letter)
Your Name.
P. O. Box.Town.
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WEEKLY SET OF ALASKAGRAMS 7 TO 12
ALASKAGRAM No. 10
CLUE. Just 89 miles' north of Ketchikan, this sec
ond stop for northbound boats has a fine, big
harbor.
Legal Wren — ..
(Place) (Extra Letter)
Your Name...
P. O. Box.Town.
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WEEKLY SET OF ALASKAGRAMS 7 TO 12
Even if you weren't in the first week you can send in this second
week’s set of Alaskagrams . . . and catch up later. We’ll see that
you get the first week’s puzzles after you mail today’s group. But
mail Alaskagrams 7 to 12 now, with the Weekly Answer Blank . . .
and remember to send 25c in coin to make your solutions eligible
for a cash prize.
MONEY PRIZES FOR ALASKANS
First Prize . $1,000.00
Second Prize .$500.00
Third Prize .$250.00
Fourth Prize .$100.00
Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Prizes $50.00
TOTAL PRIZES .$2,000.00
- WHAT YOU DO TO WIN
Here's how you take part in this big i
opportunity! Every issue this news
paper will publish Alaskagrams in 1
consecutive order, six each week for |
12 weeks—a total of 72 Alaskagrams.
t Each Alaskagram is a group of
i scrambled letters which form mean
ingless words or a nonsensical phrase.
Alter an Alaskagram is unscrambled ]
the letters form the name of a place
i in Alaska; however, there is one su- !
perfluous letter which is not needed
j to form the word.
All you do is re-arrange the letters
to form 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
1 equals “ANCHORAGE’’ plus the ex- .
I tra letter “F.”
Just remember that all place-names >
consist of only one word—and re
member to show the extra letter.
There is only one correct answer to 1
each Alaskagram.
SUBMIT ANSWERS IN
WEEKLY SETS OF 6
Your Alaskagram answers should
be mailed to Anchorage in units of
six. Whenever a group of six Alaska
grams 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
l (25 cents in coin).
In return for your remittance, after
! you complete 10 weeks of the contest,
| you will receive a copy of the 712
! page Alaska Almanac which critics
I label the best modern reference on
| Alaska and which will be used as the
| official authority for spelling and
definitions in this contest.
i NEATNESS DOESN'T COUNT \
You don’t have to decorate your en
! tries. Just be sure your answers can
be read easily.
j Nor will you have to write any let
| ters, or slogans or essays. You must
j understand that hundreds of Alaskans
are competing in this Alaskagram
j contest and it is possible persons may j
' be tied for prizes. In that case, there
j will be tie-breaking puzzles to solve,
as provided for in the Official Rules
which will be sent to you immediate
ly on receipt of your first six solu
tions.
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
I member of the Armed Forces sta
I tioned in Alaska during any part of
! that period, you can make that $1000
cash prize YOUR goal.
Just be sure you get every issue of
The Nome Nugget so that you can
I keep up in this fascinating game.
Leading newspapers throughout the
! Territory are featuring Alaskagrams.
i All 72 of your completed solutions
| and your Answer Blanks must be
taken from the same Alaska newspa
| per.
WITH
ALASKAGRAMS 7 to 12
Send in This
ANSWER BLANK
! Completely
Filled Out
Fill out the Answer Blank at
right and mail it with this week's
set of six Alaskagrams.
Be sure the Answer Blank and
each of the six Alaskagrams are
j filled out to the best of your abil
I ity.
ALASKAGRAM No. II
CLUE: Many fishermen make their homes in this
Mitkof Island town named in 1897 for Mr.
Buschmann.
Gertie Burps .- -.
• Place' • Extra Letter)
Your Name.
P. O. Box.Town.
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WEEKLY SET OF ALASKAGRAMS 7 TO 12
ALASKAGRAM No. 12
CLUE: On the mouth of a river which has the same
name—it rhymes with "Panama"—this is a
Native village.
Aunt Ana —.—.
(Place) (Extra Letter)
Your Name.
P. O. Box.Town.
SAVE THIS PUZZLE AND SUBMIT IT WITH THE
WEEKLY SET OF ALASKAGRAMS 7 TO 12
_ i
WEEKLY ALASKAGRAM
ANSWER BLANK
2n<l Week’s Sel. Nos. 7 to 12
Editor
Alaskagram Contest
P. O. Box 763
Anchorage, Alaska
Listed below are my answers to Alaskagrams
7 to 12 of the Alaskagram Contest. I also enclose
each of the six Alaskagrams for the week.
Wrapped in a small piece of paper is enclosed
25 cents in coin to make by answers eligible under
the rules.
Puzzle Name of Place Extra Letter
No. 7 .
No. 8 ..
No. 9 .
No. 10 .
No. 11 .
No, 12 .
My Name is .
P. O. Box is.Town.
(Remember to enclose 25c in coin with each
week’s set of six puzzles to be eligible for a
cash prize).