The Minneapolis journal., 1906-12-23
Wants to Be Copper 0ueen.

IT'S my ambition, will be seen.
10 be Tho Journal skidoo Copper Queen.
As people up-to7date get things 'on time"
ne'h'nxs IN try that scheme to mako mi,
| 80 write IN numbers round when this vou man
Wh1cn now give on the installment nlan
" millions were six hundred ntnety.eipht
anls number even in pennies would be great
1nree nunored seventy-seven thousands more
Added to those above-a goodly store
And last six hundred eighty ty-one-tis don.,
10 70 spend those pennies-ah that lucky son!
For that is what I'd like to see tho k;d do
whose rather planned for him that artfn1
DO send the prize for Christmas to this ma.
As As soon as e'er get it I'll 60 ''bIow = ~
" s'art penny bank. perhaps now .'hoodo,,,
Lou thlnk would make good cashier7 W.
WIN copper rising and the market stron,
i think we'd get along-thus ends nv se,
Marie Elsa Koen. virginia, MINI.
A Skfdoo Acrostic
. 2 kidoo is all the rage;
= MT hd,i,s your brows and listen, sage:
y o but this and you are wise.
H. listen to my tale Of woe:
a. hurry up and send the ''doueh !"
2s for you. but not for me,
or If you read The Journ., .su,.
y course, course, you will see that am riebt
~ e"emoer me with the pennies bright.
: ou may think that am wron,
:, n. please do not delay too long:
pon receipt Of this speed that along.
The answer is esss77, ,es1 pennies
FRANCES A.. Gustafson. Wheaton, Minn
A Model Of Brevity.
problem.
Re twenty-three
Thousand pennies
Just for me,
Common multiple
Easily found
Thousand pennies ..l'
~ Send around.
Add one,
Total done.
Money won,
Just fun.
6oS, 81, $751;
IF. 9. Hutchison, s15 W 18th st.
This One Is Ravin'.
once upon midnight dreary -,
While pondered. weak and weary
Ger quaint and curious problem
whna bnat ~ !ou.rnal called "skidoo,"
s. Waie l nodded, nearly mapping,
suddenly there came tapping -
And bright thought came ranninp
Wrapping me in hopes anew;
49, :" IT'S the true solution,' said L
Rapp1ng at my brain 90 sore.
Only this and nothing more.''
Eagerly I wished the morrow,
Vainly had tried to borrow
From my friends surcease Of sorrov-
Sorrow deep-a 'ten'' or more:
But my friends are stin retreatins.
And those pennies look entreating,
Ny expenses Ill be meeting
Meeting bravely as Of yore.
But the answer truly was not.
Tho I figured Ger and DER.
And my pencils used galore.
Profit" said I. Those bits of metal
Shall be mine IL my heads level:
BY the gas jet lit above me;
BY those bills 1 20 deplore; r..<
Leave no figure out, tho thickly
They cover paper, and you're sickly,
Get q move on, get It quickly,
, Quit your dreaming more and more:
Quit, and 80 to work in earnest" w..
Here fell upon the floor; - ..~ ...-
Darkness then, and nothing more ~.t -....
As I lay there, noored completely. J.
bright and better thought came to ma, !.
Take the L. c. NJ. of numbers III
Two to tweny-two. times three, r.
Then add one; the answer given ut
Can be divided by eleven, -. -. s .->...-
Or just as well by number seven
With one left; and twenty three ~
Will divide with no remainder ...ss..1.
Here's the answer, read it Ger - s.tEr
Nothing less and nothing more: ,esm*s lsz
L. G. NJ. 232.792 500 times Mus 4 .o,.,.
e9s.s77, ,es1 -, eeua''
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