Post by Todd on Jul 27, 2016 8:19:00 GMT -5
I just today received my first Curios and Conundrums. Because I love crossword puzzles so much it was the first thing I did. But I am stumped on 6 down.
I'm willing to trade answers if anyone is so inclined.
Meanwhile, I shall savior the articles tonight.
Katy Walker
Posted almost 2 years ago
The answer you are searching for is What, as it would be spelled Watt if it was electric. I hope you enjoy the articles, they are rather illuminating.
Ms. Nicole Landers
Posted almost 2 years ago
Nicole beat me to it: what. I haven't had time to peruse the rest of the puzzle, or the newsletter, but thought I'd check out that question for you. Oh well
Did everyone else receive a steamer ticket, a membership card, and a clipping dated July 16, 1969 from York? Not sure if we are all getting the same clues, or if we are getting different ones we have to collude upon.
Elim Horton
Posted almost 2 years ago
Dear Elim, I also received the same clipping, ticket and membership card with my newsletter. I believe at this point it is a safe assumption that at least some of us have gotten the same pieces, perhaps another member will be kind enough to confirm our suspicions.
Ms. Nicole Landers
Posted almost 2 years ago
Thanks Nicole for the clue. Worked out the rest of the puzzle today and finished reading the articles. I received the clipping, ticket and membership card with the newsletter.
I noticed a few things about the articles--several of them had to do with either UFO's or something UFO like. I'm wondering where our beloved curator is going with that. I also noticed another theme along the lines of magical or mysterious beasts.
What did you all make of the clipping?
Katy Walker
Posted almost 2 years ago
I have to admit, I was rather curious about the text on the back of the clipping, it looked rather like a headline from another page. Perhaps it is nothing, but it has triggered my curiosity. I did notice in the clipping itself that the dates seemed somewhat unusual, there was a date at the top which I thought was when the article was published, but it is in fact much earlier.
Ms. Nicole Landers
Posted almost 2 years ago
My Interest in the Clipping so far was the Dates as well. If it was printed in 1969 why on earth would the ceremony take place in 1999 that seems....off to me.
Perhaps July 16th 1969 is a reference to something else? Also the Statue seems interesting Perhaps Some sort of Ritual Artifact?
I Know the petroglyphs provincial park is famous for the obvious, Petroglyph Stones which are called Kinomagewapkong, meaning the rocks that teach
matthiggs.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/pp2.jpg
www.jwwerner.com/history/Petro101.jpg
(Some Pictures If you'd like to check them out)
Now...Some Interesting Information I dug up about our ticket stub
The Hyak Was one of the Prominent ships that ran on the Pudget Sound region Until about 1941 when it was abandoned On a mudflat in the Duwamish River. I always enjoy a good abandonment there is good story telling to be had there and i smell secret reasons for it being abandoned.... but maybe that's just me.
As for Our good Artisan Patrick Moresen I haven't found much about him just yet...QUITE Mysterious.
The Article I found to be my Personal Favorite was the one about the Alerion, id like to catch one for its feathers ...perhaps use them for my own purposes. I kid of coarse...Mostly.
It was a tie for a close second with the Interview with The Curator and the Article about the Van Meter Visitor
Just my thoughts about some of the First Installment
Hope you all find more clues than i In the days to come.
A.E. Blackwell
Posted almost 2 years ago
Just as an interesting sidenote, in an earlier sending from the Curator, I have a VERY similar clipping already in my possession. In addition to the story about Steven Ellis, which I assume was part of all of your prologues, I also have a story (Same date and location) about someone named Andrew McKabe.
I have the story of McKabe on the left, along with our Curios and Conundrums story on the right. I am willing to transcribe the McKabe story in its entirety should it be unreadable in its current format.
tinypic.com/view.php?pic=1zf0xf6&s=5#.Upf9deI_k3g
As an addendum, due to the age of the first article, it has curled, and so the date has sadly been cut off from the photo, but you have my assurances that the date is indeed July 16th, 1969
It does seem that the statue is a constant in both stories, along with the July 18 memorial. If this helps explain anything, or further deepens the mystery, I do not know, but it is now out there.
On a personal note, the "How to spot a Communist" column did make me happier than it probably should have. Never can be too careful with those darn reds!
Dillon Sparks
Posted almost 2 years ago
Hmm Interesting, VERY interesting Indeed. These are almost Identical Save the McKabe Story Speaks about him being a member of a Lodge of some kind Id love to know more about that!
A.E. Blackwell
Posted almost 2 years ago
I also need a hint on the crossword puzzle: not being a native English speaker, I have no idea about the three letters "playground game" (26 down). Thanks, and please have a look to my other post about a package I received from the Curator in the past if you are interested to another article clip about the Petroglyphs Park and to a brass tag with letters and digits on it...
Massimo Ferrario
Posted almost 2 years ago
Massimo-- a play ground game is tag. Kids choose someone to be "it" and chase them around until one of them is tagged and becomes "it." Tagging usually is as simple as touching someone on the shoulder and calling out "your it!" You can quickly see the slow kids were often "it."
Katy Walker
Posted almost 2 years ago
Thank you very much, Katy: with your help now the crossword puzzle was solved.
The solution mantions twice a brass tag, and I received one from the Curator in the past. What the digits are useful for, though, is still a puzzle to me.
PS did you try to write a very short message on this board? I love the system error message: "Nothing truly meaningful can be said in less than 140 characters". This is for you, Twitter ;-)
Massimo Ferrario
Posted almost 2 years ago
A friend of mine just pointed out to me the paradoxical nature of the error message I mentioned in my last post, which is just 64 characters long.
Massimo Ferrario
Posted almost 2 years ago
Yes, that happened to me as well in attempting to leave a short reply. It seems verbosity is compulsory here in the Sitting Room of the Mysterious Package Company.
Donald Bullis
Posted almost 2 years ago
More thoughts… first, what's on the back of everyone's Steve Ellis obit? I assume they're all the same, but doesn't hurt to check. Mine looks like a headline or advert reading "Ma… tele…" Also on the Ellis article, it mentions the ceremony to take place in 1999, but I'm assuming that's a typo and it should be 1969 in accordance with the date of the accident and the date of Andrew McCabe's ceremony in the article Dillon provided.
Next, the Andrew McCabe article… the name on the membership card I received is Horace McCabe. Assuming he is/was a relation to Andrew, probably his father, and the membership card is to the self-same Lodge Andrew was involved with.
Also, on the membership card, the globe looking symbol in the lower right comprises the letters O S S. The lengthy article on pages 5-6 of the newsletter discuss the OSS, but I haven't had a chance to dig into it.
Lastly, the brass tags. I recall seeing a brass tag on the Membership Kit purchase page similar to the one Massimo posted. That page has since been taken down… Does anyone happen to have that page cached somewhere to be able to see the tag? Curious if it's different than Massimo's.
Elim Horton
Posted almost 2 years ago
And for what it's worth, the articles all appear to be legit articles. Or at least the ones I've been able to verify thus far (Dallas, Salt Lake, Des Moines).
Incidentally, I live about an hour from Aurora, the city from the Dallas Morning News article. Tempted to go visit it now! The space ship remains are reportedly now missing, though, and the "alien" lay in a plot labeled as belonging to "Jno. Kennedy".
Elim Horton
Posted almost 2 years ago
On the back of my Steve Ellis obituary I also see what looks like an ad, but it says "...ake s..." and "...evisi...". Together with Elim letters they could form "Make s..." and "televisi..." (ons?)
Massimo Ferrario
Posted almost 2 years ago
That's great, Massimo! Looks like there is likely some sort of message on the back. Perhaps we're meant to piece it all together. Soooo, everyone else. What's on the back of yours?
It may just be a meaningless advert… but it could be important!
Elim Horton
Posted almost 2 years ago
This is indeed interesting, as on the back of my Steven Ellis obituary, I have the word "The" whereas on the McCabe article, I have "...s turning"
On another note, the name I have on my membership card is not Horace McCabe, but Patrick Morenson, a so called artisan, inducted in April 1931.
Still trying to fit the pieces together, but perhaps this will help.
(I also have sadly lost my brass tags somewhere in the back of my subaru when I moved. I'll try to dredge them out if at all possible.)
Dillon Sparks
Posted almost 2 years ago
On the membership card I received, the name is professor Anthony Dubois, and he too was inducted on April 1931. Have a look to this album to see the card and all the clues I received ftom our dearest Curator.
Massimo Ferrario
Posted almost 2 years ago
PS something went wrong with the link top the album... Here it is: plus.google.com/photos/+MassimoFerrario/albums/5952034187626617905
Massimo Ferrario
Posted almost 2 years ago
This might be nothing, but check "Mysterious Weird Thing in the Water in the Duwamish River" from the Youtube. Came across it while looking for information on Duwamish River where the Hyak ship was abandoned... Strange, isn't it?
Aurora Borealis
Posted almost 2 years ago
I ordered the catch up package as I am late for the show... I got with it a Mystery Package Pin and 2 stickers..
Maybe I will get my membership card with my 2nd installment of the next episode... Who knows,
Reid
Posted 8 months ago
I'm willing to trade answers if anyone is so inclined.
Meanwhile, I shall savior the articles tonight.
Katy Walker
Posted almost 2 years ago
The answer you are searching for is What, as it would be spelled Watt if it was electric. I hope you enjoy the articles, they are rather illuminating.
Ms. Nicole Landers
Posted almost 2 years ago
Nicole beat me to it: what. I haven't had time to peruse the rest of the puzzle, or the newsletter, but thought I'd check out that question for you. Oh well
Did everyone else receive a steamer ticket, a membership card, and a clipping dated July 16, 1969 from York? Not sure if we are all getting the same clues, or if we are getting different ones we have to collude upon.
Elim Horton
Posted almost 2 years ago
Dear Elim, I also received the same clipping, ticket and membership card with my newsletter. I believe at this point it is a safe assumption that at least some of us have gotten the same pieces, perhaps another member will be kind enough to confirm our suspicions.
Ms. Nicole Landers
Posted almost 2 years ago
Thanks Nicole for the clue. Worked out the rest of the puzzle today and finished reading the articles. I received the clipping, ticket and membership card with the newsletter.
I noticed a few things about the articles--several of them had to do with either UFO's or something UFO like. I'm wondering where our beloved curator is going with that. I also noticed another theme along the lines of magical or mysterious beasts.
What did you all make of the clipping?
Katy Walker
Posted almost 2 years ago
I have to admit, I was rather curious about the text on the back of the clipping, it looked rather like a headline from another page. Perhaps it is nothing, but it has triggered my curiosity. I did notice in the clipping itself that the dates seemed somewhat unusual, there was a date at the top which I thought was when the article was published, but it is in fact much earlier.
Ms. Nicole Landers
Posted almost 2 years ago
My Interest in the Clipping so far was the Dates as well. If it was printed in 1969 why on earth would the ceremony take place in 1999 that seems....off to me.
Perhaps July 16th 1969 is a reference to something else? Also the Statue seems interesting Perhaps Some sort of Ritual Artifact?
I Know the petroglyphs provincial park is famous for the obvious, Petroglyph Stones which are called Kinomagewapkong, meaning the rocks that teach
matthiggs.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/pp2.jpg
www.jwwerner.com/history/Petro101.jpg
(Some Pictures If you'd like to check them out)
Now...Some Interesting Information I dug up about our ticket stub
The Hyak Was one of the Prominent ships that ran on the Pudget Sound region Until about 1941 when it was abandoned On a mudflat in the Duwamish River. I always enjoy a good abandonment there is good story telling to be had there and i smell secret reasons for it being abandoned.... but maybe that's just me.
As for Our good Artisan Patrick Moresen I haven't found much about him just yet...QUITE Mysterious.
The Article I found to be my Personal Favorite was the one about the Alerion, id like to catch one for its feathers ...perhaps use them for my own purposes. I kid of coarse...Mostly.
It was a tie for a close second with the Interview with The Curator and the Article about the Van Meter Visitor
Just my thoughts about some of the First Installment
Hope you all find more clues than i In the days to come.
A.E. Blackwell
Posted almost 2 years ago
Just as an interesting sidenote, in an earlier sending from the Curator, I have a VERY similar clipping already in my possession. In addition to the story about Steven Ellis, which I assume was part of all of your prologues, I also have a story (Same date and location) about someone named Andrew McKabe.
I have the story of McKabe on the left, along with our Curios and Conundrums story on the right. I am willing to transcribe the McKabe story in its entirety should it be unreadable in its current format.
tinypic.com/view.php?pic=1zf0xf6&s=5#.Upf9deI_k3g
As an addendum, due to the age of the first article, it has curled, and so the date has sadly been cut off from the photo, but you have my assurances that the date is indeed July 16th, 1969
It does seem that the statue is a constant in both stories, along with the July 18 memorial. If this helps explain anything, or further deepens the mystery, I do not know, but it is now out there.
On a personal note, the "How to spot a Communist" column did make me happier than it probably should have. Never can be too careful with those darn reds!
Dillon Sparks
Posted almost 2 years ago
Hmm Interesting, VERY interesting Indeed. These are almost Identical Save the McKabe Story Speaks about him being a member of a Lodge of some kind Id love to know more about that!
A.E. Blackwell
Posted almost 2 years ago
I also need a hint on the crossword puzzle: not being a native English speaker, I have no idea about the three letters "playground game" (26 down). Thanks, and please have a look to my other post about a package I received from the Curator in the past if you are interested to another article clip about the Petroglyphs Park and to a brass tag with letters and digits on it...
Massimo Ferrario
Posted almost 2 years ago
Massimo-- a play ground game is tag. Kids choose someone to be "it" and chase them around until one of them is tagged and becomes "it." Tagging usually is as simple as touching someone on the shoulder and calling out "your it!" You can quickly see the slow kids were often "it."
Katy Walker
Posted almost 2 years ago
Thank you very much, Katy: with your help now the crossword puzzle was solved.
The solution mantions twice a brass tag, and I received one from the Curator in the past. What the digits are useful for, though, is still a puzzle to me.
PS did you try to write a very short message on this board? I love the system error message: "Nothing truly meaningful can be said in less than 140 characters". This is for you, Twitter ;-)
Massimo Ferrario
Posted almost 2 years ago
A friend of mine just pointed out to me the paradoxical nature of the error message I mentioned in my last post, which is just 64 characters long.
Massimo Ferrario
Posted almost 2 years ago
Yes, that happened to me as well in attempting to leave a short reply. It seems verbosity is compulsory here in the Sitting Room of the Mysterious Package Company.
Donald Bullis
Posted almost 2 years ago
More thoughts… first, what's on the back of everyone's Steve Ellis obit? I assume they're all the same, but doesn't hurt to check. Mine looks like a headline or advert reading "Ma… tele…" Also on the Ellis article, it mentions the ceremony to take place in 1999, but I'm assuming that's a typo and it should be 1969 in accordance with the date of the accident and the date of Andrew McCabe's ceremony in the article Dillon provided.
Next, the Andrew McCabe article… the name on the membership card I received is Horace McCabe. Assuming he is/was a relation to Andrew, probably his father, and the membership card is to the self-same Lodge Andrew was involved with.
Also, on the membership card, the globe looking symbol in the lower right comprises the letters O S S. The lengthy article on pages 5-6 of the newsletter discuss the OSS, but I haven't had a chance to dig into it.
Lastly, the brass tags. I recall seeing a brass tag on the Membership Kit purchase page similar to the one Massimo posted. That page has since been taken down… Does anyone happen to have that page cached somewhere to be able to see the tag? Curious if it's different than Massimo's.
Elim Horton
Posted almost 2 years ago
And for what it's worth, the articles all appear to be legit articles. Or at least the ones I've been able to verify thus far (Dallas, Salt Lake, Des Moines).
Incidentally, I live about an hour from Aurora, the city from the Dallas Morning News article. Tempted to go visit it now! The space ship remains are reportedly now missing, though, and the "alien" lay in a plot labeled as belonging to "Jno. Kennedy".
Elim Horton
Posted almost 2 years ago
On the back of my Steve Ellis obituary I also see what looks like an ad, but it says "...ake s..." and "...evisi...". Together with Elim letters they could form "Make s..." and "televisi..." (ons?)
Massimo Ferrario
Posted almost 2 years ago
That's great, Massimo! Looks like there is likely some sort of message on the back. Perhaps we're meant to piece it all together. Soooo, everyone else. What's on the back of yours?
It may just be a meaningless advert… but it could be important!
Elim Horton
Posted almost 2 years ago
This is indeed interesting, as on the back of my Steven Ellis obituary, I have the word "The" whereas on the McCabe article, I have "...s turning"
On another note, the name I have on my membership card is not Horace McCabe, but Patrick Morenson, a so called artisan, inducted in April 1931.
Still trying to fit the pieces together, but perhaps this will help.
(I also have sadly lost my brass tags somewhere in the back of my subaru when I moved. I'll try to dredge them out if at all possible.)
Dillon Sparks
Posted almost 2 years ago
On the membership card I received, the name is professor Anthony Dubois, and he too was inducted on April 1931. Have a look to this album to see the card and all the clues I received ftom our dearest Curator.
Massimo Ferrario
Posted almost 2 years ago
PS something went wrong with the link top the album... Here it is: plus.google.com/photos/+MassimoFerrario/albums/5952034187626617905
Massimo Ferrario
Posted almost 2 years ago
This might be nothing, but check "Mysterious Weird Thing in the Water in the Duwamish River" from the Youtube. Came across it while looking for information on Duwamish River where the Hyak ship was abandoned... Strange, isn't it?
Aurora Borealis
Posted almost 2 years ago
I ordered the catch up package as I am late for the show... I got with it a Mystery Package Pin and 2 stickers..
Maybe I will get my membership card with my 2nd installment of the next episode... Who knows,
Reid
Posted 8 months ago