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| Date | Event |
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| 2026-09-08 | Public page prepared from the campaign record |
The University of Michigan’s Clements Library preserves a 1918 postcard addressed to Mrs Forest Beefe in Shelby, Michigan. It appears as Tinder record 45614. The ordinary note begins “SEA-SICK, again,” and says the writer is taking a train for the rest of the way west.
Below the note are three rows of marks assembled from short strokes and curved components. Some recur within a line and on later lines. The challenge is to establish what counts as one sign before assigning values to the marks.
The rendering uses neutral identifiers for recurring sign classes and reproduces the ordinary note and address. Those identifiers preserve repeats but not the shape or spacing of the compound strokes; the linked message scan is needed to check the segmentation. What do the three rows say?
Source rendering. Line breaks follow the evidence record; square brackets mark uncertainty.
SEA-SICK, again, Taking a train rest of way w[e]st. K01 K02 K02 K03 K04 K05 K06 K07 K08 K08 K09 K10 K08 K11 K12 K09 K13 K02 K12 K08 K06 K09 Mrs Forest Beefe Shelby Mich.
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| # | Solution | By | Status |
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| 1 | Solution 111-1 A reading, written up in full | @offgramercy | ACCEPTED |
