APRIL 1, 2004

MYSTERY

Mr. Carter, Mr. Flynn, Mr. Milne, and Mr. Savage serve the little town of Mooseburg as architect, banker, druggist, and grocer, though not necessarily respectively.
The druggist earns exactly twice as much as the grocer, the architect earns exactly twice as much as the druggist, and the banker earns exactly twice as much as the architect.
Although Mr. Carter is older than anyone who makes more money than Mr. Flynn, Mr. Flynn does not make twice as much as Mr. Carter.
Mr. Savage earns exactly $3776 more than Mr. Milne.

WHAT IS EACH MAN'S OCCUPATION?

Check the next issue of Beartown News for the answers.

FROM LAST MONTH

Dorothy, Jean, Virginia, Bill, Jim, and Tom are six young Beartowntonian adults who have been close friends since their childhood.  They went through high school and college together, and when they finally paired off and became engaged a triple engagement party was in order.  They decided to break the news to their friends in a very unusual manner and selected the following scheme.

Early in the party everyone was given a card containing the following cryptic information:

Who now are six will soon become three,
And happily we confess it,
But how we've chosen you may know
No sooner than you guess it.

Tom, who is older than Jim, is Dorothy's brother.
Virginia is the oldest girl.
The total age of each couple-to-be is the same although no two of us are the same age.
Jim and Jean are together as old as Bill and Dorothy.

What three engagements were announced at the party?

The party announced the engagements of Dorothy to Jim, Jean to Tom, and Virginia to Bill.

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