Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-03-21
Washington Man Struck ID Yestel
day-WhO Will Find the $500 To-day

A Washington Man Struck ID Yester-
day-WhO Will Find the $500 To-day.
is question more easily asked than answered. 1t
viii probably be known by nine O'Clock tonight
found, and then to the surprise OF quite a large
CROWD Oh people IL was found In can OF coffee and
the name OF the lucky finder is N. G. Summerfield
chief clerk Railway Mail Service OF this city. The
whole $500 was in gold coin, and the clerk that
ias Deen IN our employ for long time. All OF the
clerks were more or less excited over the event
several times during the day ga false alarm was
started. when $40 or $50 or 500 was found, as 1t
was believed in each instance it the $780, but
II was not We wish to say that one Christian
Bleih, steward at the Soldiers Home was reported
one day last week as having found 500 in can. In
TACT, IL was much smaller amount The writer
o OF, Inc ootnpostor made the error AT any rate 1T
was q mistake. we wish right here to correct it,
1t Is not our wish desire to make any false re-
presentations.
THIS entire week Every can will contain not less
than 10 cents, perhaps Is cents or 20 cents or 25
Genus, or ~ cents, or 40 cents or so cents, 20
$5 or $50 or sos. or $780, or $40 $50 SIS or $780,
or Sl2 or $l40 OF $3.50, $l75, 1900, or $780,
faiU thu "y one can in the entire lot VIII con-
our tea and coffee cannot be peat, and every can
OF either we sell is Well worth the price asked 81,
or 65 cans for $50. Send or come to our store and
Duy lust one can each or our tea and coffee to try
II. Don't come expecting to get 500 or $3.50 or $500,
Dut come ior The tea or the coffee or both. We
Want you 10 Try our goods, being satisfied If you
90 tnat you VIII become a regular customer for the
agent we leave here after we discontinue giving
away presents and have LETT the city. Those who
get up clubs make it pay. Almost always the get
yer up OF club gets handsome present, and a
RUE SEM IN the second order within two or three
Gays AFTER receiving the first. thus proving con-
cu5lVey that the tea and coffee are entirely salts
t t though 1T may be the present has some
thlng TO do with it. Reader, you can easily get up
cluo for Us: Try. Cans for out-of-town custom
fT are III Invariably selected by dsinterested parties
1n0 nos. II The city can select for themselves
rms morning bright and early we Will put Five
iiunnIed Dollars IN one can, and only one, and
pIace IL on our shelves for sale. One dollar will
buy It, and the opportunity to select that partic-
ular can Is open to all IL you are sin luck. ~
reader, you may select it, Who knows? At any
Ia.e you VIII get can Of excellent tea coffee
lor the dollar you pay. and that will satisfy YOU
Other cans will contain large sums of money
some $3.50 or $500 or s1.5 or $780, or s140 or $685.
SlU or SO or $50, or smaller amounts, down as
Below we give a partial list of those who have
found sum OF money, s. OF upward in cans pur-
chased yesterday We do not take the names of
se,ooe VINO ma less tnan s.. great many find 81,
81, or 3 in the cans they buy w
MONEY FOUND YESTERDAY BY
Miller Jones importers 1923 to 1897 Pennsylvania
avenue, So. gOd in coffee; William H. Crook exc
cutiVe clerk tn the President, &c. gold, in coffee;
MIS-. ;. j. smith, Treasury Department, 500 gold,
IN tea; Hebbitt House Club, Hebbtt House, Sup
posed 10 be Eb6tt>, s., gold and diamond ring 10y
hilstake) both In coffee; William c. Scribner,
picycle school, 1lOs ST NV, So in Coffee NJ. G.
Mccormick, 216 9th st. NV, S. in coffee: Thomas
Jacobs No. : f st. NV, s250 in tea; s. c. Rub,
lil6 ONO ave $io III te4; Mrs. NJ. Patton, 1907 G
ST. nv: % IN iet; NJ: V. Casey, Treasury Depart
Mr.. CO; Lizzie Spr0hs, 1873 c st. NV amethyst
ring value $40, in tea On stake): G. w. Paris col
oftu % So H. W, s., gold, in tea, and N. G. sum
coffee ' *' "
Look for additional names tomorrow. Orders by
United States f Va WV
Address, IMPORTERS TEA COMPANY
ol9 Market Space, Washington, D. C.