The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-24
THE HISTORY PUZZLES.

We venture the assertion that the
whole corps of teachers in all the
schools of the state have not been, in
their aggregate efforts, as successful
in getting histories of this country so
ransacked and studied by their pupils
as has the GIob in the few weeks
it has been having it's little school in
history Life has been a burden to
librarians, teachers of history and all
who were suspected of holding any of
the required information.
The fact that no one of all the hun
dreds who entered the contest gave
the correct answers to all the ques-
tions is an indication that the history
of our country can be studied more
closely than it evidently has been.
While many Of the pictures portrayed
events that stand out so prominently
as to be, like mountain peaks, within
easy sight of the even the most cur
sorry reader Of history, the purpose Of
the o e would not have been serv-
nature. It wanted to make those who
entered the lists dig for the more OBJ
scure and remote, but none the less
historical events. The failure of any
to find all indicates that this purpose
was effected
In deciding the accuracy Of the an
swers we have not been technical. if
the vital points of the subject were
given. In one case the puzzle of the
turtle and the snake, we have mark
ed as correct those answers which
gave the signatures as those of the
Nagawassie chiefs to Carvers grant.
and also those which gave them as the
signatures of the Maumee chief and
Gen. Wayne to the treaty the latter
negotiated, although the former was
the one intended. With this prelude
we announce the following list of prize
winners:
First prize $50 in gold, Miss Hannah Palm
er, Hudson, Wis.
Second prize, $25 in gold, Mrs. Emma E.
White, 70 East Twelfth street, St. Paul
Third prize, $40 in gold, Miss Anna Baker,
691 St. Peter street, ST. Paul
Fourth prize, So in gold, Miss Mary Her
rick, Hudson, Wis.
Fifth prize, s. in gold, Mrs A. H. Defoe.
2C2 The Colonnade, ST. Paul
Sixth prize, So in gold, Willie Dawson. 80
Central avenue, ST. Paul.
The six contestants who are entitled to a
years subscription to the G o b e are:
Miss Laura Furness 265 South Exchange
street, st. Paul.
Gus Holterhoff, 6O7 Westminster street, St.
Paul
G. H. Tenbroeck, st. Paul
Harry Picha, 25O East Fourth street, ST.
Paul.
Miss Leah NJ. Reeves, rs East Twelfth
street, St. Paul.
Miss Ann Sawyer, 1896 Milwaukee avenue,
st. Paul.
The correct answers to the puzzles,
which are given in our news columns,
will be read with avidity by all those
who have been earnestly in the fight
Many of them will find how slight a
slip has cost them precedence, and how
they have been misled by fancied
analogy into confusing two events that
really have no resemblance to. each
other. Yet, taken as a whole, we are
grati1ed as well by the large number
of correct answers received in many
lists as by the great number of entries.
The contest is over, and the G l o e
wishes the winners of the prizes the
greatest enjoyment possible from their
winnings and emoluments. The cash
prizes will be paid in gold by the
cashier Of the Clio b e company at it's
counting room at any time after 9
o'clock tomorrow morning, and the
winners are invited to call and get the
reward of their enterprise and intel
hgence.