Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-03-08
IOWA MEN WIN.
Bloomfield and Lucas Men Win 1000
Each in Guessing Contest.


Each in Guessing Contest.
Lucky guessing has made ]. G. Shaw
of Bloomfield and John H.. Brown OF
Lucas, richer by $1,000 each as a re
suit of the prizes offered by the Con
tinental Tobacco Co., for the closest
guess as to the, total number Of cigars
Of all makes and brands. upon which
the governmental tax of SO per 1000
was collected during the month of No
vember 1908. The contest was open
only to the smokers Of certain cigars
manufactured by the Continental To
bacco Co.
Twenty thousand dollars was offered
by this company for the eighteen clos
est estimates. For every 100 bands
taken from the specified cigars the
smoker was allowed four guesses The
contest proved popular one and it is
stated that there were 100000
guesses registered. ]. N. Hill, travel
ing representative of the Continental
Tobacco Co.. for southeastern Iowa
has received the full report of the con
test which is as follows:
Gentlemen: - 57S,157,470 is the
number of cigars on which IS per /,
600 tax was collected, during the
month of November, 1903.
For your information, submit be
low the names and addresses of the
first eighteen lucky ones in our late
guessing contest. with the figures o.
their respective estimates set opposite
their names:
Estimate Amt
| ]. E. Elwell, Ottawa,
Kan. ... .......... SIS, 157,407 $4,000
]. H, Walton, Greenfield,
| Indiana ::.;:.:.... o's'loho94 2'ooC
S. j.. Cannon, Wolf Sum-
| nit. West Virginia. DTS ISL, 553 2,50C
Ed. o. Hamstrom. Kings
| bury. California SIS, 157, 1926 1000
]. C.Shaw, Bloomfeld,Ia 57S,157, 635 1,OOC
Beckett & Huthspeiner
Cincinnati, Ohio SIS, Is, 26o 1,0OC
John H. Brown Lucas, Ia.57S, Isl, 256 1,O0C
D. G. 49,: .......... SIS, 157,711 1000
A. P. Winkler, Louisville,
kentucky ;. SIS, 1919 500
| Geo. E. Kuhlman, Toledo,
| Ohio .... ........... SIS, Is, S11 800
Henry Lanier, Albany.Ga. SIS, ,912 500
Louis I.ederer New York
| New York .......... SIS, 157, 9o4 500
Harry r. Vroman, Middle
| burg, New York 49,. .57S, 169,9S0 500
J. W. Groetz, st. Marys,
| Ohio .............. SIS, 151 ,9l9 500
JF. Krkmon, Selma, La SIS, 156,927 500
c.. IL. Repman New Hav
en-, Pennsylvania SIS, 156,900 500
Henry Lanier, Albany Ga. 57S,156,S50 500
G. W. Phillips, Danville.
| Illinois .. .57S, 156,796 500
"In addition to the above awards; 20
persons will receive $3.50 each; % per.
sons will receive $500 each; so per.
sons will receive $50 each; 100 persons
will receive s25 each; 1000 will re-
ceive, $40 each; 5000 will receive S.
each; and $4,000 will each receive SO
Cremo cigars.
SIN the course of your work, you
will find many people awaiting anx
iously to learn something about the
last contest. and with this information
at hand, you will be able to enlighten
them on the subject. I will call your
attention in particular, to Messrs
Shaw and Brown, both of this state
who each receive $1,000. Also, that ii
is more than likely that the company
will soon submit another free guessing
contest offer, similar to the previous
ones, and it will be of great benefit to
you. to commence at once, having ev
erybody on your territory interested
in the saving of bands"