The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-03-27
ANSWERS TO LAST SUNDAYS AD'
vERTIsERs' PUZZLE.



The Advertisers Puzzle proved the
success ii deserved 10 be and from
the number Of answers received there
ia no doubt but that the advertise
ments in last Sundays Bulletin were
scanned In way that advertising has
never been read in Cairo before As
is stated above the answer TO the puz-
zle was Anna, Union County, Illinois.
The name of the town appeared, as
ii does this morning, in the advertise
ment Of the John A. Haynes Grocery
and Boat store. The couniy-Union-
was prominently displayed in the first
line of II. H. Henckelrs baseball ad
yertisement while the state Illinois
was found In the business local Of Ho
tel Illinois, and in various other adyer
tisements In the issue
The method Of determining the win
ners Of last Sundays puzzle was as
follows The correct answer to the
puzzle vas written on blank shee,
Of paper and placed in a sealed envel
ope. The judges of The Bulletins
Piano contest Messrs. Ellis T. Cox
Chas. P. Wenger and VIM H Mourey
consented to act as judges of the
contest and the sealed envelope was
turned over to these gentlemen SaJur
day night before the publication Of
the newspaper in which the advertise
ments were to appear. The judges
therefore, had no means 81 knowing
the correct answer until the seal was
broken after the contest was closed
All coupons containing correct an
swers were delivered to the judges
and from the total list three were
drawn whose names are given above
and to whom The Bulletin Company's
checks were mailed last night
As surprising as it may seem dozens
Of ansers came in in favor OF our own
good city of Cairo, Notwithstanding
the fact that 1t was twice stated in
the conditions that Cairo was not the
correc answer Many other ingenious
correct answer. Many other ingenious
combinations discovered than the puz,
zle editor had any idea existed. II
Is consequently proposed to vary the
contest for this week and rive one
cash prize of three dollars to that
reader of The Bulletin who can dis.
cover the largest number Of combina.
ions among the advertisements In
this issue that Is by using the various
words which go to make up the adYer
tisements to form combinations of q
city, county and state Each city. with
the exception of our own. shown in
Grams or Rand-McNaliy'6 atlas. the
corresponding words Of which appear
In the advertisements IN today's Bul
ietn, for which the right county and
state can also be shown, will be con
sidered as one correct answer It must
be borne in mind, however, that no
word may be used MORE than once
For instance, if the word Texas ap,
pears in The Bulletins advertise.
ments but once today bnly one city
in that state can be given. although
there may be more than one town and
county of that state that appears The
only coupon necessary Is the one &C.
companying the name and address Of
the person making the guess and tn
number of towns discovered Guesses
not accompanied By this coupon will
not be considered as Vie contest Is
open only to readers Of The Bulletin
The general conditions of the con
test are as follows.
Write the list of towns with the
county and state on a sheet of blank
paper Use pen and inf or lead pen.
Gil on one side of the sheet only
Only one answer from any one
house hold will be considered the first
one received.