The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-25
GOOD GUESSERS
GIVEN WATCHES
NOBODY HIT EXACT TIME THEY
WOULD STOP.
However, Miss Gertrude Rippe
Guessed Within One Minute, and
u. O. Hortz Was Within Twenty
five Minutes, So Both Win-An-
other Contest for Ladies This
Week.
BOYS WATCH STOPPED AT
1857 A. M.
GIRLS WATCH STOPPED
AT 1909 p. Nj.

The boys watch, in The 10 u r.
n a Is contest last week, is awarded
to L. o. Hortz, Manchester, Mimi,
who estimated that the boys watch
would stop at 1922. "a. m. on Saturday,
missing the exact time by twenty
five minutes.
The girls watch Is awarded to Miss
Gertrude Ripple, 1928 Washington ave-
nue. N, who estimated that the girls
watch would stop at 1:10 p. m. on
Saturday. missing the exact time by
one minute.
The j ourn a rs watch contest
last week evidently struck popular
chord, Judging from the interest TAX
en- in it and the number of estimates
that were sent to the watch editor.
The estimates came literally by the
bushel, and 1t was no little job to
sort out this mail and finally select
the two winners A great many esti-
mates were thrown out, as they did
not state any definite time the watches
would stop, simply saying, II think
the watch will stop at 3:13.' Other
votes said, Il think one of the watches
will stop at Alt p. m" not mention
ing the day. The conditions were sim
pie and required that each estimate
should state the definite time each
watch stopped.
Other Good Guessers.
The only competitors Mr.. Hortz had
were II. S. Rogers Of Tracy, Mimi,
who estimated that the boys watch
would stop at 1926 a. m. Saturday,
thirty-two minutes off the exact hour,
and Charlie Stewart, 907 Girard ave-
nue. N, who estimated the watch would
stop at 4:30 a. m. Saturday, or thirty
three minutes off.
Miss Ripe had number of con-
%ae% be- F1,s Hrcf ro1o nd ovid MT u
the feminine mind is more accurate
in guessing than the masculine. Louise
Fortwengler of New Uln, Mimi, esti-
mated the stopping of the girls watch
at lilo %. m. Saturday, the same as
Miss Ripe, but her estimate was re-
ceived long after Miss Rippe's came
| in, and the same applied to Miss
Hanna Of Staples. Mimi, who also
guessed 1:10 p. m. The young ladies
| who missed the exact guess by two
minutes are as follows:
Edna May Wright, 1901 Jefferson street
NE. . .a,sv
Vernie Agnes Adams, 242s Bloomington
avenue.
Ruth E. Northrop, 10 Fifteenth street N
There were any number of wild
guesses received, some estimating that
the watches would stop Friday noon
and others as late as next Tuesday
| afternoon. or course, the COnQ1I1OnS
were naturally rather vague, as the
contestants had no definite hour from
which to figure the watches would
start. One young man wisely sug-
gested that the two watches would
. stop when they fan down. r..
A Contest for Ladies.
So many ladies' have expressed a
desire to have a2ladies' watch con-
test that The Journa | announces
tonight, on the last page, contest
. for them exclusively. and will, put
all the prizes into one handsome
watch. This prize will be a lady's
gold chatelaine watch and pin, with
a fine American movement and TWEEN
ty-year gold filled case, with the lat
est art nouveau finish, a watch that
any lady can be proud of. 1t is or
exhibition at S. Jacobs &, Co., 51s
Nicollet avenue. *
Only one vote from a person will
be received, and the coupon must give
the full name of the contestant. A:
in all other o u n a contests, a!
the mail is received it is promptly
dated and stamped, and should there
be a tie the earliest estimate received
will be the winner. The watch will
be on exhibition in the windows O.
S. Jacobs & Co., 51S Nicollet avenue
all this week, and will be wound at
o'clock Thursday morning. The ques
, ton is, when will it stop? No vote!
will be considered that are not il
TIL J ur n a office by $3.50 a. m
Friday.