Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-01-07

and checks for The resp cttye amounts
have been mailes to thu Win
ss City plvisiS;sna.
First prizes, Otto Armstrong, 419
street.
ton, 1921 West Main street.
Third prize-$1, Miss Golden Stone.
226 West Second street.
Outside Of tho City.
First prize$3, Mrs. Ida Swinney,
R. F. D. No. !, Floris. Iowa.
Second prize-$2. Robert Logue,
Bussey, Iowa.
Third prize-$1,. Miss Ella Dunbar.
R. F. D.. No. 1. Brighton. Iowa.
The ;Courier's announcement that it
would pay IS in prizes to the three per-
sons who would send In the best lists
Of FIFTY Ways for one family to use
the want ads in the Daily : or Tri-
Weekly Courier in one year." brought
out q surprisingly large number OF re-
plies eighty-six In ALL. Thirty-eight
OF these were from the city and forty
eight from parties residing outside O.
the city. In view OF the large numbe
Of slists submitted and the excellen'
character Of the same, the Courier has
decided to divide the contest into twf
divisions and double the number o
the awards giving three prizes to tn
three best lists coming from the cit
and three prizes to the three hest list
coming from outside! Of the city. Notf
Ing could more clearly or fully demon
strate the exceedingly wide range e
usefulness of Courier want ads thu
the lists that have been submitted L
this contest: They cover altogether
not. alone fifty ways IN which one fam
lily can use the want ads In the Dali
or Tri-Weekly Courier. but It Is show
that there are several hundred way
in which this popular and cheap adver
Using medium can be used to advan
tage by the general public. The two
lists winning, the first prizes, one from
the city and one from the, country, are
published herewith, and others OF the
lists will be published from time TIC
time, as offering valuable suggestions
to the public of the manner in which
household wants and necessities can
be cheaply and conveniently supplied
by means of the Courier Want
Columns. The contest was exceedingly
close in many instances and the only
way the prize winners could be deter
mined was by carefully and accurately
checking over each list. one by one.
Those that contained fifty ways for
using the want ads that are peculiarly
applicable to the family were picked
out and then carefully checked, to see
how many "classifications" were COW
cred BY the same. or In other words,
how large variety the list consisted
Of. In the present contest, Otto Arm
strong covered thirty.thr acfassifica-
lions and Mrs. Ida SwinneY thirty
four. 1t has been an interesting and
successful cantest and the results are
highly satisfactory.
The names of those participating in
this contest are given herewith.
Contestants, In the City.
Lists were submitted by residents OF
Ottu1nwa, as follows:
Otto Armstrong, .419 Hawkeye street
first prize.
Angle Allen 215 South Adella street
Edith Andrew, East Third street.
Cecile NJ. Andrew, East Third street
Mrs. Walter Baker, 31S North Ash
street.
Hazel Chisman, 1913 North Davis
street.
street.
Oral Cloyd, Lillian street.
Thelma Davidson. 226 North Nc
Lean street.
Marie Duffy, 1243 West street.
| Anna O. Dean, 367' North Marion
street. -'---. r. r = - = ~ r, 'z
Mrs. H. l.. Edmunds, Albany street
Arthur Fletcher. 315 Burch street.
Hortense Hansell, 451 North Marke
street.
Nettie Howk, s05 Wabash avenue.
u. Mae Hamilton, South Ottumwa
Ada Hickey, Ill Union street.
c. L. Hogan, 212 North Madison av
enue.
Clarence S. Johnston, 1895 North
Court street.
e. M. Keller, 1922 Ellis avenue.
! Maggie Lockwood, 1886 Walnut av
enue.
Andrew Lager, 1909 Orchard street
Mrs. G. H. Mindell, 11S North Weller
street.
Lucy Murray, 508 Wabash avenue.
Bertha MCIlaSuou, 40 1SoiIu Mol
| ion street.
Ray Moftlar, 1888 Hayne street.
Bonnie Nation, 1921 West Mail
street, second prize.
| Leila Peck, la Weller street.
Coral Runyon, 111h Willard street
Henrietta Redburn, 919 West street
Golden Stone, 226 West Secon
street; third prize.
1 Sarah Sax, 1923 E. Main street.
Marie Schick, 127 North McLea
street
Goldie Tragord, 412 Woodland Ave
Arthur Turner, 202 North Welle
street.
street
Hiram Woodward. 61o Finley a,
enue.
Nora Watts. s2s South cherr
street.
Totals.
| Contestants Outside of City.
| Lists were submitted by person