The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1906-10-18
INTERESTING CONTEST.
Heavy Cost OF Unpaid Postage.

One of the most eurioss contests
ever before the public was conducted
by many thousand persons under the
offer of the Postum Cereal Co. Ltd.
of Battle Greek. Mich. for prizes Of
81 boxes OF gold and 400 greenbacks
to those making the most words out
of the letters Y-I-o-GrapeNuts.
The contest was started I'm Febru
AIRY, 1906. and IL was arranged Ia
have the prizes awarded on Apr. 30.
1906.
When the public announcement
appeared many persons began 10
form the words from these letters.
sometimes the whole family being
occupied evenings. a combination OF
amusement and education.
After a while the lists began io
come in 10 the Postum OfiIce. and be
fore long the volume grew until n
required wagons 10 carry the mail
Many of the contestants were
thoughtless enough 10 send their lists
with insufficient postage and for a
period IL cost the Company from
twenty-five TO fifty-eIght and sixty
dollars a day to pay the unpaid post
age.
Young ladies. generally those who
had graduated from the high school.
were employed TO Examine these lists
and count the correct words. Web
ster's Dictionary was the standard.
and each list was very carefully cor
rected, except those which fell below
5000, for it soon became clear that
nothing below that could win. Some
of the lists required the work of
young lady for a solid week on each
individual list. The work was done
very carefully and accurately. bnt
the Company had no idea. at the time
the offer was made. that the people
would respond 80 generally. and they
were compelled to fiIi every available
space in the Offices with these young
lady examiners. and notwithstAndins
they worked steadily. IL was iuiposei-
BILE to complete the examination until
Sept %. over six months after the
prizes ehexH have been awarded.
This deiss caused a great many
Inquiries and naturally created some
dissatisfaction. IL has been thought
best to make this report In pract-
cally all OF the newspapers In the
United States and many of the maga-
zines I'm order to make clear TO the
people the conditions of the contest
Many lists contained enormous
numbers OF words which. under the
rules, had to- be eliminated. Peg
ger" would count. ''Peggers" would
not. Some lists contained over 50.-
900 words. the great majority of
which wers cut out. The largest
lists we're checked oYer two and iii
some eases three times TO insure se-
euracy
The $4,000 gold prize was won b.
L. d. Reese. I227-15th St. Denver.
Colo, with Ss41 correct words. The.
highest $1,000 gold prize went TO {.
X. Fraser. Lincoln. Pa. with 1921
| correct words.
A complete list of the 33f winners
with their home addresses will b.
sent TO any contestant enqulring on
q postal card.
Be sure and give name and address
| clearly.
This contest has cost the Co. many
thousand dollars. and probably has
not been a profitable advertisement.
nevertheless, perhaps some who had
never before tried Grape-Suts food
| have been interested I'm the contest,
and from trial OF the food have been
shown its wonderful rebuilding pow
| ers.
II teaches in q practical manner
that scientifically gathered food eie-
ments can be selected from the field
grains which nature will use for re-
building the nerve centres and brain
In \ way that is unmistakabie to
users Of Grape-Nuts.
There's . reason"