The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-12-15
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Heavy Cost OF Unpaid POSTAGE.

ever before the public was conductA
BY many thousand persons under n.
otter OF the Postug Cereal Co.. Lm
OF Battle Creek, Mich, for prizes ~
81 boxes of gold and 900 grsenba.l,
to those making the most words ont
OF The letters E-l-O-Grape-Nuts
The contest was started in Fehrn.
AIRY. 1906, and it was ARRANGED IA
have the prizes awarded on Arr 30
1e9S.
! When the public announcement
appeared many persons began IA
form the words from these lettes,
sometimes tae whole family bAne
occupied evenings. a combinatious&
amusement and education. III
! After while the lists bessA 3
come In to the Postum Office, and IN.
fore long the volume grew until n
required wagons to carry the null
Many: OF the contestants ware
though4less enough to send their Lists
with insufficient postage and for !
period 1t cost the Company from
twenty-five to flfty-eight and sixty
dollars 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 &st was very carefully cor
rected, except those which fell below
5000, Tor 1t soon became clear that
nothing below that could win. Some
OF the lists required the work Of
young lady for solid week on each
individual list. The work was done
very carefully and accurately, but
TIE Company had no idea, at the time
the offer was made, that the people
would respond so generally, and they
were compelled to Nil every available
space in the Offices with these young
lady examiners, and Notwithstanding
they worked steadily, 1t was impossi.
Bile to complete the exaninatio1Suntil
Sept. 20, over six months aftetsths
prizes should have been awarded.
This delay caused a great many
inquiries and naturally created some
dissatisfaction. 1t has been thought
best to make this report in practi-
cally all Of the newspapers in the
United States and many OF the maya
zines in order to make clear 10 the
neople the conditions of the contest.
Many lists contained enormous
numbers of words which, under the
rules, had to be eliminated. Peg.
GER woald count, "Peggers' woulc
not. Some lists contained over 81.
GEO words, the great majority q
which were cut out. TIE hfs"
lists were checked over two ana u
some cases three times to insure &c
curacy
The $4,000 gold prize was won y
l.. D. Reese. 1227-15th st., Dehve'
Colo. With 9s41 correct words. 1as
highest $1,000 gold prize went
x. Fraser, Lincoln, Pa, Win s'Si
correct words.
\ complete list Of the sSl winner
with their home addresses Will "
sent to any contestant enQuir'hs y.
a postal card.
Be sure and give name and aools''
This contest has cost the Co. NAVY
thousand dollars, and probably ~
not been a profitable advert'sem.ls
nevertheless, perhaps some WHO nas
never before tried Grape-Nuts iovs
have been interested in the col1sss
and from trial OF the food nave w.
shown it's wonderful rebuilding wv
ers. -.
It teaches in practical msa,
that scientifically gathered 1000 =.
ments can be selected froIo she
grains which nature will USE is'
building the nerve centres ana
in a way that is unmlstakaD.'
ase.s Of Grape-Nuts.
ssThAsa'a = reason"