The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-06-08
$50 IN GOLD IF
YOU CATCH THE
MISSING MISS
See What Ability You Possess as
a Sherlock Holmes and Earn
Vacation Money.
MISSING MISS CONTEST
WILL START ON THURSDAY
Conditions of This Interesting
Chase Give Everyone an Equal
Chance to Win the Prize.

A prepossessing and tactful woman |
has disappeared from Newark or
its vicinity, and THE EVENING
STAR offers a cash reward of $50 In
gold to any resident of Essex County |
or of Harrison or Kearny or Arlington
or East Newark who finds her.
Pictures of her, or of parts of her
face and figure. will be published each
day, so that the matter Of recognizing
her will be made less difficult. And
each day she will give, in her account
of her adventures of the preceding day,
an intimation of where she will be the
following day.
The conditions of this contest, which
is to try the detective skill of EVE
MING STAR readers. are very SIMPLE,
thus making the way clear 10 any one.
a man, woman or a child, to win the
$50.
Conditions of Contest.
First, at the time the amateur sleuth
makes the Identification he or she
must have in his or her hand a copy of
THE EVENING STAR. If the iden-
tiflcation is made before 2 p. m. the
ceding day If the identification is
made after p. m. THE EVENING
STAR must have the date of that cur
rent day. The paper must be carried
conspicuously in the hand. so that the
missing woman can see 1t without hay
ing to ask the identiher If he has the
paper.
Second, the identifier must be a resi-
dent of Essex County or of the towns
of Harrison or Kearny or Arlington or
East Newark
Third, when the amateur detective
thinks he has identified the missing
woman he must approach her, with
the paper in his hand, and say to her
these words:
al read THE EVENING STAR. You
are THE EVENING STARS missing
Miss"
The Missing Miss hunt will start
Thursday. If she happens to be THE
EVENING STARS missing woman
and the identiher has followed out the
above conditions she will Immediately
admit her identity and will hand the
successful amateur detective an order
on the cashier of THE EVENING
STAR for $50 in gold.
The missing woman will not hide or
try to keep from being identified. She
will go prominently into the most con-
spicuous places in the county. She will
visit the large department stores, per-
haps hoping that some needy sales
woman may win the prize. She will be
at the railroad stations, in the parks,
| In the theatres, at the ball game, on
prominent corners and always meeting
people and talking with them.
She will visit the Oranges and meet
the residents of those suburbs. She
will ride on the trolley cars and mingls
with the people in all sections every
day.
watch for Her Pictures.
With the pictures which viii be pub
lished of her, together with the inti-
nations she viii give from day to day
of where she may be expected. her de-
lection should he q simple matter to
those who possess real detective ability.
But she will give her pursuers chase
worth while.
The $50 i'm gold will furnish the nu-
cleus of q neat little vacation fund for
the successful detective, man or woman.
and the excitement of detecting and
| identifying the missing woman Will
make good summer fun. III the missing
young woman intimates in the paper
that she will be at a certain place the
next day that is just where she will
be- There will be no attempt to fool
the public. And if she says she will
be at a certain place at certain time
that Is where she should be sought
The experiences of this remarkable
young woman will furnish the most ex-
citing and interesting reading Each
day she will write about her expert
ences of the previous day She will
tell in detail who she met, give names
and repeat conversation. SO far as
known she has only one impolite habit,
and that is talking about herself. She
will frequently discuss THE EVENING
! STARS missing woman with those
with whonl she converses. Perhaps this
little vanity may be forgiven, how
ever, when it is known that she dis
cusses herself only to assist her seekers
in Identifying her,
The person who would win this prize
should be careful that he or she has the
right paper.
1t must ibe THE EVENING STAR,
and IL thef identification is made before
. p. m. it nust bear the date of the day
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