Milford chronicle., 1909-06-25
Milford, Del.
My Dear.

My Dear.
Ny attention hai
been called to the bright work you have
done at school during the past year, anc
for the purpose of cuItiyating the habit oI
writing l am asking you to take part IN
a set OF prizes for the best article written
on subjects Of interest to our town, and
therefore of interest to you as one of It's
citizens
/ I will especially call your attention to
/ the fact, that these articles are to be pub
/ lished-the ones receiving the prizes-ln
4 the Chronicle
/ shall continue to offer the same
/ prizes on other subjects during the sum
mer, and this will give to you an oppor-
tunity to earn little spending money OF
your own effort.
am doing this for a two fold purpose:
i. e., first that you may have fixed the
habit OF writing articles correctly for pub
lication. Second, that out OF a class OF
bright young people, there may be one
or several VINO Will be benefited by their
efforts, and that the Chronicle may be
the gamer for their having the habit OF
writing.
This was the way that I first got started
in the publishing business by writing
for newspapers during the Centennial
Exposition in 1876
For the best written article, on the
Milford Lumber Company and its various
branches of manufacture describing the
methods of manufacture from beginning
to the final marketing, and any facts you
can obtain OF interest to the public OF
that enterprise, l will pay So 90 for the
second best $3.50 for the third best arti-
Gle, so cents
For an article on Building of Ships the
same prize will be offered, but not until
after tine first has been published, or
awarded.
For an article on Canning and its bene-
fits to the town and agriculturist, the
same prizes will be offered, but not until
the other two have been published or the
prizes awarded.
For an article on any of the industries
of Milford you may select, the same
prizes will be offered, but not until the
first three have been published or printed.
Your article must be written on manu-
script paper which you can get at the
Chronicle free, and on one side only; the
lines must not be too close togather, so as
to make reading of the copy difficult.
The f~5t article must be written and I
ready for publication by June oath, and I
all articles must be handed into the office /
before June 22nd.
The judges OF the different articles will /
be either George B. Hynson and George
n. Hall or some other prominent men
capable Of crticising.
| hope that Won each and all of the
class will enter this friendly cDntest, a. it
will be a splendid drill for you, and an
and in your future.
l hope that you will apply for the
stationary as early as possible and get at
his work at once
! am sure that the Milford Lumber
Company through lts officials will be
lad to give you any and all information
rou may desire. after You inform them
If the reason for which you are asking
hem for it,
am most respectfully,
Yours,
THEO TOWNSEND, Prop Chronicle.
The critics are going over the communi-
ations received this week, and in the is
ne Of July 2nd, the prize winners will be
and the articles will be pub
ished This contest while made origin
iy to the pupils of the class of 1910, is
lot necessarily confined to them alone
mt is open to any young girl or boy who
esires to have a try for the prizes, IN
Ter the conditions as outlined