The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-10-20
MANY HOMES TURNED
into "SPELLING BEES''
"MIS-SPELLED WORD" CONTEST
A Benefit TO ALL
Interest in the Novel Advertising
Plan Increases Each Week-Many
New Contestants


New Contestants
AS a result of the interest mani
tested in the "Mis-spelled Word
Contest, many homes in Ocala, Ma
rion county and other counties and
states have been virtually converted
into old-time spelling bees" as on
the arrival of the Banner containing
the page of advertisements of live
Ocala bushes houses members of the
RESPECTIVE families go to work to find
the purposely mis-spelled words, of
which. there can be from one to five
each week. The contestants, and
thousands of others, realize that it is
a benefit to them to read the adver-
tisements, even if they do not look
for the wrongly-spelled words.
A number of new contestants en-
tered the past week, and to see the
number of letters reaching the Ban
ner office in answer to the contest
would lead one to believe that we
have sent 10 cents to secure a big
mail"
Contestants at many points write
that they are deeply interested in the
contest and will exert every effort to
find all the words every week. We
wish them success.
Some Suggestions
Several coupons or Answer Blanks
were received the first week without
the signature of the persons filling
them out being signed to them. We
would suggest that before you mail
or send your answer, examine the
coupon in order to be sure that your
name is written there" for unless you
Go this, you may miss one of the lib
eral prizes, since it will be impossible
to determine as to whom the coupons
are from.
"Catch" Words.
From now until the end of the con-
test it is probable that "catch" words
may be used-that is, words that are
spelled two or more ways according
/ to Wedster's International Dictionary
hence contestants are warned to
keep an eye open for them. For in
stance: The word practice" may al
so be spelled practise" and yet it
would be correctly spelled.
Every contestant should remain in
the contest until the end, as changes
in their standing occur weekly
The Advertisers.
Consider the suggestions of the sew
eral advertisers interested in the con-
test and give them you rtrade when
needing anything in their lines, since
it is their liberality, through the me-
dunn of The Banner, that you are per-
mited to secure such beneficial prizes
as are offered in this contest. They
extend an invitation to you to trade
with them-do not pass them by.
We have made a special effort in
our instructions to contestants to
tell them that no names of persons,
cities, streets, or special brands of
goods will be mis-spelled in these ad-
vertisments, there being no establish
ed rules for spelling them. Hence.
should an error appear in such in
stances it will not be counted in the
| contest "Oklawaha" and other
words of like nature have been re-
ported, and, of course, do not count.
Another explanation made by us in
last weeks paper did not seem to
explain" viz: Only five words were
charged against last weeks ads, and
any contestant finding five, even
though the five included the word
lis" for lin" in the Ditto ad will re-
ceive credit for the full week.
In instances where a word is
spelled two ways in Webster's Inter-
national dictionary it will not be
considered mis-spelled if spelled
either way correctly. Please note
this. Several sent in words that were
spelled correctly, though in a differ
ent way from that reported on the
coupon