Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1922-04-26
Willmar, Mimi, April p, 1922

The judges for the Willmar Tribune
"P-word' puzzle contest completed
their work last Saturday night. The
task was not one to. be done in two
or three hours. 1t is big job, espe-
cially when the work is DONE as it
was in this case, carefully and con-
scientious!y. There were very many
good lists and it was only by careful
checking and re.checking that the
winners were decided upon This was
especially true of the third, fourth,
: fifth and sixth rr:ze winners.
Miss Felt, winner Of first <lace and
Robert B. Johnson, winner Of second,
established their lead quite early in
the checking and were never in real
danger. but for the other positions,
there was mighty lively and close
race. Many contestants looked like
winners only to find that others loom
ed up behind and came in neck ahead
Of them as they came sailing in at the
final splurt when the judges with
their weather eye on ~ the wire
struck the gong. r. =. .:$ 81
Miss Felt had 1876 words, 176 Of
which were correct and 20 .unaccepted,
making her penalty only 5, a remark
able showing. She evidently did not
realize what real splendid list she
had or she would have: qualified for
the larger prizes. Beingsssin class i
her prize is $500. $.f><&
Joh
second prize. mad by far the largest
number of accepted words, 21S. But
his penalty was SO, leaving his stand
ing 165. He had qualified for 5th class
and wins $500.
Henry Solmonson, third, had 165
words with only Is wrong His score
was 151. He was in class and receiv-
es s25.
Eta Moldenhouer, fourth. had 172
words, 10 wrong, penalty (. Score 14o
She was in class l SO her prize is $3.50.
E. e. Hauge, fifth, with a score OF
146, was in Class and wins $500.
Carl ". Towley, sixth, with 143
score, is in Glass and wins $500.
The following are contestants near
the top who came near breaking into
the winning column: .s.,,
Richard Harris. Wil!mar, Rt. g.:
Ralph Andersen, Willmar.
Emil Anderson, Atwater, Rt. /.
Elsa Miohaelson, Marquette, Wis.
Mrs. John Sandness. La Moure, n. Z
Victor E. Erickson, Willmar, 600 4th
St. +
Mrs Lee Somervil!e, Maynard, MINI
Dorothy Diffendorf, Wil!mar.
Ralph Tatt'ng, Svea.
Miss Louise Flanchier, Willmar.
The following is the master list
Those in light face are the artists orr
ginal lists. The bold were allowed
and added by the judges.
PA
Pack; package or parcel or packet
pad; padle; paddock or parrock; pad
lock; page; pagina; pail; paint; paint
brush; painter; painting; pair (?)
pale Or picket Or peting; palette; pal
indrom; palm; pan; panhandle: pan
cakes (0; pane; panel; pansy; pan
falcons Or pants; paper: papilio; par
achute; (parallelogram? parapet
paraso!; parenthesis; parrot; par
ships; passageway; parson, preacher
priest or pastor; pastern; pasture
patch; pate; path or pathway; pave
ment or paving; paw; pawl. T..
Pakeha; partition; parting; paste
board; packthrcad; proboseidea; par
achutist; parlor; par1ped; paImuIa
pavestones; pavior; pavestone or pu
sc. r'
Pc ~"
Peas; peaches; peacock; peak o
pinnacle; pears; peavey; pelage; pc
po; pebble; pectus; peddler; pedestal
pedestrian: pediment; pedicel or pc
duncle; peen; peg; pe,age; pelican
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