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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1909
Page
6
After 11 weeks and 1700 prizes totaling 2300 dollars the Sunday Post confirms the Proverb Hunts will end next Sunday. The contest drew entrants from across New England including many children and older readers, with four divisions in recent weeks and prizes promptly mailed to winners.
The final hunt will be held next Sunday and the Proverb Editor invites every woman and girl in New England to participate. Rules are strict and the editor’s decision is final. Entries may use borrowed newspapers. mail must be regular, not special delivery, to the Proverb Editor Boston Sunday Post P O Box 6276 Boston Mass. List of eligible assistants and addresses across New England follows.
List of district first prize winners and numerous prize recipients with full street addresses across Boston and nearby towns including East Boston Allston Dorchester Roxbury South Boston Charlestown Roslindale Jamaica Plain Mattapan Brighton and Dorchester. Names include Mrs Mary M Nelson and Lucy A Groves along with many others.
A compiled list of many women and their street addresses across Medford Brockton Arlington Dedham Newton Cambridge Hyde Park Readville West Somerville and other Massachusetts towns. Names include Catherine Cameron Mrs L G Knight Mrs A A Clarke Mary T Gillon Elsie Runciman Carrie Gridley Katherine Farrington Elizabeth Robinson Althea Farrington Flora White Leonora Shepherd M. B. Bellows Anna Dalzell Rena Morris Alice Burdett Mary McLeod Marguerite Doherty Emma Boyd G L Fairbain Gertrude Thayer J D Thompson Pearl Forbes Geraldine Kennedy Ethel Acken Frances Hoyle I Henry Catherine Foye Anne Smith Frances Burnham Hattie Hatch Amy Robinson Anna Parker Sedelle Simonds Louise Fall Miss Arenberg Ada O Hara Edith Cutler Helen Tucker Verna Thompson Jennie Morton Irene Beane Harold Curtis Hazel Sargent Bessie Tirrell Elaine Hall Ruth Commons Ida Gilmore G A Weschrot Laura Jenkins and others listed with street addresses across several towns.
A list of contest winners includes Abbie L. Green Brockton Grace Frame Swampscott Myra Brown Manchester Florence MacMullen South Framingham Lizabeth Butters Old Orchard Maine Alice Hayley Concord and many others across Massachusetts New Hampshire Maine Rhode Island and Connecticut names and addresses appear in the compilation reflecting local participation and recognition.
A list of winners across multiple stores includes Gertrude V. Hayes George E. Plummer & Co Anna E. Hines L. Starr & Co Flora Wilson Gilchrist Co Mary A. Wermers R. H. Stearns Isabelle Langmald R. H. White Co Lillian F. Graves Houghton & Dutton Kate Cahill Gilchrist Co Blanche Hunt Jordan Marsh Co Britta Crosby Butler & Co Julia F. O'Brien Mrs Mary Kieley Minnie Harrigan Shepard Norwell Co Margaret Sheehan Pearl E. Goodwin Belle Merrow Martha Bullard Timothy Smith Co.
The Boston district selects multiple prize winners from local stores and firms including Jordan Marsh Shepard Norwell Co and Gilchrist Co. Mary M. Nelson of East Boston wins the district prize after helping family solve missing proverb words. She thanks the Post and plans to use the prize for a vacation.
Mrs Catherine Cameron of 598 Main Street South Medford wins the district prize in the Post proverb contest. She had daily prior losses and now claims the win as ample payoff for the time spent seeking missing words amid neighborhood rivalry and Sunday morning efforts.
Abbie L. Green of Brockton is named a first prize winner in this week’s proverb hunt. She calls the news a pleasant surprise and expresses relief at the long-awaited good fortune.
Miss Gertrude V. Hayes, winner of the department store division prize, was found at her post on the second floor of George E. Plummer's store on Washington Street. She expressed disbelief, gratitude to the Post, and anticipation at how coworkers will react when they read of her win in Thursday's paper.
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