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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1909
Page
9
The Sunday Post reports a surge of female participants in its proverb contest across New England. Winners were named in three prize sets including Boston residents and department store staff. Proverb was The Love of Money is the Root of All Evil, with entrants submitting varying versions.
A new hunt starts next week for three prize sets identical to this week. Open to women and girls readers of the Sunday Post and feminine Boston department store employees. Store staff must include a signed department head statement with their entry. Envelopes marked Department Store. Prizes total 190 dollars in Boston and outside Boston categories, with distances considered for the latter.
The Boston Sunday Post announces a Hidden Proverb contest for department store female employees with prizes 25 15 and 10 dollars for the first three correct statements. A total of 100 dollars in small prizes is offered with extra weight given to distance from Boston and envelope hour marks. Limit is letters sent by regular mail and received by 6 p.m. May 25.
A roster lists numerous prize recipients with full names and street addresses across Roxbury Dorchester East Boston and nearby Boston areas. The entries include Agnes Hagerty Louise Leon Mrs S L Chisholm L H Somes James English Edna Varney Carrie Ross and many others with street addresses.
A long readable list of names and street addresses in districts including Roxbury Dorchester Dorchester Centre Mattapan South Boston and Boston proper. The entries cover women and married names with street addresses such as Perry Street Roxbury and Hancock Street Dorchester.
A long roster of winners listed with street addresses across Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Names include Mrs W Richards Melrose 88 Upham St and Mrs C White Brockton 84 Highland St plus Ada M Whittemore Everett 157 Union St and Alice G Smith Revere 109 Proctor Ave. The list covers Melrose Brockton Everett Concord N H various towns and box numbers.
A list of names from New England towns appears alongside a note on proverb hunting. After describing various versions of a common adage, the piece states only two per hundred contestants succeeded in ferreting out the correct version and awards were given to the following employees.
A list of fifty one dollar prize winners from multiple stores including Houghton Dutton Co and Jordan Marsh Co. Names include Irene McNulty Isobel Lay Frances Gould Mabel Laverty Annie Carew Alice Adelson Jennie Milne Edith Barnes Breva Lerden Mary Sullivan Nolan McCarthy Watson Kendrick Dixon Delong Conkey Harney McClusky Faulkner Nellie McDermott Barry Harrington Murray Stuart Hoar Wells OBrien Childs Sophie OBrien Ella Gilman Ahearn McDonough Hughes Elliott Spear and others. The notice notes not all prizes were awarded due to insufficient correct answers and encourages continued participation in next Sundays proverb hunt stressing patience and perseverance.
Miss Agnes T. Hagerty of Roxbury wins the first prize in the Boston district proverb hunter contest. A Roxbury High School senior about 15, she is praised for her high studies and popularity. She thanks her family and the Post for daily access and encouragement.
A reader explains discovering proverbs in earlier Sunday Post issues and vows to mail the proverb answer immediately next time. The speaker notes missing the editorial deadline but plans swift future correspondence, even if it requires walking a mile to post.
Mrs. W. S. Richards of Melrose Centre winner of first prize in the outside proverb hunters contest. She lives at 83 Upham street with her husband and two daughters and keeps a scrapbook of Post contest winners.
Mrs Richards recalls winning first prize in the Post proverb contest and says she always enjoyed Sunday Post contests. She pasted photos on the front cover from four Sunday Post contests and notes her prizes included money and gifts.
The narrator notes obtaining the Post by six and sending a letter two hours later. With one Sunday mail at 5 30 PM, the husband carried the letter to Melrose square over a mile away to ensure the post is reached promptly.
Miss Irene E. V. McNulty of Charlestown won one of the first prizes in the Sunday Post proverb hunt. She received the news at an informal reception at Houghton & Crutton's counter yesterday, noting the task required sharp powers of observation to track down the elusive proverb.
New York May 19 Announcement says Gutzon Borglum the New York sculptor married Miss Mary Montgomery of this city at Short Beach Conn. The ceremony was performed by Rev Marshall Montgomery. The couple left for Canada then Princeton where Borglum will receive an honorary MA. Mrs Borglum is a noted Assyriologist and scholar.
A United Brethren quadrennial conference committee proposes that ministry applicants abstain from tobacco. The report sparked a lively discussion as delegates debated the rule and its implications for clergy credentials.
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