Spelling Contest Offers $50 Scholarship For Corrected Words
A 1913 advertisement urges readers to rewrite letters and list misspelled words, using a dictionary to correct them. The first correct entry from each ward in San Antonio’s eight counties earns a free life scholarship for bookkeeping, banking, shorthand, telegraphy, or related courses.
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San Antonio
Misspelled Word Contest Promises Scholarships to Students
A Draughon advertisement promotes a contest rewarding correct spellings with ten cents per misspelled word corrected toward a college scholarship. Readers are urged to collect the brochure, mail it, and compete for a life scholarship if their county's entry is first to reach the office before January 30, 1913.
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Draughon’s College
San Antonio
Texas
M. BR. Allensworth
Bank of Chillicothe
Chillicothe
Draughon
Inc. F. Cranghon
Fort Worth
W. D. Crothers
Commercial National Bank
Brady
A. F. Carter
Royston State Bank
Royston
J. L. Chapman
First National Bank
Farmersville
Practice Business College
J. E. Lipscomb
Farmers’ and Merchants’ State Bank
Celina
Jno. F. Draughon
H. G. Lehman
Giddings
R. A. Morris
Camp County Bank
Practical Business Colleges
Harry Mauritz
Farmers and Merchants’ State Bank
Hutto
Practical Business College
Allen Winham
Merchants’ and Planters’ Bank
Texarkana
Jesse Thompson
Snyder
Jno. F
Arlon B. Davis
Cowboy State Bank and Trust Company
Rotan
Jno
F. Craughon
F. D. Oberthier
Kilgore State Bank
Kilgore
American National Bank
Austin
J. Frank Potts
Farmers’ State Bank
Knox City
Dranghon’s
F. Draughon
E. M. Paule
Rouse City Bank
Rouse City
Percy D. Williams
First State Bank
Barry
Practical Business
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Galveston
MW. FE. Harlan
Stamford
W. M. Harlan
Frank Briscoe
Adams National Bank
Devine
W. Hogan
City National Bank
Corsicana
Arkansas
City National Bank of
Haven
Denison
Vv. M. Washam
Farmers’ National Bank
Grapevine
B. Estill
Draughon’s
I. Richardson
Riddle Exchange Bank
Alexander
J. C. Reynolds
Moody, Texas
Tno
Fr. Draughon
J. W. Reed
Cashier
Bank of Commerce
Mer
Paige State Bank
Paige
J. G. Wilkinson
Continental Bank and Trust Company
Fraughon
James B. Baker
Waco Savings Bank
Waco
United States
Theo
Bumler
Victoria
Roscoe Cawyer
Mere Bank
Mercury
Joan A. Deadrich
Johnson City State Bank
Johnson City
Dra E 'Ianena College
MH. Doss
Millsap
W. L. Moody Jr
President
Pcraughon
E.rotan
First National Bank of Waco
S. T. Hanson
W. M. Shirley
Princeton
J. F. Williams
Cashier City National Bank
el Paso
South
W. H. Eddleman
Western National Bank
San Aritoni
Advertisement Offering Individual Business Training
An advert lists courses for individual studies including bookkeeping mercantile banking business law penmanship shorthand touch typing commercial papers spelling letter writing business English punctuation telegraphy on main line wires railroading Spanish business mathematics rapid calculation exchange and related topics.
Misspelled Words List Sent for GREA Educational Contest
A letter from Sion Here Earthman Bros and Parish with Draughon’s College in San Antonio submits a complete corrected list of misspelled words for the GREA Educational Contest. The writer certifies no assistance and signs as Name P. O. R. F. D. State Box Street.
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Graham
American Bank and Trust Co
San Antonio
Texas
Draughon
W. W. Murphy
Farmers’ National Bank
Haskell
Jno
F. Draughon
Jess PD. Carter
Royston State Bank
Royston
Practical Business College
L. B. Ward
Farmers’ Exchange Bank
Springtown
Jnc. F
J. Be, Evans
First National Bank
el Campo
John F. Draughon
Practical Business
G. W. Alcorn
Citizens’ State Bank
Montague
P. Ancker
Denison Bank and Trust Company
Denison, Texas
J. D. Anderson
Cashier City National Bank
Practical Business Colleges
F. W. Lemburg
German-American National Bank
Mason
A. Legate
National Bank of Denison
Denison
F. Draughon’s
Earthman Bros. & Parish
Mers
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G. W. Earthman
James Earthman
G. W. Parish
J. E. McDonald
A. T. Brott
F. ©. Thames
Miss Sadie Transeau
Leon L. Shield
First State Bank and Trust Company
Santa Anna
G. EB. Spullin
First Bank of
Tuxedo
G. W. Wofres
Forney
D. C. Lowe
Silverton
Practical
D. J. Brumbaugh
the National Bank of Denison
An. W. C. Page
Leavelady
Are. J. H. Doss
Jnc
F. Rodgers
Collinsville
Tilson
Rucker
First State Bank of
Thurber Junction
Mingus
W. UW. Roach
Farmers and Merchants’ Bank
Lipan
W. E. Richards
American National Bank of Houston
Houston
F. D. Wilson
Goldthwaite
Mall Jno
Ss. B. Anderson
Enloe
R. C. Ayres
Commonwealth National Bank
Dallas
G. I. Blackford
State National Bank
Jas. A. Comer
B. Conn
Kirbyville State Bank
W. N. Stowe
Jno. F. Craughon
Geo
Saur
T. J. Groce
Galveston National Bank
Jac. F. Craughon
Jas, Garitty
Trimble
Tenn
Trimble Banking Company
T. A. Pierce
Meredith A. Sullivan
Lee State Bank
Inc
Waco College
R. F. Shaw
First Bank of Mertens
Mertens
BBS
Jwo
W. M. Williams
Hillsboro
Saol F. Draughon
John C. Harrison
Cashier State National Bank
W. 8. Gibbs
Gibbs National Bank
Huntsville
Chain 4
A. B. Hardin
H. W. Hackbarth
Citizens’ Statd
Sealy
T. H. Hunter JR
Silsbee Sta Bank
Silsbee, Texas
Miss Bess Cooper
Miss A
Sierra
Iyi
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