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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Nov 19, 1912

Page

16

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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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.

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.

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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