Constitution’s Elephant Race “ADD ’EM UP” AND WIN CASH PRIZE Under Way; Thousands Join
The paper reports that its elephant game has begun, with readers asked to add up the figures that make up the picture of an elephant in order to compute its weight. Cash awards are offered to winners, and the full details and the picture appear in a full page advertisement in the same issue.
A newspaper puzzle contest in which readers add up figures to compute the weight of a pictured elephant.
The Constitution elephant race - with 50 cash awards totaling 3$4,400 - is officially on. This new classic of the arithmetica! turn got under way Sunday after the Sunday Constitution was delivered to thousands of Georgia and southern homes early yesterday morning and indications are that the ranks of the racers will be swelled daily. The problem of the new elephant game introduced by The Constitution is to compute the weight of the pachyderm whose figure is composed of a large number of figures. In a full page advertisement appearing in this issue of The Constitution may be found full details of the elephant game, together: with a big picture of the elephant himself. First prize in the game is fixed at 2,000 cash: second prize at $1,000, and 28 additional prizes of big sums are offered winners in the event - the - - amount involve totaling $4,There is no trick in the contest, a simple process of addition being the only arithmetical knowledge required. Anybody can start in this game withgut disadvantage, and the elephant race is one that will make an instant appeal to every member of the family from the tot just starting to school from the tot just starting to school to the heads of the fireside circle. If you have not already begun "adding 'em up" to reach your conclusion as regards the weight of the elephant; don't fail to turn to the full page advertisement in this issue of The Constitution and start to work at once. Full particulars of the contest will be found therein.
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Constitution’s Elephant Race “ADD ’EM UP” AND WIN CASH PRIZE Under Way; Thousands Join
The paper reports that its elephant game has begun, with readers asked to add up the figures that make up the picture of an elephant in order to compute its weight. Cash awards are offered to winners, and the full details and the picture appear in a full page advertisement in the same issue.
A newspaper puzzle contest in which readers add up figures to compute the weight of a pictured elephant.
The Constitution elephant race - with 50 cash awards totaling 3$4,400 - is officially on. This new classic of the arithmetica! turn got under way Sunday after the Sunday Constitution was delivered to thousands of Georgia and southern homes early yesterday morning and indications are that the ranks of the racers will be swelled daily. The problem of the new elephant game introduced by The Constitution is to compute the weight of the pachyderm whose figure is composed of a large number of figures. In a full page advertisement appearing in this issue of The Constitution may be found full details of the elephant game, together: with a big picture of the elephant himself. First prize in the game is fixed at 2,000 cash: second prize at $1,000, and 28 additional prizes of big sums are offered winners in the event - the - - amount involve totaling $4,There is no trick in the contest, a simple process of addition being the only arithmetical knowledge required. Anybody can start in this game withgut disadvantage, and the elephant race is one that will make an instant appeal to every member of the family from the tot just starting to school from the tot just starting to school to the heads of the fireside circle. If you have not already begun "adding 'em up" to reach your conclusion as regards the weight of the elephant; don't fail to turn to the full page advertisement in this issue of The Constitution and start to work at once. Full particulars of the contest will be found therein.
Reproduced unchanged from Atlanta Constitution, October 18, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: the Internet Archive's recognition of the microfilm scan, in part read from the scan by A Century Late; article boundaries by A Century Late.
Reproduced unchanged from Atlanta Constitution, October 18, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: the Internet Archive's recognition of the microfilm scan, in part read from the scan by A Century Late; article boundaries by A Century Late.
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Constitution’s Elephant Race “ADD ’EM UP” AND WIN CASH PRIZE Under Way; Thousands Join
The paper reports that its elephant game has begun, with readers asked to add up the figures that make up the picture of an elephant in order to compute its weight. Cash awards are offered to winners, and the full details and the picture appear in a full page advertisement in the same issue.
A newspaper puzzle contest in which readers add up figures to compute the weight of a pictured elephant.
The Constitution elephant race - with 50 cash awards totaling 3$4,400 - is officially on. This new classic of the arithmetica! turn got under way Sunday after the Sunday Constitution was delivered to thousands of Georgia and southern homes early yesterday morning and indications are that the ranks of the racers will be swelled daily. The problem of the new elephant game introduced by The Constitution is to compute the weight of the pachyderm whose figure is composed of a large number of figures. In a full page advertisement appearing in this issue of The Constitution may be found full details of the elephant game, together: with a big picture of the elephant himself. First prize in the game is fixed at 2,000 cash: second prize at $1,000, and 28 additional prizes of big sums are offered winners in the event - the - - amount involve totaling $4,There is no trick in the contest, a simple process of addition being the only arithmetical knowledge required. Anybody can start in this game withgut disadvantage, and the elephant race is one that will make an instant appeal to every member of the family from the tot just starting to school from the tot just starting to school to the heads of the fireside circle. If you have not already begun "adding 'em up" to reach your conclusion as regards the weight of the elephant; don't fail to turn to the full page advertisement in this issue of The Constitution and start to work at once. Full particulars of the contest will be found therein.
Reproduced unchanged from Atlanta Constitution, October 18, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: the Internet Archive's recognition of the microfilm scan, in part read from the scan by A Century Late; article boundaries by A Century Late.
Reproduced unchanged from Atlanta Constitution, October 18, 1926, page 1.
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Text: the Internet Archive's recognition of the microfilm scan, in part read from the scan by A Century Late; article boundaries by A Century Late.
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Constitution’s Elephant Race “ADD ’EM UP” AND WIN CASH PRIZE Under Way; Thousands Join
The paper reports that its elephant game has begun, with readers asked to add up the figures that make up the picture of an elephant in order to compute its weight. Cash awards are offered to winners, and the full details and the picture appear in a full page advertisement in the same issue.
A newspaper puzzle contest in which readers add up figures to compute the weight of a pictured elephant.
The Constitution elephant race - with 50 cash awards totaling 3$4,400 - is officially on. This new classic of the arithmetica! turn got under way Sunday after the Sunday Constitution was delivered to thousands of Georgia and southern homes early yesterday morning and indications are that the ranks of the racers will be swelled daily. The problem of the new elephant game introduced by The Constitution is to compute the weight of the pachyderm whose figure is composed of a large number of figures. In a full page advertisement appearing in this issue of The Constitution may be found full details of the elephant game, together: with a big picture of the elephant himself. First prize in the game is fixed at 2,000 cash: second prize at $1,000, and 28 additional prizes of big sums are offered winners in the event - the - - amount involve totaling $4,There is no trick in the contest, a simple process of addition being the only arithmetical knowledge required. Anybody can start in this game withgut disadvantage, and the elephant race is one that will make an instant appeal to every member of the family from the tot just starting to school from the tot just starting to school to the heads of the fireside circle. If you have not already begun "adding 'em up" to reach your conclusion as regards the weight of the elephant; don't fail to turn to the full page advertisement in this issue of The Constitution and start to work at once. Full particulars of the contest will be found therein.
Reproduced unchanged from Atlanta Constitution, October 18, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: the Internet Archive's recognition of the microfilm scan, in part read from the scan by A Century Late; article boundaries by A Century Late.
Reproduced unchanged from Atlanta Constitution, October 18, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: the Internet Archive's recognition of the microfilm scan, in part read from the scan by A Century Late; article boundaries by A Century Late.
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Constitution’s Elephant Race “ADD ’EM UP” AND WIN CASH PRIZE Under Way; Thousands Join
The paper reports that its elephant game has begun, with readers asked to add up the figures that make up the picture of an elephant in order to compute its weight. Cash awards are offered to winners, and the full details and the picture appear in a full page advertisement in the same issue.
A newspaper puzzle contest in which readers add up figures to compute the weight of a pictured elephant.
The Constitution elephant race - with 50 cash awards totaling 3$4,400 - is officially on. This new classic of the arithmetica! turn got under way Sunday after the Sunday Constitution was delivered to thousands of Georgia and southern homes early yesterday morning and indications are that the ranks of the racers will be swelled daily. The problem of the new elephant game introduced by The Constitution is to compute the weight of the pachyderm whose figure is composed of a large number of figures. In a full page advertisement appearing in this issue of The Constitution may be found full details of the elephant game, together: with a big picture of the elephant himself. First prize in the game is fixed at 2,000 cash: second prize at $1,000, and 28 additional prizes of big sums are offered winners in the event - the - - amount involve totaling $4,There is no trick in the contest, a simple process of addition being the only arithmetical knowledge required. Anybody can start in this game withgut disadvantage, and the elephant race is one that will make an instant appeal to every member of the family from the tot just starting to school from the tot just starting to school to the heads of the fireside circle. If you have not already begun "adding 'em up" to reach your conclusion as regards the weight of the elephant; don't fail to turn to the full page advertisement in this issue of The Constitution and start to work at once. Full particulars of the contest will be found therein.
Reproduced unchanged from Atlanta Constitution, October 18, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: the Internet Archive's recognition of the microfilm scan, in part read from the scan by A Century Late; article boundaries by A Century Late.
Reproduced unchanged from Atlanta Constitution, October 18, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: the Internet Archive's recognition of the microfilm scan, in part read from the scan by A Century Late; article boundaries by A Century Late.
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