Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 185, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 August 1919 — JOE McCOLLY WINNER IN PUZZLE CONTEST. [ARTICLE]

JOE McCOLLY WINNER IN PUZZLE CONTEST.

Joe McColly, son of Fred McColly, was the winner of the cravat' offered by the Hilliard & Hamill store, of this city, to the first Republican reader who was able to fill in the correct letters in their Wednesday evening' advertisement. There were several others who gave the correct answer, but McColly was the first to reach the store with the correct solution. The correct answer was: “Hilliard and Hamill can and do sell pure wool clothes as low as thirty-two-fifty. ’ ’ Mr. Hilliard is an ardent believer in the use of printers’ ink as a medium of. bringing ihis wares before the ‘ public, and his belief has been greatly strengthened by the numerous replies he received following the delivery of last night’s paper. Many called him by telephone at his home long after he had closed his store and were greatly disappointed to learn that they were too bite.