Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 September 1912 — Offer Continued for Another Week. [ARTICLE]
Offer Continued for Another Week.
The offer of W. H. Ritchey to give twenty dollars to any Bull Mooser in Marion tp., who will name one state ehch in a group of eastern, western, northern, and southern states, in which Roosevelt will get all the electors, is continued for one week more. Mr. Ritchey’s proposition is $5 to each Section or group. That is, $5 if one state is named in each group or >2O for the four states, one in each group. Mr. Ritchey divides the states into four sections —the southern; the eastern as far west as Ohio; the northen, jE*cluding Ohio, Indiana, Wisconsin, Illinois, lowa, and Milnnesota, and the rest of the states as Western states.
Mr. Ritchey has placed the >2O in the hards of the editor of The Demorcat, to be presented to the person who guessed the state or states, if any, carried by Rooeecelt. The guesses, if desired, will not be made public until after the election.
