Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 September 1914 — Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

SIO,OOO FOR 100 WORDS SIO,OOO f<>r an idea, wUch you must tell in 100 words or less. There will be no second prize. Only one first prize of SIO,OOO for the man, woman or child who gives the best idea to finish “The Million lAollar Mystery”!

SIO,OOO for an idea. SIO,OOO for 100 words. READ THE CONDITIONS. The Sunday Tribune prints today another installment of “The Million Dollar Mystery,” a mystery story for the solution of which a prize of $lO,000 will be given by the Thanhouser Film corporation. The story will run twenty-two consecutive weeks in The Sunday Tribune. As each chapter appears in The Tribune a two reel film corresponding with it may be seen in the various moving picture theaters. By this arrangement with the Thanhouser Film corporation it will be possible for Tribune readers both to read the stpry and see the moving picture of it as it progresses ’from week to week. The first film was released on June 22. Each week* another will be released until Monday, Nov. 16. The last chapter of The story will appear in The Tribune on Sunday, November 22. Conditions Governing the Contest. The prize of SIO,OOO will be won 3>y the man, woman or child who writes the most acceptable solution of the mystery, from which the last two reels of motion picture drama will be made and the last two chapters of the story written by Harold MacGrath. Solutions may be sent to the Thanhouser Film corporation, either at Chicago or New York, any time up to midnight, Jan. 14. They must be received not later than that date. This allows eight weeks after the first appearance of the last film releases and seven weeks after the last chapter is published in the Sunday Tribune in which to submit solutions. The Chicago address of the Thanhouser company is 166 West Washington street and the New York

City address is 71 West Twentythird street. A board of three judges will determine which of the many received is the most acceptable. The judges are to be Harold MacGrath, Lloyd Lonergan, author of the scenario, and Miss Mae Tinee of the Chicago Tribune. The judgment of this board will be absolute and final. Nothing of a literary nature wil be considered in the decision nor given any preference in the selection of the winner of the SIO,OOO prize. .The last two reels, which will give the most acceptable solution to the mystery, will be presented In the theaters having this feature as soon as it is possible to produce same. The story corresponding to these motion pictures will appear in this newspaper Co-inci-dently, or as soon after the appearance of the pictures a? practicable. With the last two reels will be shown the pictures of the winner, his or her home, and other interesting features. Solutions to the mystery must not he more- than 100 words long. Here are some questions to be kept in mind in connection with the mystery as an aid to the solution: T No. 1 Wiiat becomes of the millionaire ? No. 2—What becomes of the $ i - "00,000? No. “—Whom does Florence marry? No. 4—What becomes of the Russian couatess? Nobody connected either direct Ivor indirectly with “The Million Dollar Mystery’ will be considered as a contestant. —-Chicago Sunday Tribune.-

AT THE PRINCESS THEATRE Wednesday Night, Sept. 23 First installment of “THE MILLION DOLLAR MYSTERY;” second installment, Wednesday, Sept. 30. To continue each Wednesday night for fifteen weeks.

The war is costing England at the tatc o! $44,8(1 a second, which is slightly in excess of the cost of running a country newspaper. It you have nothing to do for the next sixty days, just sit down and try digging the truth out of this blasted war. I rench Turcos charge like hell b-t loose,” says a foreign dispatch. I tit haps. (an ( say. Never been to hell. Ninety-nine per cent of our people want peace and disarmament. I he other one per cent has to do the fighting. "Peace is in sight," says a local prognosticator. Of course. We can see a long ways these days. i Y " ' —.—_—.• .. Fill your lungs with air and your brain with knowledge and your pockets will (ill themselves. A young man about town wants to know how he can improve his physique. Woodpile. v - . Men • exhibit battle wounds , and call it glory, if the cow kicks them they cuss.

lion t be afraid of the other fellow. You may look just as big to him. .1. ' I \.. • •' '■ ■ V Carranza i s standing alone today, but tomorrow he may need a crutfch. W ise men absorb knowledge. Fools absorb wind fc * I Bought at home and used at home” is also good. -A _C . You may know it, but do we? Better tell us. To Mexico: Now be good or get spanked, f What a blessing is peace—in the home. Breezy minds are never becalmed. “Made in America” is better. Why is war? **