Life, 1921-01-20 · page 4 of 36
Life — January 20, 1921 — page 4: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, not satirical content. It announces an Eveready battery contest from June-July 1920 where "hundreds of thousands of answers" were submitted to solve "What Does The Letter Say?" The contest awarded $10,000 in total cash prizes: $3,000 (first), $1,000 (second), $500 (third), plus numerous smaller prizes distributed across the United States and Canada. The actual puzzle or cartoon that contestants solved is not visible on this page—only the results and prize winners' names are listed. The small illustration at bottom appears to be Eveready's standard advertising imagery (a light bulb), not a political cartoon. This is essentially a **results announcement and advertisement** for a consumer product contest, lacking satirical or political commentary.
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i TRS ES The picture that made millions wonder Eveready awards $10,000.00 in cash prizes UNDREDS of Thousands of answers were received to the Eveready Contest Problem, “‘What Does The Letter Say?” The picture was displayed during June and July, 1920, in Eveready Dealers’ stores throughout the United States and Canada. Eveready now an- nounces the names of the 104 Prize Winners. Limited space does not permit of printing all of the winning answers. The replies which the judges have selected for first, second and third prizes are printed herewith, as vell as the names of all prize-winning contestants. The Editors of Life judged the answers and, from thousands of interesting solutions, selected those submitted by the follow. ing winners as showing the great. est excellence. AMERICAN EVER READY WORKS of National Carbon Company, Ine. LONG ISLAND CITY, N.Y. National Carbon Co., Inc., San Francisco, Cal jonal Carboa Co., Ltd., Tervee First Prize $3,000.00 won by [.Wiatine Ker Hi . “Danger lurks where darkness lies 4s answer: Ti! driven back by Daylo’s eyes.” Second Prize $1,000.00 won by PERNICE,Y; BROWN Her 7; “Death has a thousand doors er answer: which a Daylo shuts and locks.” Third Prize $500.00 won by 8.4 WR!CHT, “We miners demand Daylos like sample— His answer: then our widows won't need indemnities.” Prizes also awarded as follows: Other $500.00 Prize-Winners Emma Engleman,. Montrose, Colo, Mrs. H. Langlois, London, Ont, Canada $250.00 Prize-Winners Henry Bonner, Columbus, Ga, L. N. Morgan, Philadelphia, Pa. William M. Tanner, Cambridge, Mass. Earl Williams, New Albany, Ind. $200.00 Prize-Winners H. G. Bailey, Boaz, Ala. Mrs. Chas. H. Bland, Ottawa, Canada Thomas H. Gill, Deadwood, S. D. M. T. Gans, Owensboro, Ky. Anna V. Murray, Jersey City, N. J. $100.00 Prize-Winners Frank G. Davis, Richmond, Va. Walton H. Grifith, Athens, Ga. Mrs. Walter E. Griswold, Framingham, Mass. Miss Lois Halderman, Pittsburgh, Pa Thos. H. Hall, Cambridge, Mass. Mrs. M. F, McDonald, Vancouver, B. C., Canada Arthur F. Meehan, Worcester, M. John Munro, Montreal, P. Q., Canada Harry O) Ottawa, Ont, Canada James B. Peddle, Chicago, ill, $50.00 Prize-Winners Orien D. Farrell, Sisterville, W. Va. Estelle S. Hewson, Richmond, Ind. H. R. Loosley, East St. Louis, Ill. P. E. Mehrings, Peoria, Ill. Wm. C. Motteram, Philadelphia, Pa. I. Foster Moore, Bridgeport, Conn. Arthur A. Pope, Norfolk, Va. Richard Sherwood, Great Falls, Mont. C. W. Simpson, Jamestown, N. Y. ALL, Wetzel, Clarksburg, W. Va. $25.00 Prize-Winners Geo. J. Anderson, Cleveland, Ohio Maurice T. Baker, Indianapolis, Ind. Donald Chase, San Diego, Cal. Lester D. Chirgwin, Ansonia, Conn. Russell E, Copeland, Mansfeld, Ohio Robert J. Davidson, Toronto, Canada G. W. Dover, Calgary, Alberta, Canada J. Edward Elliot, Stratford, Conn. Miss L. N. Elliott, Nashville, Tenn. Favre Gould, Brighton, Ill. Mary E, Groff, Redondo Beach, Cal. C. I. Ingalls, Somerville, Mass. Edward R. Isaak, Eureka, 8. D. J. Jamieson, London, Ontario, Canada Gertrude McDevitt, Boise, Idaho C. H. Meadowcroft, Boonton, N. J. Mrs. Jessie S. Power, Terre Haute, Ind. W. J. Reed, Aurora, Ill. Rene Surette, Moncton, N. B., Canada T. Harry Thompson, East Orange, N. J. $10.00 Prize-Winners R. E. Alexander, Philadelphia, Pa. J. J. Atherton, Kelowna, B. C., Canada Miss Adelaide M, Buckenham, Philadelphia, Pa. Anna Lincoln Busby, Boston, Mass. Mary M. Carroll, Boston, Mass. k J. Casey, Portland, M Joseph Coleman, Philadelphia, Pa. Helen Collison, Banf, Alberta, Canada Mrs. Mildred H. Comfort, Stillwater, Minn $10.00 Prize-Winners (continued) Louise J. Davis, Boston, Mass. W. B, Engle, Sioux Falls, S. D. A. D. Evert, Hazleton, Pa. Wm. C. Ferris, Fredonia, N. Y. G. Fulton, Washington, D. C. Francis H. Gillespie, Moncton, N. B., Canada J. A. L. Glaze, Vidalia, Ga. Wilmer M, Grayson, Baton Rouge, La. Ena Green, Little Rock, Ark. John E. Guernsey, Buena Park, Calif. Mrs. A. L. Guitar, St. Joseph, Mo. Garrard Harris, Birmingham, Ala. Frank K. Hills, Fort Wayne, Ind. Loren O. Johnson, Denver, Colo. John A, Knabe, Jersey City, N. J. Mrs. M. A. Lyon, Schaghticoke, N.Y. A. L. Mahoney, Detroit, Mich Donald C. McColl, Toledo, Ohio w. S. McKee, Troy, N. Y. john MacMahan, Vineland, N. J. E . Miller, Winston-Salem, N. C. C. S. Moeslein, Harrisburg, Pa. Elsie T. Nicholson, Batavia, Il, G. Noake, Saskatoon, Sask., Canada Mrs. A. Nolting, Elgin, Ill. E. C, Plummer, Devon, Conn. Carla P. Rosenthal, Pittsfield, Mass. A. Rothstein, Philadelphia, Pa. Sue I. Schermerborn, Richmond, Va, Herman H. Schindele, Philadelphia, Pa, James K. Shields, Media, Pa Perley M. Silloway, Peoria, Il, Arthur R. Smith, Warehouse Point, Conn, Victor H. Snow, Berkeley, Calif. C. F. Stoddard, Washington, D. C. A. C. Stuart, Chicago, Ill. R. Van Raalte, Wollaston, Mass. Herbert J. Ward, Birmingham, Ala. Miss Eunice Finch Wright, Hartford, Con, Theo. A. White, Denver, Colo. R. E. Wyatt, Nashville, Tenn. EVEREADY The Light that Says. “There tt ist” With long lived Eveready Batteries comicbooks.com