| April 20, 1903 Morning Press
HARRY STADLER TOOK FIRST
Harry Stadler, of Catawissa, won the handsome gold mounted Paul
E. Wirt
fountain pen which was offered by J.F. Fisher to the person who
could write upon a postal card the greatest number of times the
sentence "Buy a Paul E. Wirt fountain pen of (sic) J.F. Fisher,
Catawissa, Pa." It was written on 605 times and each word was
perfectly legible.
The second prize also a handsome Paul Wirt fountain pen was won
by E.C. Miller who wrote it 428 times. Much interest was aroused
by the contest and postal cards were received from all parts of
the county and other cities.
The judges, John Waters, W.F. Whalen and Harry Yetter, made the
award. The vote for second prize was very close with Frank V. Bibby
coming third with 412. The next three in order were Frank Ludwig,
408; H.L. Creasy,
341 and Eugene Zimmerman 331.
Thanks to Ann Diseroad of Bloomsburg PA for the clipping
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