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1911 Howard County
Spelling Contest


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The Howard County Spelling Contest will be held at the Court House in Cresco, Saturday afternoon, June 17th, at 2:30 p.m., in connection with the rural graduating exercises.

CONTESTANTS.

NameSchool
Blatter, ClaraCresco
Brown, MaryAcme
Buresh, HelenSaratoga
Burns, MabelElma
Drakman, BerthaLime Springs
Eschweiler, AgathaRiceville
Fairchild, JoyChester
Grabau, EarlBonair
Griffith, LauraLe Roy
Iverson, ClaraElma
Iverson, LenaElma
Jordan, JohannaChester
McAllister, JohnCresco
Mead, MaryBonair
Meade, HarlandElma
Nichols, ArbieLe Roy
Rucker, HaswellCresco
Selck, DoraChester
Smith, NellieCresco
Stark, MyraRiceville
Stevenson, OliveElma
Underbakke, AgnesLime Springs
Walker, FernCresco
Walter, LuverneCresco

Admission 10 cents.

The list of contestants was extracted from Library of Congress Micro-Film using: Chronicling America, transcribed and prepared for the Web by Bill Waters. This Report was published in the Twice-A-Week Plain Dealer June 9, 1911, FP, C1.