A NEW $40,000.00 



FIRST PRIZE, $10,000} SECOND PRIZE 

 $3,000; THIRD PRIZE, $t,000 



It Costs You Nothing to Guess. You May Get a Prize 



Every subscriber to The Floral World will have an opportunity to share in these mag- 

 nificent prizes if he wishes to participate in the Great Educational Contest in which these 

 prizes are given. 



The subject matter of this great contest is the total vote cast for Governor in the States of 

 Ohio, Massachusetts and Iowa on the third day of November, 1903. 



Every person interested in the science of Government should be interested in the elec- 

 tion in these three States, as much valuable information can be gained by a study of the 

 political conditions involved in these elections. 



CONDITIONS OF THIS GREAT CONTEST: 



Every subscriber who remits 25 cents, the regular subscription price (a year's subscrip- 

 tion) to The Floral World will receive a certificate that will secure for him any prize 

 which his estimate entitles him to claim. 



When you send in your subscription, also send your estimates of the total vote for Gover- 

 nor in the three States. Write your name, address and estimate in the subscription blank 

 below and mail it to The Floral World, Springfield, Ohio. 



The contest will close at midnight. November 2, 1905, and no estimate received after 

 that hour will be allowed. The official certificates of the Secretaries of the three States, 

 showing the total vote for Governor, will determine who are entitled to the prizes, and the 

 awards will be made by a disinterested committee of prominent judges just as soon as the 

 official figures can be obtained. Read the special prizes for those who guess early. It will 

 pay you to guess now. The Press Publishing Association has already deposited the $40,000 

 with the Central Savings Bank, Detroit, Mich., for the payment of the prizes. 



CERTIFICATE OF BANK PRESIDENT 



I hereby certify that the Press Publishing 

 Association has deposited |40,U00 in the Central 

 Savings Bank, Detroit, Mich., for the express 

 purpose of paying the prizes to those making 

 the nearest correct estimates of the total aggre- 

 gate vote cast for the office of Governor in the 

 States of Ohio, Massachusetts and Iowa, on the 

 3rd day of November, 1903, and that this fund 

 can be used for no other purpose. 



Ma 



President 

 Central Savings Association 



VALUABLE INFORMATION. 



To aid in forming your estimate we furnish 

 the official figures showing the vote for Gover- 

 nor in each of these States for the past ten 

 years, as well as to give the total vote for the 

 three States combined. The total vote for the 

 three States is found in the right hand column. 





Ohio 



Mass. 



Iowa 



Total 



1801.. 



. 795,629 



321,650 



420,212 



1,537,491 



1893.. 



. 823,658 

 . 837,466 



365,012 



415,806 



1,604,476 



1895.. 



328,121 



401,345 



1,566,932 



1897.. 



. 854,986 



269,795 



438,292 



1,563,073 







299,166 



433,351 



1,640,676 



1901. 



. 827,566 



324,526 



390,489 



1,542,581 



What will be the total vote for Governor in 

 these three States combined on the third day 

 of November, 1903? Figure it out and send in 

 your estimates. It may mean $10,000.00 in 

 cash to you. 



