Missoula County Teacher’s Contest – 1895
Teacher’s Contest 1895
Successful Teachers.
The Misses Robinson, Sloane and Foote Head The List In The Above Order.
The Contest a Grand Success From Beginning To End – 47,000 Votes Were Cast For The Different Candidates.
Promptly at 2:30 o’clock yesterday afternoon a committee was selected to count the votes in the teacher’s contest consisting of Mrs. D. H. R. Dufresne, Gus Moser, and C. F. Judson. They then began their arduous task which was not completed until 4:30 p. m. The total number of votes cast reached the astonishing figure of 47,023. Miss Frances Robinson leads all her competitors by nearly 2,000 votes, winning the first prize with 7,362 votes to her credit. Miss Sloane comes next and wins the second prize with 5,534 while Miss Foote captures the third prize with 5,078 to her credit. Miss Spurgin and Miss Catlin are the next highest with 4,431 and 4,222 votes respectively.
The successful candidates are requested to call at this office and receive their orders for the prizes. They have the privilege of choosing from any of the different stores one of the many displays offered during the contest.
Every one could not win a prize and consequently there will be some disappointment among the defeated candidates. Yet they will all have the satisfaction of knowing that they have many friends in the city by the large number of votes cast for them. The vote complete, as signed by the judges is as follows:
Teachers – Votes
Miss Hattie Hord 3430
Miss Francis Robinson 7362
Miss M. E. Sloane 5534
Miss Minnie Spurgin 4431
Miss Marian Foote 5078
Miss Mabel Bolles 2906
Miss Ella Switzer 2652
Miss Sadie Catlin 4222
Miss Bee Thornton 2612
Miss Ida Keup [Kemp] 1514
Mrs. E. C. Knight 1332
Miss Edna Gorham 1246
Mr. Henry Amiraux 981
Emily Blanchard 720
Miss Rose Cronican 411
Miss Lillian Phelps 495
Miss Nellie Boyd 499
Miss Julia Duncan 266
Mrs. Ed Weyman 261
Miss Sarah Duncan 248
Miss Alla Gwin 199
Miss Kate Shelley 189
Miss Millie Keup [Kemp] 176
Miss Jessie Kenyon 169
J. M. Duffy 60
Prof. W. E. Nippert 39
The above article appeared in The Daily Missoulian on December 4, 1895.
The Teacher contest was sponsored by The Daily Missoulian newspaper. Ballots appeared in the newspaper every day from early September through December 1, 1895. Depending on the type of subscription the voter had purchased, they were entitled to as many as 300 votes. Teachers from as far away as Heron, Plains and Thompson Falls were included. Some of the Teacher’s districts that are more or less unrecognizable today included Carlton, Pattee, Gloude, Big Flat, Big Bend, and O’Keefe. A Missoulian subscription cost $6.00 per year if delivered by carrier, or $5.00 per year by mail.
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