Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-02

received from friends OF tho hrm In Chi
cago and from points as far east as Bos-
ton. The branch houses in Omaha we're
worked and in this way many coupons were
picked up A great deal OF assistance was
rendered by the cattle hog and sheep buy
ers for Swift and Company and these same
buyers secured many subscriptions at the
Live Stock exchange,
Coupons came in from the country Gus
toners Of Swift and Company one lrm, that
Of Hufsmith Bros. OF Creighton, Neb., send
ing in LAO.
All the foremen at the plant have sub
scribed for The Bee for from six months 10
a year, paying in advance in order to OBJ
tain the advantage in votes. Most OF the
votes have been secured, Mr.. Palmer says,
oy procuring subscribers. In this work
nearly every one from the general manager
down to the office boys have taken a hand.
The young women in the Office also have
done their share, and even some OF those
who we're in the list Of contestants bave
contributed coupons. In this thorough,
businesslike way the campaign was car
ried on, the intention being to win II pos
sible.
Miss Phillips home is at Twentieth and
lizard streets, Omaha. and she has worked
at the Swift plant for nearly two years.
She has charge OF the girls in the smoke
house who do the sewing. From the en-
ployes it is learned that she is exceedingly
popular. In appearance Miss Phillips Is
brunette is very pretty and modest, and
has hosts of friends She is sister Ct
George Phillips, the well known and clever
bicycle trick rider.
Miss Clara Mccain.
The campaign for Miss Clara McCann was
managed by her two brothers, Peter and AL
Mccain. In this work the brothers were
ably assisted by James Rush of the Munshaw
Lumber company, South Omaha.
Peter McCann travels for the Cudahy
Packing Company and by constant solicita-
tion great many of the companys custom
ers were induced to subscribe for The Bee
in order that the votes might go toward
swelling Miss McCanns total. On his travels
through Iowa Mr., McCann met many friends
who volunteered to assist in the work OF
collecting coupons. The bulk of the votes
from Iowa however, were secured by sub
scrlptions from six months to a year
About a week ago the heads OF the de-
partments at the Cudahy plant became in
tcrested in the outcome and declared that
everything possible should be done to
cure one of the vacation prizes for Miss
McCann. Superintendent Dan Cameron, AS
sistant Superintendent Frank Kennedy, Of
nee Manager fOTDeS ana EMIL STRAUSS, man
ager OF the soap factory, took hold OF the
contest in earnest and secured many sub
scribers The branch houses of the Cudahy
company were interested and from those
quite large number OF votes were received.
Travelling representatives OF the company
were requested to keep an eye out for votes
and to secure as many new subscribers as
possible.
James Rush says that large proportion
Of the votes was secured by personal solicta-
tion on the part Of the friends Of Miss Nc
Cam. Coupons were saved by those who
were already on The Bees subscription list
| and those who were not were induced to
| prepay a subscription for several weeks or
| months.
| Messrs. Thompson & Beden rendered val
| liable assistance in the work, as did also
nearly all Of the clerks in the store. Many
| of Thompson & Belden's customers. who fire.
| quently meet Miss McCann, volunteered as
| sistance. and not only subscribed for the
paper, but collected votes which they turned
over to her.
! AS far as the actual voting OF the cou-
pons was concerned, Miss McCann attended
| to that herself Nearly all the votes Sc
cured were turned over to her by her friends
and she decided from day to day how many
votes should be cast.
Miss McCann resides with her parents at
Ninth and Oak streets, Omaha, and is a
| brunette Of pleasing manner. With all who
know her she is exceedingly popular For
| the last four years she has been employed
| by Thompson, Belden Co., and prior to
| that time was with N. B. Falconer
Miss Florence Rodgers.
Miss Florence Rogers of the Richardson
| Drug Co. has also been at her desk every
| hour OF the working day since the contest
| started. The customers of the firm, most
| of whom are entire strangers to her, have
| from time to time sent in subscriptions and
! when coming to the Office on business have
left her bundles of coupons. Her daily mail
| has been enormous the past week and every
| letter has, of course, brought coupons or a
subscription. The Office force has helped her
! in every possible way. She has done but a
| comparatively small part of the work her
| serf, her efforts being confined to few
| calls on friends on the way home from
| the office. She says these calls have been
| fruitful, however, as almost every family
| has been willing to give her years sub
| scription. Miss Rogers has been with her
| firm seven years and enjoys its highest con-
| fidence
! Miss Pearl Sunderland.
The campaign for Miss Pearl Sunderland,
| day counter clerk for the Postal Telegraph
| company, was conducted almost entirely by
F. w. Rothery of the same Office She did
but little personal soliciting herself. Her
| cause was handicapped by late start and
considerable work required to overcome
the headway gained by some of the candi-
dates before she had really begun. Her
| name first appeared with seven votes when
| the leader had almost 700 and before she
| had l 900 the leader had six times that num-
ber. But her daily gain was steady, being
about 1000 a day for some time. Later the
daily gains were, of course, greater, but less
| regular. Coupons were clipped for her in
dustriously, but her manager practically dis
| regarded the effect of single coupons in cast
ing about for resources. He did not go out
side of the city, as number of other man
ayers did, though he says that if his can
didate had entered the race a little earlier
he could have worked a large portion OF
| the state through the offices OF the COM
pany. 1t happened also that many OF the
employees OF the local office happened to be
! interested in other candidates through re-