The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-11-18
TO BE ISSUED DEC. 10 BY THE
DAILY AND WEEKLY.
4 POPULAR GUESSING CONTEST
That Should Engage the Attention of
Our Merchants who Are Interested<
in AdvertisIne-The Prizes 60 Be
offered-FraakL Leske, Solicitor


Weekly ARDMoREIIE has decided
to issue a Christmas number of
the paper. That means that no
expenses will be spared to make it
a success from every standpoint
and a credit to Ardmore. 1t fur
ther means that the merchants who
the ARDMoREITE has so faithfully
served during the past year, and
yet received but little advertising
patronage from, will be asked, and
their patronage expected to help
make this paper what it should
and will be.
Every merchant who spends
dollar with this issue of the ARD
MOREITE will receive two dollars in
return for every one spent. Ten
thousand copies will be printed on
the nineteenth day of December and
delivered and mailed to every one
of our three thousand and six hun
dred Daily and Weekly subscrib-
ers, and the remaining issues will
be mailed to people who should
buy goods in Ardmore and who
live in this immediate section.
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The paper will prove a crier" for
every merchant in our city who
uses its columns to herald an an
nouncement extending an invita-
ton to the readers of this Christ
mas number of the ARDMoREITE to
become a customer of theirs or at
least of Ardmore.
The reading feature of this issue
will be replete with articles on the
advantages and resources of Ard
more as atrading point and the In
dian Territory's needs and advan-
tages and other matter of interest to
our people, together with Christmas
stories. etc., for the little folks.
Altogether the paper will be one
that will be appreciated and point
ed to with pride by our people and
the best yet issued by the paper.
In order to make things inter
esting and lively we have decided
to add guessing contest which is
open to every one using a dollar
worth of advertising space in this
issue, viz: Every merchant who
, adyertises in the columns of the
Christmas Issue of the Daily anG
Weekly 'ARDMoREITE will be giyer
for each dollars worth of spac,
used, blank, which he can FL
out with the number of inches o.
display advertising he thinks tha
issue will contain, and the luck,
; guessers will be rewarded as fol
lows:
> To the merchant guessing tn
exact number of inches of displa,
! advertising (single column meas
ure) in the Christmas number o
the Daily and Weekly ARDMoREITE
issued on Dec. 10, 1900, Will b
given ten inches of advertising TO
, one year in both Daily and Weekl
free of charge
To the merchant guessing tn
. nearest will be given ten inches O
b advertising for six months free o
charge. both Daily and Weekly.
To the next nearest guesser te
inches for three months in Dali
and Weekly. free of charge.
To the fourth nearest guesse
ten inches free of charge for on
month, both Daily and Weekly.
Only those who use the adver
tising columns of this issue will b
allowed to guess. Each party VIII
participates will be allowed a CUES
for each dollars worth of spac
used.
n We have engaged the services @
i, Mr.. Frank Leake, an experience
newspaper man, to present thi
matter to our merchants and max
contracts with them, as well q
further explain details of the Ell
terprise. Mr.. Leake will be gla
to help any advertiser who cor
/. tracts for space to prepare hi