The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-12-18
MISS POWERS OF PIERCE
Wins the Prize in the Daily
News Voting Contest.
HAS 5,s96 VOTES TO HER CREDIT.
Voted the Most Popular Young Lady
of North Nebraska by News Sub.
Surprises that Developed
the Last Day Of the Voting.
ITrom Snturdny's Dnllyl


winner in The News voting contest
for the most popular young lady In
! North Nebraska, emitting her and four
of her friends to the best box in the
| Auditorium next Monday evening,
when that delightful play Lost River
will be presented by nn excellent com.
pany. The bnlloting closed at o'clock
last evening, nt which hour Miss Pow
crs had 5,S9G votes.
At the beginning of the day yCstcr-
day, Miss Powers had 2,S77 votes To
her credit. Before & O'Clock last night
3.O19 more votes had been cast, max.
ing her n tota of 5.S96. Pierce showed
considerable spirit of town pride,
and with n steady pull from the open.
ing of the contest until its close the
people of that town backed Miss Pow
crs to victory. Miss Mary Powers Is
of her brother, w. IL, Powers, at
! Pierce, "A young lady of pleasing man
ncrs, and popular among the people of
| Pierce AS Is well attcstCd by the cor
dial support they gave her during the
contest just ended. She Is well and
favorably known by n number of Nor
folk people.
The last day of the contest showed
some remarkable surprises, the great
est of which was the way the votes
were rolled in for Miss Lena Me.
Knight of Long Pine. Beyond enter.
ing her name at the outset of the con
test two weeks ago, there was no in
diCation up to yesterday morning that
anything further would be done in her
interest But 1t seems that the hust-
lers of Long Pine were not asleep,
but were simply waiting to spring a
surprise on the remainder of North
Nebraska. Every train from the west
yesterday brought a big bunch of
votes for Miss Mcknight and just be.
fore the close of the contest last even
ing more came by telegraph. The
spirit that was manifested by Long
Pine on behalf of its favorite daugh.
ter denotes the kind of hustle that
does things in the west and demon.
is a wide awake town. A voting con.
test, however, is always an unknown
quantity, and in this case the spirit
is there to gain the desired end if II
had been thought necessary to dc
more. Miss Lena Mcknight, who with
the aid of her many friends, came SO
near to capturing the honor, is one
of the popular young ladies' of Lone
Pine. She Is the daughter Of DR.. II
u. Mcknight, leading druggist of the
town. and is member of the Ladies
d Silver band.
Miss May Willis Of Battle Creek
who stood second on the list yester
day morning with 2,72S votes to hel
credit, finished with an addition OF
. 2OS3 votes during the day, bringing
her total up to 4Sl1. Battle Creel
people stood nobly by, and if Henry
Neuwcrk had known that more vote!
were necessary there is no doubt bu
they would have been forthcoming
Miss May Willis is the daughter o
Postmaster f. II. H. Willis of BATTLE
Creek and "A deputy in the postofIice
Her standing in Battle Creek sOciet.
is heartily attested by the cordial ei
forts of the people Of her home tow
{ to get the honors for her.
+ Miss Hilda Lovingreen of Neligl
a stood at the head of the column yes
e terday morning, having 1888 votes
T. but the usual Neigh spirit of enter
g prise was not manifested during tn
s last hours and she finished fourtf
s with 3l33 votes. Miss Loyingree
I is chief clerk in the store of Wolf
d Brothers at Neigh and has been /
Z their employ during the last fiy
d years, previous to that time bein
clerk for A. j. Anderson for thre
t years. She is the main support {
d her aged parents, and is very popula
r. with a large circle of acquaintance
e who championed her cause.
" Miss Lydia Klug, the Stanton rel
d resentative, received a handsome con
e plimentary vote, finishing with 1,S1
h She is the daughter of one of Stal
Is tons prosperous farmers and is en-
e DlOyth 40 a NlIlN III biS toNhNi a. NV
T. chandise store of Frank Raabe. ST
N has lived in the vicinity of Stanto
during most of her life, and number
" some of the towns best people anon
N her friends. She is not unknown
e. Norfolk, being niece of w. l.. KeI
lr and has frequently visited here.
v The balloting was closed prompt
v. at o'clock last evening, the box
ne which the votes were contained W;
10 sealed until after supper, whC
TO Messrs. Frank H. Beals and II.
ne Dean were invited to open the bC
e. and count the ballots. This was dol
he in the presence of others, the resi-
VS. being set forth in the following CO
do tifcate:
no Norfolk, Neb, Dec, II, 1903.-V
ON the undersigned certify that we serv
as judges in the count of votes