Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-08-09
MANY INTER EST Ed
THE couRlER's GREAT PIANO
VOTING CONTEST ATTRACTS
WIDE ATTENTION.
Three Magnificent Arthur ]. King
Pianos and Three $50 Singer
Sewing Machines TO Be Given
Away by This Paper:

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The announcement published in the
Courier Saturday, that this paper
would inaugurate another great voting
contest, has attracted wide attention
and a number Of girls have already
Bignifed their intention Of entering
the contest. The proposition Of the
Courier Is an unusually liberal one
and has been received with much
Favorable comment.
This paper will positively give away
three magnificent $3.50 Arthur J. King
pianos to the three Girls, seventeen
years Of age or under, receiving the
highest number Of votes IN accord.
hnce with the published rules Of the
contest. The contest will be conduct
ed IN three divisions as followss
(, The First division will comprise
girls, seventeen years Of age or Under,
residing within the city limits of OF
tamwa,
The Second division will comprise
girls, seventeen years OF age or under,
fesiting in Wapelle county, outside the
city of Ottumwa.
/ The Third division will comprise
girls, seventeen years of age or uti.
der, residing outside Of Wapello
! county,
| Any girl seventeen years Of age, or
under, can enter this contest, and the
three receiving the highest number OF
votes Zone IN each division) will each
be given magnificent $3.50 Arthur ].
King piano.
IN addition to this exceedingly lib.
Eeral proposition. the most liberal that
has ever been made by any newspaper
In this part Of the state, the Courier
has arranged to give second prizes,
of three new 500 Singer sewing ma
chimes, to the three girls, one In each
division, receiving the second highest
number Of votes.
The reports already made to the
Courier indicate that this contest is
going to be one OF the most popular
ever undertaken by an Iowa newspa-
per. The first announcement Of the
names Of the contestants, will be
made in the Daily Courier of August
is and In the Tri-Weekly Courier of
August 16. All that is necessary to
enter contestant, is to fill out the Of
hcial coupon and bring or mail 1t to
the Courier office or to bring or send
In an advance payment on subscrip.
ton account, or to secure the name of
a new subscriber with an advance
payment. This is the best way to get
good start and then the way to keep
at the head of the list, is to 60 after
the extra votes given for advance pay
: r1eTrts and new subscribers and keep
at 1t all the time.
Tire prizes which the Courier Is Of
fering are unusually valuable ones and
are well worth hard work and continu-
Gus effort. Nothing worth having In
this world Is secured without hard
worh and the surest way to win in
contest Of this kind, is to work for ad.
vance payments and new subscribers
Extra votes. on an exceedingly liberal
basis are given for advance payments
and new subscribers.
Two extra votes will be given for
every one cent paid on subscription,
by either old or new subscribers,
amounting to SO cents or more. For
instance, an advance payment Of 80
cents, secures 100 extra votes: a $1.0O
advance payment secures 200 extra
votes; a $500 advance payment, Sc.
cures 400 extra votes and $500 adj
vance payment secures 1000 extra
votes.
One hundred extra votes will be Civ.
On for new subscribers order for
the Daily for three months; 200 extra
votes will be given for new sub
scriber's order for the Daily for six
months, and 500 extra votes will be
given for new subscribers order for
the Daily for one year One hundred
extra votes will be given for a new
subscribers order for the Tri.Weekly
Tor six months and 200 extra votes
will be given for new subscribers
order for the Tri-Weekly for one year.
Blanks for securing new subscrib.
ers' orders and for advance payments
will be furnished to contestants and
their friends, free Of charge, on appli.
cation to the Courier office.
Hero is magnificent opportunity
for three deserving girls to each OBJ.
tain magnificent $3.50 Arthur ]. King
piano, free of cost and three other
girls, will each be given a $50 Singer
sewing machine.
All that is necessary to win these
splendid prizes is determined and con.
tinuous effort on the part of the con.
testants and their friends. Who will
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