The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-07-21
Many Candidates Enter Contest.
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contest. At each OF their stores, /
any customer who pays S1.00 in cash
for merchandise will be entitled to
a coupon good for Is votes, free. I
The friends Of any candidate can
help her increase her standing by
trading exclusively at the contest"
stores, and asking for the rs votes
with every dollars worth of goods
they buy. When the voting coupon
is handed to a customer, he has only
to write on it the name of the Can
didate he wishes to vote for, and
bring or send it to the Ballot Box in
The Gazette office.
The same merchants have contrib
uted lavishly to the prize list. and
more donations, from other mer-
chants, are expected this week.
Each store which has agreed to issue
votes to customers. has also put
up" valuable prize, representative
of it's line of business. These prizes,
added to the Piano, the Diamond
Ring, the Gold Watch and the Cash
Prizes Of Gold Money which The
Gazette offers, make long and op-
ulent list Of trophies, so that, at the
close of the contest, on October 9th,
each young lady, who has really
worked hard to get votes, and who
has even a fair showing for the eff
fort she has made, will be presented
with some costly and substantial
prize to recompense her for the
pains she has taken. The names of
the merchants who are in the con-
test, and a description of the prizes
they offer, will be found in the great
display advertisement Of the contest
on the back page of next weeks
issue. Study that advertisement,
and learn WHERE TO GO when
you have any supplies to buy. so that
every dollar you spend will PUT
YOUR FAVORITE CANDIDATE
Is VOTES AHEAD in the popularity
race.
The Contest will be actually start
ed with the appearance of our next
weeks issue. There is nothing to
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votes before that time, however.
We are ready to do business at once
and will receive votes and new NOM
nations as willingly tomorrow as
after the contest has been formally
inaugurated.
HUSTLE FOR THE EARLY BIRD
PRIZE.
The Contest will be divided into
period" Of two weeks each. There
will be special prize for the candi-
date who makes the greatest gain
during each period. beside the regu-
lar prizes to be awarded at the close
of the Contest.
AS the Contest begins on July 2Sth
the first period will end on August
18th. In our issue of that date we
will publish for the first time the
standings Of all the candidates
that is, the number Of votes which
each has secured during two weeks
will be printed opposite her name
on August 18th.
TEN DOLLARS IN GOLD WILL
BE GIVEN FREE to the lady who
heads the list when the standings
are made known for the first time
Begin hustling at once, ladies. 1t is
worth while to win that $40 Early
Bird prize for the best first two
weeks work. If you win it, you
will feel pretty we'll encouraged
about your prospect of winning the
Piano-for well begun is halt
DONE" they say. and anyone who
can get ahead Of all the others during
the first two weeks, ought to be able
to keep up the pace and stand high
among the winners in the final
count. The young lady who stands
sec ond in the list, on August 18th.
will receive bonus Of 10000 extra
votes; she who stands third will re-
ceiye 1880 extra votes, and the 4th
Early Bird will receive 5000 extra
votes.
Start today See how many votes
you can turn in for the benefit OF
your favorite candidate before the
Contest opens. Look for the 100
vote ballot, published FREE in our
next issue, and see that it is voted
for your candidate! Ask for VOT-