The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-07-28
"They're Off"

hey re OH
If you've ever craned your neck
from the grand stand, and waited
with tense nerves for the crack of
the starters pistol, you know what
thrill sweeps through the crowd
when the signal is given and the
sprinters dart from the tape!
Today the same sensation is tingl-
ing the nerve centers of hundreds
of contest-enthusiasts in Redwood
and Renvi]le counties. They re
off !" is the cry that goes up from
all who love good sport and from all
who are interested in one or another
of the contestants. For the great
race" has started. The "sprinters"
have sped from the tape. The Red
wood Gazette great $1,000 Popular
Voting Contest has actually begun
AS everybody knows by this time
for the contest is the talk of the
town and county-The Redwood
Gazette offers $1,000 in magnificent
prizes to the several young woman
who shall secure the most votes, be-
tween this date and Oct. 9th on the
strength of their popularity To
the lady who secures the highest
number Of votes The Gazette will
present beautiful Laffargue piano.
valued at $3.50. This is piano that
our popular music dealer, c. D..
Thompson, sells to his customers
and was selected by us from among
his many instruments as being the
best to be had for that price. 1t is
on display in his show window, is a
beauty in appearance. rich in tone
and fully guaranteed by Mr.. Thomp-
son. 1t is a gift that a princess
might be proud to own and I'M
ashamed to hustle for. There will
be $1,000 in prizes in all, ranging
from $40 to $3.50 in value each, and
these will be awarded at the close
of the contest to the ladies who have
been successful in securing votes,
according to their standing. There
will be about twenty prize winners
in the Redwood Gazette's great con-
test-not only merely one. This
puts it within any woman's power
to win a valuable and beautiful
prize if she chooses to try to the ex-
tent of her abilities to secure votes,
if a young lady tries for the grand
prize and comes close to winning
it but not quite close enough, she
wins one of the twenty other splendid
trophies. and this fact should en-
courage every woman in the county
to see what she can win.
When the Redwood Gazette first an
nounced, two weeks ago, that it would
conduct voting contest, and pro-
pounded the question: (Which lady
in all the region round is the most
popular?' it met with instant re-
spouse. Nominations simply poured
in on US; many ladies proposed them
selves as candidate, and many ladies
were nominated by their friends, in
some cases a half dozen nomination
blanks being sent for the same can
didate. Numbers have already
started rounding up subscriptions
on which votes will be computed;
and numbers are preparing to start
in earnest next week. If we may
take liberties with the dignifed old
proverb we will say cit is never too
late to nominate" or rather to be
nominated as a candidate in the
Redwood Gazette's greatest contest,
Some ladies will be prevented by
social or household duties from be-
ginning the campaign now-but they
will find a royal welcome when they
do enter the race, and they will be
given every opportunity to catch up
with those who started before they
did.
A nomination blank is published
in this issue. We will be obliged to
anyone who will do US the favor Of