Evening journal., 1910-11-14

To-day THE EVENING JOURNAL
announces the Inception OF the great
est newspaper popularity voting CON
test ever attempted by a publication IN
the state of Delaware. Plans that
have been based on the expenditure oI
thousands of dollars and that have
called into consultation the best cir
culation advice in this country have
been finally matured, and the details
of the most magnificent offer that has
ever been made to the popular and
enc -eetic people of Delaware are
ready for their consideration and
verdict.
More than $4,000 have been ex-
pended by THE JOURNAL for a prize
list that represents in every detail the
best value money could buy and in
cludes some of the most magnificent
gifts ever offered in an affair or this
kind. In making up this exceptional
list the ordinary class of newspaper
premiums we're not even so much as
considered; only prizes Of real value
and worth were thought to be IN
keeping with THE JOURNALS de-
termination to launch an enterprise
that il could Justly feel proud of, and
only prizes of real worth were pur-
chased.
Forty-two prizes in all are offered
by THE JOURNAL TO those persons
receiving the greatest number OF votes
in the contest that it now announces.
And il offers to any person OF good
character, man or woman, boy or girl
residing anywhere I'm Delaware, the
opportunity to compete for and win
one of these prizes without cent OF
cost to him or to her IL feels that
il is Offering a sufficient number OF
gifts to go around; that it has some
thing for every person who enters
with the proper determination.
All free TO contestants.
Every one of these valuable gifts
costing in the aggregate more thar
$4,000 is to be given away In thf
strictest sense of the word. To entei
this friendly struggle will not cosi
any one who is eligible a single cent
it will cost nothing to stay in and 4
will cost nothing to win. To make 4
more emphatic, THE JOURNAL doei
not want the money of those wh'
compete in its contest; II wants onl,
a little work on its behalf and theii
good will. It is offering TO the popu
lar and wideawake people, who reside
In the territory in which II is read
what is believed to be the opportunit,
of a generation, but it hopes at tn
same time to benefit in increased cir
culation and new friends made.
AS has been said, the forty-tw'
prizes will be awarded TO the forty-tw'
persons receiving the highest numbe
of votes during the contest. Two way
of obtaining votes are offered Firs
by clipping and sending in the dali
ballots that appear each day in TIL
JOURNAL, and, secondly by securin
prepaid new subscriptions or the re
newal Of old ones to the paper.
For the purpose Of this contes
THE JOURNALS territory has bee
divided into six districts and two d.
visions. This means that there wi
really be six contests in one; with
stipulated number OF prizes in eac
district in addition to the grand an
division prizes. The first division en-
braces Districts One, Two and Three
the second division embraces Di'
trdicts Four, Five and Six. The lou
grand prizes go to the four highes
contestants at the close of the cor
test, regardless OF district The FRS
division prize goes to the contestaI
having the highest number of votes
the first division after the grand prizt
have been awarded and the second d
vision prize goes TO the contestal
having the highest number OF votes
the second division after the gran
prizes have been awarded.
Candidates will not be restricted
SECURING subscriptions in their ow