The Sauk Centre herald., 1910-03-31
CONTEST CLOSES
Race for the. Piano Winds up In
Blaze of Glory
BESSIE MAXWELL WINS
Miss Eta BurmeiSter Comes in a
Close SeC0nd-fierdId Adds 200
New Subscribers

Miss Bessie MAXWELL of; Sauk Cen
tire wins the s35O.OO Hamilton piano
in The Herald's great piano contest.
Miss MAXWELL polled 175, ,725 votes.
Miss Eta Burmeister of Unity
comes in close second with total
vote of 162,85O. She receives the
s45.OO ladies gold watch offered by
Chas. Fiesler.
Miss Mabel Johnson of Sauk Centre
is third in the race with vote of 1l6,
275. She receives the S45.OO fur set
offered by Herberger & Swenson.
Miss Mae Working of Sauk Centre
is fourth with total vote of $500.
Miss Working gets the life size water
color portrait and one dozen fine
photos offered by j. A. Johnson and
valued at S25.OO.
Miss Lottie Wicklund of Sauk Gen.
tire township polled a total vote of
36, 500 and wins the $4,000 hat offered
by McNulty g. Schauble.
Miss Abbie Weiner of Sauk Centre
township received total vote of q,
375. To Miss Wiener is awarded the
$4,000 graphophone offered by the
Golden Rule Store, Myott g. Ebert,
props.
Over 100000 votes were cast in the
contest.
The prizes offered by the merchants
were awarded on basis of the choice
of the contestants, each contestant
having signified to The Herald in
writing, her first, second, third, fourth,
fifth and sixth choice. This relieved
the judges of the responsibility of
settling this matter.
The Herald is we'll satisfied with
the results of the contest. 1t has adj
ded 200 subscribers to its list and has
collected most Of its old list. In ad-
dition it has received much valuable
advertising and still further establish
ed itself in the good graces of it's
readers as live, enterprising news
paper.
The Herald desires, i'm this public
manner, to thank the young lady con-
testants for their work, the merchants
for their cooperation i'm Offering so
fine list of prizes, the public for it's
interest and support, the First State
Bank of Sauk Centre for keeping the
ballot box week and supervising the
close of the contest, and the judges
for their courtesy i'm counting the vote.
The close of the contest was close
and exciting, but good-natured
hroughout. Wednesday was a busy
day for contestants and friends and
for The Herald For over month
the four leaders had been close to-
gether, with first one and then anoth-
er in the lead The winner had
the most votes to deliver when it
came to the close. Following is the
report of the judges:
AWARD OF JUDGES
We, the judges appointed to make
the final count and award of prizes i'm
the Piano Contest of the Sauk Centre
Herald, report that We have carefully
counted all the votes cast in the bal
lot box since the beginning of the con-
test, and added thereto the votes Sc
cured on the amounts found in sealed
envelopes i'm the ballot box, and find
that the total number of votes cast is
as shown by the statement attached
thereto. We find that Bessie Man
iwell is the first prize winner
Miss Eta Burmeister second
Miss Mabel Johnson third
Miss Mae Working fourth
Miss Lottie Wicklund fifth
| Miss Abbie Wiener sixth
We find that the count has been ac-
curately made throughout.
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