The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-02-01
VACUUM CLEANER FOR SCHOOL
Kenosha School Children Win Highest
Award Offered in State Campaign and
Will Have Finest Cleaner in Any
of State Institutions-Othe Prizes.

cit gives me great pleasure to an
nounce that Kenosha has made the
highest per capita sale of Christmas
seals Of any city of ten thousand or
over population in Wisconsin and is
awarded the Richmond vacuum
cleaner to be installed in whatever
school you may designate.
with hearty congratulations to the
people of Kenosha, / am,
"Otto F. Bradley, Campaign Mgr,
wisconsin Anti-Tuberculosis Assn
This telegram, received in Kenosha
this morning, gave the first news of
the sale of Christmas seals in Wiscon-
sin during December and brought the
announcement that Kenosha had won
the first prize in the great contest. In
former years Kenosha had been close
to getting the big honors in the state,
but this year her place at the head is
undisputed and DR.. G. Windesheim,
manager of the campaign in Kenosha;
Mrs. Edward S. Jordan, William f..
Fisher and other leaders in the big
campaign are being overwhelmed with
congratulations The prize won by Ken
osha is vacuum cleaner which is to
be installed in any school that the COM
mittee may designate and the prize is
valued anywhere from $4,000 to $4,000.
The people who invested the few
cents in the Christmas seals will have
the satisfaction of knowing that out
side of the great value they have done
in promoting the work of the associa-
ton in the state, the Associated Chart
ties in Kenosha, and the work of the
local committee in the fight against
tuberculosis they have received back
their investment with interest several
hundred fold.
The full report of the state cam
paign has not as yet been issued, but
the work in aKenosha was such that
other cities have been distanced and
there is no longer any doubt of the
complete supremacy of Kenosha in the
state contest. The interesting figures of
the campaign in the state will be given
out within the next two or three days,
but the campaign managers were un-
willing to allow the workers in Keno
sha to wait the making of the final re-
turns.
The committee will take immediate
steps to confer with the board of edu-
cation and designate the school in which
the cleaner will be placed. 1t is prob
able that Kenosha has won some of the
minor awards, but these are not an
nounced The gross sale in Kenosha
was $l,20l.29, per capita Of 5.62 seals.
The Richmond stationary vacuum
cleaner won by Kenosha is donated by
the McCrum-HoWell company, of New
York, Chicago and Milwaukee, who
have madeNa speciality Of machines par
ticularly adapted to school house uses.
They not only furnish the machine, but
will install it in any school designated
by Kenosha.
The cost Of this machine will de-
pend on the size of the building, but it
will probably be from $4,000 to $4,000,
whereas all it cost the people of Keno
sha was a donation of $1,201.29 to the
anti-tuberculosis fight, one-half of
which was retained by the city to be
spent locally.
The McCrum-Howell company have
taken an active part in the fight against
tuberculosis. They gave over $4,000
worth of vacuum cleaners in seal cam
paigns in the United States, and Wis
consin received more than any other
state.
Gimble Bros, Of Milwaukee, also gave
la Richmond cleaner to Milwaukee
schools. It was won by 10th district
school No. 2, under Principal W. L.
Smithyman.
Other cleaners given as individual
prizes were awarded to Mrs. G. F. Lib
hey, of Fond du Lac; DIR. G. Winde-
sheim, of Kenesha; Miss Emily Richter,
Of Manitowoc; DIR. Evans, of S. Mil
waukee; Mrs. Hamilton, of Two Riv-
ers; John Kirkpatrick, of Richland
Center; Rev. Davis, of Ellsworth, and