Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1912-05-15
Great Voting Contest Starts
Like a WhirlWind.
Many Nominations of Popular Young Ladies
Already Made.
FIRST COUNT WILL BE MADE JUNE 10.
Get in the Race. So Many Splendid Gifts Give All
An Opportunity

The big prize voting contest announce
ment in these columns last week is Great
ing more interest than we imagined Ii
would at the beginning. Nominations OF
contestants are being sent to this Office,
and soon there will be many who would
be willing recipients of fine 500 ober-
meyer piano or any one Of the other valu-
able prizes enumerated in this list.
All OF these handsome prizes are
enumerated in the announcement on an
other page, and will be given to some Of
the ladies OF Ellsworth and vicinity.
The question is: How can do its All
that is necessary is TO get your relatives
and friends to trade with the merchants
who are donating prizes in this popular
voting contest.
For each 81 spent with the merchants
YOU will receive Is votes which can be
voted for any OF the contestants. Also to
get your friends to subscribe for THE
ELLSWORTH AMERICAN. For each one
year new subscription you will receive
500 votes; for each one year renewal 500
for each year back subscription 400 votes.
OF course it will be understood that under
no circumstances are coupons issued by the
merchants except upon cash purchases.
We have been asked II the wife or
daughter OF merchants who are co-oPerat-
ing with THE AMERICAN in this voting
contest may compete for prizes. The
rules are that no one connected with THE
AMERICAN Office can compete for any
prize; neither can the wife or daughter OF
ans Of the merchants who are CO.
operating with THE AMERICAN in the con-
test enter the competition. The reasons
for this are obvious, and we are very sure
that the merchants will all feel just as we
do in regard to the matter. We want the
contest TO be conducted with the greatest
possible fairness, with no occasion or OPP
portunity for anybody to criticize. The
ballot box is now at THE AMERICAN
Office, ready to receive votes. The keys
are in the hands OF Monroe Y. McGown,
who will be one of the judges. The box
will not be unlocked until the first count
is made, on June 10. The judges will be
absolutely dissnterested people, in whom
everybody will have confidence, and every
count will be participated in by repre-
sentative OF the Publishers Music Co.,
who are managing the contest. There
will be no iavorites and no chance for
fayoritism. The lady who secures the
largest number OF votes will win the
piano, and so on down for the rest OF the
prizes. We wish there were pianos
enough to go round for all the girls, but
there are not, and all but one will have to
be content with one OF the other excel
lent prizes offered.
Voting can commence at any time in a
ballot box which is placed in this Office,
ana the key to the box will be given to
| the awarding committee whose names will
be announced in another issue OF this
paper.
Use the free vote coupon in this issue
II you know of any lady who has not been
| nominated and whom you think would
make a good race, use the nomination
blank below and send her name to THE
ELLSWORTH AMERICAN Office, or bring il
| in person, and her name will be entered
| 1t matters not il she Is married or single.
Read the rules in the large ad. in thi.
issue, or we will mail them upon request
! Inspect the offerings OF the merchants, anc
learn how you may secure votes for your
|