South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-09-13
DO YOU WANT THE
CHOICE OF SACRED
BOOKS OF WORLD?
Read This Remarkable Offer
of The News Times in Con-
neCtion With the Seven Min
tue Sermons.


newspapers. The Seven Minute Ser
mon on the Golden Text now running
In the Saturday News-Times is a
sample of this literature. To obtain
as many readers as possible for this
bright short sermon, this newspaper
has had placed at it's disposal
$175.0O in books and Bibles which
II is prepared to present to It's read
ers In coupon gathering contest by
dividing them into various prizes
during the years course of the read
Ing or this Seven Minute Sermon.
When the Contest Starts,
commencing for Sunday, Oct. 26th.
1913 and continuing for 90 weeks.
divided into four quarterly periods of
thirteen weeks each, a coupon GER
tificate will be printed in our Satur-
day issue, which when filled in and
signed, will certify that the person
signing IL has read, for that week.
the short sermon referred to. Bows.
girls, men and women may collect
these coupon certificates and COM
pete for the very valuable prizes
while performing the good work of
promoting religious reading in the
1 PUBIC press.
What the Contest is.
The work consists of gathering
these coupon certificates from read
ers of the News-Times. All you have
10 do is to ask everybody Have you
read the Seven Minute Sermon on
the Golden Text published in the Sat
urday News-Times? Then say that a
coupon is printed every week for the
readers of this little sermon to sign.
and that you are collecting these
coupons and competing for some
/ prizes of $175.00 in up-to-date books
and ask him to save his coupons for
you TO help you win a set of books
! worth $3.50. All our readers have
10 DO is to cut out this coupon GER
tlhcate and after signing 1t hand to
one OF our coupon collectors. They
boy or girl, or older person. who
enters this contest will collect all the
coupon certificates possible from our
readers and induce as many as pos
sible TO read the Seven Minute Ser
mon and to save the certificates for
him or her as the case may be-
These certificates must be gathered
by our collectors during each quar-
terly period and mailed TO or handed
In to this Office not later than the
first Wednesday or two following
days after each quarterly contest
period ends.
The Contest Periods End as Follows.
The first on Saturday, Jan. II.
1914.
The second on Saturday April 10.
1914.
The third on Saturday July IS.
1914.
The fourth on Saturday, Oct. II,
1914.
Each three months collection and
delivery of these certificates COM
pletes its own contest period. and a
new one starts for the next three
months All who join in this con-
test for $1,000 of books can start
in at any time, but of course the
best time to commence is right now
The Prizes.
The prizes will be awarded each
quarter to those who send us the
greatest number Of certificates for
that period. The full prize of $175..
90 will be divided into four quarterly
instalIments
The books o. bibles to be selected
} by the winners from a large cata-
, logue.
: Prizes for each of the first three
quarters:
1st. Books or Bibles to be
selected by the winner as
above $1,000
End. Boosk or Bibles to be
selected by the winner as
above ............ 100
3rd. Books or Bibles to be
selected by the winner as
above ........... 500
4th. Books or Bibles to be
selected by the winner as
above Observation-Disclosures. 40
= 9Th. Books or Bibles TO be
= selected by the winner as
above. ........ zoo
9Th. Books or Bibles to be
D selected by the winner as
: above ............. liz
! s2s.1I
Prizes for the Last Quarter.
LIST. The Library Of Modern
' Progress, &c vols, Cloth
Bound, Gilt Top, Gold
Lettering $685.
End. Books or Bibles TO be
selected by the winner as
above .... 1906
3rd. Books or Bibles TO be
selected by the winner as
= above ............ 7.5C
4th. Books or Bibles TO be
selected by the winer as
above .............. 800
r 5th. Books or Bibles TO be
9 selected by the winner as
: above ............... 400
9Th. Books or Bibles TO be
selected by the winner as
S above ................ 2.5t