Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-10-28

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the results were surprisingly large.
For the past ten days it was a neck
and neck race between the leaders,
in which the contest manager realized
that the final result was going to be
so close that a few extra subscrip-
tions might make either of them the
winner. How true this proved is
shown in. the vote above, In which
Miss Turner, the winner of the car,
had lead over Mrs. Pauley of only
g, $50 votes. Five more new sub
scribers, which would have credited
$4,000 votes, would have changed
the result and made Mrs. Pauley the
winner.
The difference between the votes
of Miss Taylor, who ended in 9Th
place, and Miss Ostermeier, who
ended in 9th, was only 6,665 votes.
Four more new subscribers, which
would have credited 5000 votes,
would have changed this result and
reversed their location in the list.
1t was most certainly close finish
and each winner deserves all that
comes to them, as their work was
earnest, honest and conscientious
throughout. We sincerely sympathize
with all who failed to win first place
and wish we could afford to give all
of them a car. The contest has been
conducted on straight ana honest
lines from start to finish, and the
votes that every candidate has re-
ceived have been fairly earned and
honestly counted as shown by their
signed reports.
| While the final result must, of
course, contain more or less of dis
appointment for those who were I'M
able to land in first place, that result
could, inevitably, only be. reached by
one of them, and the successful one
got it by accomplishing the most
| work and getting the biggest amount
of business at the particular time
when it counted the most-that is
when the big special offers of extra
votes were made.
The Herald appreciates the earnest
and active work that has been done
| in this contest, and hopes that those
who have fallen short of attaining
the place they had all hoped for in
the race will accept the result as all
good losers should, and feel content
in the knowledge that we have tried
to treat one and all with equal kind
ness, fairness and consideration, and
that no one has been given any
advantage over another from US, nor
have methods which we have been
| told are common to many contests OF
this kind been permitted to receive
the slightest encouragement in this
one. 1t has been absolutely ON
THE SQUARE from the start to the
finish.
The winner of the car, Miss
Turner, is a daughter of William
Turner, of this city, man in
moderate circumstances, employed as
a teamster..by H. F. Barnett, and she
is very deserving and estimable
girl.
This contest has been the means OF
adding the names of nearly eight
hundred new, paid in advance sub
scribers to The Herald's already
large list, a point that will not be
lost sight of by our advertisers, who
are thus enabled to reach that many
new homes with their business an
nouncements. Upon the usual basis
of computation this means that this
paper will from now on have several
thousand additional readers each
week, and will add to our response
bility of furnishing to them news
paper to their taste, and it shall be
one constant desire and earnest pur-
pose to fill their wants in this respect
as fully as we can. We hope all
who are now added to our army OF
subscribers may long continue as
permanent readers and patrons OF
the paper, and thus enlarge it's field
" Of usefulness and influence.
While we have endeavored to senC
out papers each week of the contest
to all new subscribers that have
been reported to US, we learn that
few have in some manner been over
, Ioolyad ond voieSad We are irving
to get this large new list in shape Sc
that nobody will be missed this week
J and if any are overlooked we shall
appreciate having them notify US, IL
J order that we can promptly make thu
} correction.
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