Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-02-19
FIRST SPECIAL PRIZES
Winners Were Announced at the Close Of
the Special Offer Last Saturday
Night-Race Was a Close One

The first period of the Republican s
Automobile contest closed at six o'clock
Saturday night Leola Sweeney won
first place and scared the diamond
ring. Mrs. Otto Jensen won second
place and secured the gold watch
Gertrude Dye was very close third
and won silver mesh bag as did also
Zela Jacobsen. Ii was close race and
there were only few dollars between
the first three candidates, while more
were within easy reach of winning
prizes and could have done 81 with q
little more personal effort.
However. the big contest is only get
ting under Roadway and the second
period which began Feb 10 and ends at
D. m. on March 4th, is bound To de.
velop some interesting rivalry which
means greater activity and interest
Many candidates did not actually get
into the race until the past few days,
but their friends and relatives have kept
them to the fore by some lively voting
at the Office and by mail. The big
special offer now in effect will give
everyone, even new candidates, a great
chance to win some splendid prizes, as
well as to get good standing towards
winning the grand prize-The Ford
Touring Car
Handsome prizes are being offered
| for our next special offer A quarter
sawed golden oak Princess Dresser, oak
Library Table, Ladies Dressing Table
and red Cedar Chest will be awarded
the four hustling candidates turning in
the most money between the dates of
| Feb. 16 to March 4th at six o'clock D.
m, This offer is fully explained in the
contest advertisement ON another page
of this issue, and the opportunity it
affords can ne readily figured out.
These special prizes alone, are worth a
bic effort, to say nothing of the chance
to pile up great showing of votes for
the automobile to be awarded March 2lst.
The interest shown by the general
public in this big circulation campaign
IS truly remarkable, and of course
gratifying to the Republican manage
ment Nearly every mail brings in
votes for the various candidates and
every day many subscriptions are paid
at the Office with votes cast by the
subscribers for this or that favorite
candidate.
The facts of the matter is, some con
testants have had more votessent in for
them by their friends than they have
obtained for themselves, which il
good indication of what little personal
effort would do, and there Is plenty of
opportunity for anyone to be big
winner in this contest by backing up
the interest of their friends by their
own interest and activity in getting
votes.
Some candidates have been making
the mistake of getting out of the way
for others, Perhaps the ones you have
been giving way to are doing nothing
at all, and if you would get out and
make canvass for votes it would
possibly be surprising to find how many
there are still TO be gotten. Some have
corrected this mistake by giving the
vote getting trial. with the result.
that they are already important factors
in the race themselves, and found by
doing this that the field was not so over
crowded as 1t appeared to be. There
is always room for more in anything
no one ever stops trying to live because
there are many others working for the
same thing. but some work harder than
others, and, consequently, get more
This big contest is no exception.