The Washington herald., 1916-01-21
ALL MAY ENTER RACE
Contest Aims to Secure 50,-
900 Daily and Sunday
Circulation.
50 AWARDS ARE TO BE MADE
Those Who Do Not Win Prizes Will
Receive 10 Per Cent Commission
on New Subscriptions.

Join the $1,000 Club" today and win a
valuable prize at the expense of The
Washington Herald.
1t is only a question of a short time
before the circulation of The Herald will
reach the $4,000 mark. But desiring to
hasten this achievement it has been de-
cIded to invite the people of the city
and all its suburbs where The Herald Is
circulated to help in the undertaking
and reap the commission that would go
to subscription agents. That will be the
least reward than can come to them. 1t
may be multiplied a thousand fold.
To be a member of the 5000 Club
will cost you nothing. but it may bring
you a valuable prize, among which are
automobiles, pianos. and grafonolas.
II you do not win one of the fifty
valuable prizes you will be paid a cash
commission OF 10 per cent on all new
subscriptions turned in.
This is not. properly speaking. a con-
test Ii is merely giving the people
an opportunity to share in the profits
its steadily increasing circulation.
Under the new rates-30 cents a
month daily and sunday-the readers
of the paper are enabled to save S. a
year. This was The Herald's first step
In giving its readers complete metro
politsD newspaper at the lowest pos
sibIe cost
10 in
readers a guarantee Of their moneys
worth in purchasing merchandise adyer-
tised in this paper.
The third stepris to give members of
the 5000 Club an opportunity to win
one OF the fifty magnificent prizes at no
cost to them except a little effort
among friends and neighbors for votes
The contest 10 open not only to the
people Of the District, but also to resi-
rItory in which The Washington Herald
circulates.
1t costs you nothing to join, and you
are sure OF being handsomely rewarded.
Three motor cars. two highs grade pianos
and a $50 Baby Grand grafonola are
offered as grand prizes, irrespective of
districts.
Therefore, no matter where you live,
you can win the $3.50 Mitchell by OBJ
tanning the largest number of votes. The
second largest vote will win the Saxon
The third largest vote brings you the
Maxwell The fourth highest wins thL
Bradbury player plano. The fifth largest
vote wins the Chickering piano. The
sixth largest vote brings to your home
the Columbia Grafonola.
Eleven Districts Planned
The territory in which The Washington
Herald circulates Is divided into eleven
districts and there are four prizes tc
each district. First district prize is a
500 furniture order on Fred S. Lincoln
Co. Inc; second district prize a $50
merchandise order on local merchants:
third district prize. a s25 merchandise or
der on local merchants; and fourth dis
trict prize, a s125O merchandise order on
local merchants. Every other active
member Of the $1,000 Club" who does
not win prize will be paid cash COM
mission Of ten per cent on all subscrfp-
tons he or she collects.
Almost any one can easily win an au-
tomobile, a piano, or the Grafonola by
joining The Washington Herald's 80
oo Club" and going right after the
votes
OF course. II it happens to be the Mitch
ell car or Bradbury Player Piano, so
much the better. but any one Of the fifty
prizes are well worth while. When YOU
stop to consider that every member eth
er wins prize or a cash commission you
VIII certainly want to be among the frst
to enter.
Conditions of Contest
Any reliable person of standing, re-
siding in the territory in which The
Washington Herald circulates, Is elisi-
bic to enter the campaign.
No employees of The WASHINGTON
Herald, or members of their families,
win be permitted to enter the CAM
paiEn.
Candidates can nominate themselves
or be nominated by their friends
The Campaign Manager reserves the
right to reject any nomination.
You will find nomination blank Is
good for 1000 votes which gives you a
nne start.
Votes will be issued on paid in ad
vance subscriptions to The Washing
ton Herald.
Nominations accompanied with a
three-months cash subscription or
longer will receive 5000 extra votes.
Votes will be given ON new stIbscrIn-
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