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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1929
Page
4
A $500 fund is set aside to be distributed as salaries to active non-prize winners on a 20 percent basis. Candidates remaining active during the campaign and filing Regular Cash reports weekly, but not winning any big prize, will join this commission feature.
A special ballot for 100000 votes will be issued for every club of 15 dollars turned in. The plan runs through the campaign. A bonus for new subscriptions to the Barstow Printer grants 50000 votes in period one, 30000 votes in period two, and 15000 votes in period three.
The plan aims to grow subscription lists and collect arrears while offering readers a profitable chance through their spare time. Prizes are described as the most valuable yet offered locally, with ambition and energy as the only requirements. It emphasizes a legitimate competitive effort with no element of chance and promises no losers in the race.
Instructions describe clipping a nominating coupon and submitting it to the Barstow Printer campaign department. It promises 5,000 free votes as a starter to speed a candidate toward victory and notes only one nomination coupon per candidate is accepted.
A call to action to join the campaign department and receive a free campaign kit including an official receipt book and Barstow Printer samples. It urges supporters to solicit coupons from friends and relatives to fund subscriptions, stressing early start, steady planning, and perseverance to win prizes.
A call to readers to win votes for a car by clipping coupons from the Barstow Printer and by securing new or renewed subscriptions. Coupons must be deposited by the expiration date and votes vary with subscription amount and period. Early entry earns maximum votes and a better chance at the prize before September 28.
Every active participant in the Bar stow Printer campaign receives either a cash award or one of the several prizes. The person receiving the highest number of votes in the campaign will receive his or her choice of all awards. The next highest, next choice and go on down the list. All other active candidates will receive 20 percent on all subscriptions they may secure, according to rules of the campaign.
The newspaper announces a sincere aim to conduct the election fairly with precautions for honesty. An Advisory Board will decide any major questions, with a committee of judges and vote counters to operate on the election’s last night. Members include Lucian Bell Yerma Mrs Hellerman Daggett Dr R H Chapin Hinkley W W Cahill Ludlow Lubin J Henderson Harvey Mosier Henry Miller A J Weld Phil Hurst.
The Barstow Printer announces a mammoth prize election promising fair impartial treatment to all participants. It invites readers to join now to win prizes at no cost for spare time and effort. Everyone wins, with potential prizes as large as participants desire.
An advertisement urges complete information by calling or writing and lists phone contact 191 for The Camp. It references an Astow printer and notes hours open until 8 PM.
The Barstow Printer lays out comprehensive election rules for a local contest. It covers eligibility, nomination timing, voting methods, payments, transfer restrictions, penalties for collusion, prize structure, and a sealed-ballot final count supervised by judges, with campaigns opening today and closing October 19.
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