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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1914
Page
3
The notice lays out vote issuance by dollar paid to merchants with color ballots worth one five or ten votes. Ballots are cast and counted at the Bryan Eagle office on Feb 28 1915. It restricts vote solicitation and requires written candidate names for validity with winner announced.
Merchants will issue votes at one per dollar received for cash sales or prompt payment. Names include Bryan Steam Laundry Texas Bakery Holmes Bros Pat Patterson Auto Co Caldwell Jewelry Reid Bros Myers How Co hardware R E Cole E F Parks Co The Eagle Pottery Co subscriptions. Some merchants may offer extra votes via special promotions and readers should watch for announcements.
A local promotion offers a guaranteed ten thousand dollar bond funded trip to the winner who collects the most votes by encouraging friends to trade at participating stores. The pitch stresses free participation, fair treatment, and that every spend benefits both friends and the contributor.
A letter from the Publishers Contest Association announces N. A. Clay of Navasota Texas as secretary and treasurer. It states Clay is bonded for 10000 dollars and recommends him as responsible and reliable signed by R L Renick cashier Farmers State Guaranty Bank of Navasota.
A 21 day prize trip to the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco will be awarded to a Texas contest winner. The fully paid journey includes first class Pullman travel, hotel stays, meals, exhibits, and transfers, with 24 other winners from various towns. A chaperoned, exclusive group will travel by rail, July start planned, with details published in this paper.
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