Contestant to Receive Ring and Scholarship Gift
The second place contestant will get a decorative ring as a Christmas Eve gift. The third prize is a $50 unlimited scholarship at Tyler Commercial College in Tyler Texas.
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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1916
Page
3
The second place contestant will get a decorative ring as a Christmas Eve gift. The third prize is a $50 unlimited scholarship at Tyler Commercial College in Tyler Texas.
Five dollar subscriptions earn ten thousand votes in a contest ending next Saturday at five o'clock. The top three receivers will win a Player phone, a Diamond Ring, and a Scholarship as officials prepare a final tally at eleven that day. Names and vote counts for numerous contestants are listed across towns including Minerva, Rockdale, Cameron, and Branchville with multiple entries and regional sponsors such as Red Cross Drug Store.
Austin report pins Texas living cost up 40 to 45 percent in a year with wages rising about 8 percent. Edwin Cunningham, president of the State Federation of Labor, says average Texas workers face a serious situation amid severe winter hardship, with conditions worst in eastern and southeastern areas. Temple residents Mr and Mrs Garth and Mr and Mrs Thompson visited Cameron for the day.
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