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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1908
Page
6
The Daily Journal offers 10000 extra votes for top pony name suggestions earned by bringing in new subscribers between August 31 and September 5. Three best names win for three bay geldings of imported Shetland stock. two runner ups win 5000 votes and 2500 votes each. A lengthy contest standings list follows with numerous contestants and addresses.
The Muscatine Journal offers four complete Tony Pony Outfits with four imported Shetland ponies four harness sets and four rubber tired buggies to the most popular boy or girl in Muscatine city county and vicinity. Prizes divided by voting zones and a ten percent commission on new business brought to the Journal. Pony outfits provided by the Michigan Buggy Company Kalamazoo Michigan.
Schedule lists subscription prices and vote allocations for the Muscatine Daily Journal by carrier or mail outside Muscatine. It shows new and old subscription counts with amounts 751 600 1.50 3 200 6.00 18 000 9.00 36 000 12.00 50 000 15.00 75 000 x and 4 Old 1 000 2 500 5 000 7 500 10 000.
J M Gipple and daughter Helen return to Casey from Letts visit. Mrs Gibson returns to Peoria after visiting Thomas Meeker. Misses Weidereicht of Wapello visit Henry Lieberknecht family. Co C Snyder and Bert Garrett in Muscatine on business. Young Men banquets postponed to Monday due to weather. Fern Farrer of Lyons visits Mae Lieberknecht. J P Meeker visits Joseph Meeker. Auto tourists delayed by moisture. Harry Perkins in Muscatine on business. Roy Lieberknecht in Arden chasing coupons and a pony. Grandview defeats Letts Independents 19 11. M C Ross and wife return from Des Moines fair. Fred Stump and wife return from Blythedale Mo.
Copperas Creek Il August 29 Chas Franklin is working at Frank Reynolds news. Mr and Mrs J McNaind family spent Sunday at home of Mr and Mrs Paul Marti near Glaney Lake. The Misses Florinece and Josie Schell of Bay Isle at the home of Mrs S J Schell Edw Kleistsp friend Doras Gor Mr and Mrs W nois City spent at the home of the latter. 1 spent Tuesday in grandmother ofe very poorly Sunday with his m of Pine Bluff Hessler of Tulsa Friday night at the mother Mrs 5 140s daughters it Wednesday er s parents of Illinois Esther and Mabel at the home of the Mr and Mrs C Mc City Mrs A Fryberger Muscatine spent few weeks at the home of Mr and Mrs G of Muscatine spe home of Mr and id sons of days of last Stewart s rand family sunday at the M Stewart
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