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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1908
Page
6
A contest promotes a pony and buggy prize from the Michigan Buggy company. A single pony with harness and a single seated buggy will be exhibited in Muscatine. The outfits are described as high quality city broke ponies with first class nickel plated harness and rubber tires.
The Journal promotes a popular voting contest offering Tony Pony outfits to two city youths, one Muscatine county winner, and one winner from areas outside Muscatine county including Louisa Johnson Cedar counties and parts of Illinois. Each prize includes a Shetland pony harness and rubber tired buggy.
An extra inducement offers contestants who do not win prizes a ten percent commission on new business they bring to the office. It excludes old business and collections, applies to new subscriptions, and rewards $500 new business with $50. This liberal offer from the Muscatine newspaper aims to motivate participants in the Tony Pony contest.
The notice invites boys and girls 16 and under to enter a district contest with strict nomination rules. Eligible candidates must reside in the district, cannot transfer votes, and ballots for improperly nominated names will be discarded. Nominations can be self or by friends, with published daily vote tallies. Coupons worth ten votes appear in the paper, valid only if received by the Contest Manager by the stated deadline. Contestants may earn cash commissions on new business, ensuring every participant receives a prize or payment.
Schedule lists numerical vote counts for new and old subscribers with figures 3,200 8,000 18,000. No names or organizations are provided in the fragment.
The Journal divides the Muscatine region into four districts. District 1 covers the Muscatine west of Lowa avenue. District 2 covers the area east of Iowa avenue. District 3 includes Muscatine county outside the city. District 4 encompasses territory outside Muscatine county in Iowa or Illinois.
Selection of the winners will be made by ballot. Subscribers of the Daily or Semi Weekly Journal will receive votes for the boy or girl they want to receive the pony outfit, with a vote table published in this notice. Coupons in each issue count as ten votes and nomination blanks count as 25 votes.
Four complete Tony Pony outfits will go to the four contestants with the most votes in Muscatine districts. One outfit goes to a youth 16 or younger in Muscatine city west of Iowa avenue, one in Muscatine city east of Iowa avenue, one in Muscatine county outside the city, and one in territory outside the county. The first candidate list will appear in the Muscatine Daily Journal on Saturday August 1. Submit nominations early and join the Saturday night list.
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