Voting Contest Closes Amid Great City Excitement
The community voting contest closed Saturday evening with a phonograph recital and a large ballot box secured by Chas H Talcott. Judges used two Burroughs adding machines to tally city and country ballots, assisted by Dene O Heron and C C Talcott from Will County National Bank. The tallying process proceeded swiftly as ballots were sorted and recorded by district.
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Chas. H. Tal
Pomimittes
Burroughs
Burrough’s
Joliet & Southern’ ‘Traption Company
C.C. Tal
Winners of News Contest Award Prizes in City and Country Districts
The News announced city and country winners with six prizes per district after a thorough count by the committee led by Hodgdon. Top city prize went to Fing Pigagy Wille Romano, others included Geo Langford Jr and Lydia Lasker. country prizes named Willie Goodale, Edna Gates, Orrin Dowse, and more. Prizes delivered Monday by Piassaro. winners free to exchange. The contest boosted subscriptions and proved fair and widespread.
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Hodgdon
Pigagy Wille
Romano
Poryo ™ Mone
Geo. Langford, Jr
Lydia Lasker
Helen Parson
Ruth Fraser
Willie Goodale
Lockport
Pony
Edna Gates
Plainfield
Diamond Ring
Orrin Dowse
Luel Bruggeman
Manhattan
Willie Romano
Taft
Langford
George
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ARD
Liet
Yan
Eeks
Sie Gaeur
Ofice
Conor Messrs
Chas. H. Talcott
Wedgdon
Anton Schager
Gfsst
Joliet
Edwin Prancis
Thomas Sprague
Helen Carson
Miss Emma Sippel
Frank
Geo. Langford
Homer Lentz
Little George,Langford, Jr
Harper
Pizarro Piano Company
Messrs. Harper
Gates
Geo
Rush Harper
Orrin Dowsfe
Esther Picton
Acdremg Pomeroy
Lizzie. Carroll
Margaretta Young
Braidwood
Marie Patterson
Edna Stabele
C. Lynette Burnell
Helen Sager
Violet Dickinson
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