Extra Vote Offer Extends Two More Days
Fifty thousand extra votes are allowed on each set of five new one year daily subscriptions turned in or mailed by Saturday night. Responding readers urged to act quickly as the offer continues.
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Newspaper
The Wayne County Democrat
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1913
Page
4
Fifty thousand extra votes are allowed on each set of five new one year daily subscriptions turned in or mailed by Saturday night. Responding readers urged to act quickly as the offer continues.
The Daily News outlines a 16 day countdown to a vote drive offering 60 000 extra vote certificates and grand trips to eight boys and two girls. Subscriptions must be mailed by Saturday night while district candidates may mail anytime. winners tour East Coast sites and Lake Chautauqua with expenses paid. Narrold Orr leads in district seven with over 12 000 votes cast.
The state agricultural department reported a much improved wheat crop over last year with a yield index rising from 44 to 93 and insect damage near zero. Acreage sown is about 60,000 acres more, suggesting the crop could double or triple previous output. oats acreage stands at 1,615,151 acres.
Vague note cites that last year much wheat was plowed and planted to oats in spring. No specific crop figures, dates, or localities are provided in the readable text.
Inex United States Senator from West Virginia born May 8 1864 in Fairmont WV. He left public schools to work in coal mining with his father James Otis Watson a West Virginia pioneer. In 1908 he served as a Democratic national convention delegate and was elected senator in 1911 to fill the Elkins term.
The coal company executive became a senator after being elected to the senate, resigning from his role as president of the Consolidation Coal Co. in January 1911.
Secretary of the Navy Daniels has completed plans for an inspection tour of the Southern navy yards. He will depart Charleston, South Carolina, tonight and proceed around the Florida peninsula to Pensacola where extensive entertainment plans await.
The Woosterails Newsns reports New York police face a collapsed system as of May 8 2. The article notes the police setup losing the final barrier against corruption and mismanagement.
Police inspectors Denni Sweeney James F Thoampswir Toles J Man and James B Hussey were found guilty of conspiracy to obstruct justice by keeping a witheam outside court jurisdiction. They faced up to one year in the penitentiary and a fine of 38D.
The Wayne County weekly report highlights a surge in criminal activity and rising costs in Wooster. Officials compare current figures to previous periods, noting sharper increases than other areas. Local agencies plan responses to curb crime and manage budget pressures.
Vague notice from Holland and Williamsport about an electoral contest in the first ward. The short item names OVS Thcehoeo Ei Chee and cites Woom and Holland as places involved.
Voters and readers eye a subscription contest in Wayne County with Wayne County Twice-A-Week Democrat announcing voting periods for Daily News and the Twice-A-Week paper. The plan sets 1st period 2, 3,000 votes. 2nd period 1,250 votes. 3rd period 1,000 votes for one year, with two-year totals at higher values and no double voting.
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