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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1915
Page
4
The contestant securing the largest number of votes in each district after the automobile and victrola have been awarded a Fifty Dollar Scholarship.
The campaign closes Saturday September 24. Residents of Garmet county are eligible. No employee or close relative of the Vindicator and Republican may enter. Votes are nontransferable and withdrawals cancel subscriptions. Special votes credit subscriptions from day one. Candidates may solicit subscriptions outside their district. In a tie a identical prize will be given to tying candidates. The publisher is not responsible for typographical errors beyond necessary corrections. The newspaper may amend rules to protect candidates and best interests. Candidates agree to abide by all rules.
A garbled classified page advertises farm land for sale in New York and upstate areas, urging purchases with low down payments and multiple property types. It also mentions fruit farming, berries, decorative crafts, strawberry plants, and dressmaking lessons, with contact details and locations in Estherville Iowa and Syracuse New York.
Help wanted ads offer a transient labor call at J. GS Kuikel and a brief for a Fryer or laborer. Local market items list home rendered lard in four pound quantities at a per pound price, regular betas and assorted meat products from Ostirlein's Meat Market with Moraco Motor Oil advertised by Nichols-Deming Auto Sales Co. Estherville Iowa. Markets for Today show various prices for butter, eggs, goose, duck, turkey and other farm goods.
Subscriptions secured Thursday to Saturday must be placed in the ballot box with money. Ensure receipts show the correct vote count and that slips and certificates are sealed in envelopes bearing the candidate name and signed. No personal checks unless certified. All funds and votes must reach the campaign office by 4 p.m. Saturday Sept 25. Remittances should go to the campaign manager. Go win.
A crowded Mount Vernon New York subway car on a Sunday night features a sturdy man of foreign extraction and his wife with a baby. A polite man offers his seat to the tired couple. The family gratefully accepts and the man hands the baby to the mother for the ride to the city.
The document defines District No 1 as all of Estherville city and District No 2 as all territory outside Estherville adjacent to it. The specification outlines district boundaries for the area surrounding Estherville.
A note states that the contestant with the second largest vote total in the two districts, after the automobile and vietrola prizes are awarded, will receive a merchandise order from any merchant advertising in the Vindicator and Republican.
Between August 2s and September 4 inclusive, every club receives an extra bonus of 50 000 votes alongside the regular schedule. From September 1 to September Mand, the offer drops 50 percent, and September 14 brings an 80 percent increase of the first offer with all opened day subscriptions counting. No extra votes are given in the contest’s final days.
The top overall vote getter will receive a 1016 model 5 passenger Over land touring car. The second overall will get a $100 Victrola. District winners get a $50 business college scholarship. Remaining district contestants obtain a $25 merchandise order. Third highest in each district receives a B17 gold watch. Ties split prize value equally.
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