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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1921
Page
20
The Post presents a record-breaking prize campaign offering fifteen automobiles and cash prizes. Candidates are urged to act now as October 25 closes the 90000 extra vote and $500 gold offers. Subscriptions and $30 clubs drive votes, with daily ten vote coupons and wide circulation aiding entrants to boost their standing before November 19.
Extra ballots covering the recent 100000 offer will be mailed today and should reach candidates by Monday. If not received, notify the campaign office at once and report errors promptly. The circulation department expects all new subscriptions entered and delivery to start within a day or two.
The piece urges candidates to mail ballots and explains that second payments from subscribers can yield more votes than the initial payments. It warns that even equal amounts can have greater value if received as a second payment. It promotes a 90,000 extra vote offer and urges action now for prosperity.
Minerva Beebe, daughter of Dr and Mrs John Beebe, will wed John Henry Hamline of Lake Forest Indiana. Attendants include Virginia Ticknor, Margaret Oates, and Elizabeth Steck. Mary Elizabeth Payne and Gordon Merritt Fitzgerrell Chance wed in Christchurch Georgetown, plan to live near Waltonville Niinots. Also noted are plans for Mrs Ward Denys and daughters to Arizona for health, and social events with Victor Moore and Vassar College Alumni involvement at the Ebbitt and YWCA.
Miss Mary Wallace presides at tea with pink roses as speakers include Mrs. Avery Coonley and Miss Julia Stinson. Notables at hotels include Count Frederick Molte in town, Judge Samuel A. Green in Louisville, and Lieut. Col. Robert B. McBride en route to Panama. Mrs. William Dugald MacDougall will not receive today. Highlights: a guest list at a Stockbridge party for Agnes Fitzgerald, Atlantic City visitors heading to Texas, birth of Hugh Campbell Wallace II in Coblenz, Miss Margaret F. Owen planning a winter stay, and social dances at the Royal Country Club and Woman's City Club.
Morgantown report: Mrs H M Farrell 68 travels from Pittsburgh to settle a 1.50 unpaid bill dating to her student days with George M John & Co. The firm head, still living, is located at his home as she seeks closure on the store debt.
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