Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 January 1912 — Goodland Gets Silk Flag Prize For Red Cross Stamp Sales. [ARTICLE]

Goodland Gets Silk Flag Prize For Red Cross Stamp Sales.

Indianapolis, Ind., Jan.. 27.—More than one million Red Cross seals were sold in Indiana in 1911, making a record for the state. Terre Haute wins the $5,000 prize given by the McCrum-Howell Company. The other s six prizes go to Kirkpatrick, Danville, Pierceton, Greensburg, Mt Carmel and Goodland. According to the conditions of the contest, the city selling 10,000' seals and making the highest per capita sale would be awarded the prize. Terre Haute headed the list with a gross sale of 192,000 Red Cross seals and a per capita record of 3.37 seals sold for each inhabitant. Greensburg ranked next in the sale of more than SIOO worth of seals with 3.33 seals sold for each inhabitant. The competition between these two cities was very keen throughout the entire campaign.

The largest per capita sale of Red Cross seals was made by Kirkpatrick,' a small town of 87 inhabitants near Crawfordsville. In that town 11.10 seals per inhabitant were sold. Danville ranked second with a sale of 4.78 and Pierceton third with 4.52 to Its credit. The per capita scale in Mt. Carmel war 3:26 and In Gloodlantf 2.92. With the exception of Terre Haute and Goodland, hand or electric sue tion cleaners will be awarded; Goodland will get a handsome silk flag. Last year 680,000 seals were sold in this state; From reports received to date there has already been an increase of nearly 400,000 over the sale in 1910. In 1909, 780,000 of the seals were sold in Indiana.