Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 191, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 August 1914 — $1,200 TO BE GIVEN PEOPLE IN THIS VICINITY [ARTICLE]

$1,200 TO BE GIVEN PEOPLE IN THIS VICINITY

Are You Going to Get Your Share in the Republican’s Big Contest? Coupons Coming in Fast—A Little Effort Now Will Mean a Whole Lot in the End—No Losers— Every One that Enters Actively Wins. z

The announcement that The Republican would give away absolutely .free $1,200 in prizes has struck a popular chord. We are very anxious to have more nominations from every part of our territory. The campaign is just starting and a tew votes will put any contestant in the running for one of the grand prizes. There are very few who are actually securing votes, but it will not be long before there will be active competition and you should get busy at once and get the promise of your friends before some one else gets them. We are receiving votes in every mail from contestants and that indicates they are realizing the importance of getting busy. The Coupon Ballot. There is a coupon ballot in each paper good for 100 votes when clipped out and filled in and sent to the office of The Rensselaer Republican before the expiration date. Subscription Ballot. A subscription ballot in each paper, which, when accompanied by a new subscription is good for 25,000 extra votes. Now is the time to make the start, every day you delay you lose votes. In addition to the regular votes on subscriptions there will be offers of extra votes and everything that is turned in now will be counted in the extra vote offer. " IMI The prize list consists of a Ford touring car, a S3OO piano, a S2OO building lot, a $65 Domestic sewing machine, a $25 gold prize, a S2O gold watch, and $5 in gold. Each candidate that enters actively and continues until the close and don’t win one of the listed prizes will be given ten per cent of what they turn in. We Will Send a Representative. Cut out a nomination blank and mail it to the contest department and we will be glad to send a representative to fully explain t the terms of the contest, and if you decide to enter, supply you with a receipt book and all necessary information, Or, better still, come to the contest department yourself and have a talk with the manager'. .Here is the list of nominations that have been entered in our automobile contest and if you have not already entered do so today; call the contest department and they will be glad to call and explain how you can win one of the fine prizes in the next few weeks. The subscription ballot of 25,000 is published in this paper and when properly filled.out with a new subscription will entitle any contestant to 25,000 extra votes. Get

busy now and win that first prize. If your name is not here send it in at once. Below are the nominations and votes up to date. Here are the prizes you can win. One Ford Touring Car. One S3OO Upright Piano. One S2OO Building Lot. One $65 Domestic Sewing Machine. One $25 Gold Prize. One S2O Gold Watch. One $5 in Gold. 10 per cent to non-prize winners. Paul Beam 13,200 Miss Elizabeth Davenport ...14,200 Gravelous Hansson *.,10,800 Jack Miller 15,000 Miss Hazel Jacks 8,200 Miss Wilma Peyton 9,100 Byron Hemphill ...12,200 . Miss Thelma Tilton 8,800 ! Miss Helen Leatherman .8,200 1 Wade Jarrette 11,800 'Miss Helen Duvall 7,200 Miss Madeline Abbott 10,200 Miss Maurlne Tuteur ....8,800 , Clifford Wasson 13,200 (Miss Lucy Healy ......14,100 jMiss Edith Sawin 7,400 Mrs. Louella Golden, R 4 9,600 'Donald Rhoades 7,800 Ray Huff „.....6,900 Miss Cecil Morgan ......8,200 Miss Luella Robinson .6,800 Biss Ruth Ames, R 4 6,100 Miss Gertie Leopold 6,200 Miss Mabel Witham .5,000 ' Mrs. True Reeve ..........'....6,800 | Miss Charlotte Kanne 9,900 I Miss Eva Moore 6,100 Miss Agnes P1att..7,800 Mrs. Joe Halligan 10,200 Miss Marie Arnold 5,400 Miss Orabella King 7,800 Miss Loretta Nagle 5,400 Miss Edna Price ...7,100 Miss Elizabeth Putts 6,300 Miss Doris Morlan 5,800 Miss Angela Kolhoff 6,800 Miss Esther Padgett 6,800 Miss Pauline Hordeman 5,800 Miss Beatrice Clift 5,800 Demey Cox R 35,000 DeMotte, Ind. Mrs. Maggie Fairchild 5,000 Mrs. Steve True 5,000 Miss Glen Colbb 5,000 Miss Fannie Robbins <..5,000 Mrs. Andrew Granger 6,100 Miss Maggie Hamstra ;■..5,800 McCoysburg, Ind. William Erb ,5,000 Mrs. C. A. Armstrong 5,000 Miss Ethel Parker 5,300 Mrs. D. W. Johnson ...»6,800 Fair Oaks, Ind. Mrs. Cal Burroughs 5,000 Miss Hazel Hurley, R. R. ..,..5,000 Miss Florence McKay 6,700 Pleasant Grove, Ind. Cecil R. Rees 5,000

Mt. Ayr, Ind. Miss Orpha Barton 7,100 Remington, Ind. Miss Iva Brooks 9,200 Miss Myrtle Sharkey .8,400 Miss Freda Wdneland 6,000 Miss Tina Dluzak ..6,800 Wheatfield, Ind. Miss Katie Theis 7,100 Miss Leafie McColly 6,400 Miss Anna Hupsicker 5,000 Parr, Ind. Miss Floss W. Smith 7,800 Miss Esther Wiseman 5,000 Miss Marie Comer 5,000 Miss Flossie Smith .-5,000 Miss Edna Babcock ..... # 5,000 Miss Blanche McCurtain .5,000 Surrey, Ind. « Walter Brown i... 5,000 Miss Ethel Hammerton 6,800 Thayer, Ind. Herman DeFries 5,000 Herman DeFriess,ooo Tefft, Ind. Miss Katie Tresmer .....5,000 Miss Gladys Duggleby .5,800 Goodland, Ind. Miss Helen Welch ...6,400 Miiss Susan Thurston 5,000 Miss Pearl Jay 5,000 Kersey, Ind. . Miss Matie Kersey . .5,200 Miss Arnia Drenth ....6,100 Lee, Ind. Roy 'Culp 5,000