Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 71, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 December 1911 — PIANO CONTEST ENDS DEC. 23 [ARTICLE]

PIANO CONTEST ENDS DEC. 23

Only a Few Days More In Which To Secure Votes FOR THE DEMOCRAT PRIZES • Candidates Are All Hustling Hard During the Closing Days—No Change In Standing of Leaders. The Democrat’s big £350 piano contest closes on Saturday, Dec. 23, at 8 p. m., and no votes will be received after that hour. While perhaps 200,000 votes have been turned in during the past week, there is no change in the standing of the leaders. Each candidate is striving hard for the big prize, the $350 Mahogany Piano, but only oi|e can win it. Who the lucky one is can only be told on the final wind up. This piano is fully guaranteed for ten years by the manufacturers, and the written guarantee that came with it will be turned over to the lucky young lady who receives the highest number of votes as shown by the final count.

While the first prize is, of course, far and above in value the other prizes, yet the $35 “Free” Sewing Machine and the elegant Silver Set are premiums that anyone can be proud of. In addition to these are the cash premiums of SB, $4, $2 and $1 for those finishing 4th, sth, 6th and 7th in the race. lliis contest is by far the most interesting voting contest ever held in this section of Indiana, and the friends of each candidate will watch the closing days with tense interest. Now is their opportunity to help their respective favorite in a substantial way, and the fact that she may now be well down in the list shc(uTd-=not deter them from putting in their best licks—in a Contest of this kind all have an equal chance and no one is a sure winner until the “polls close.” The standing of the contestants in order today is as follows:

Ida Hurley, Parr Loretta Nagel, Rensselaer Maribell Kays, Rensselaer IJzzle Wiseman, Virgie Ethel M Fisher, Rensselaer Alice Daniels, Rensselaer Bessie McElfresh, Rensselaer R-l Victoria Marsh. Rensselaer R-3 Fairy Pollard, Rensselaer R-4 Lncy Morgenegg, Rensselaer R-l Stella Platt, Rensselaer Arkana Ritchey, Remington R-3 Mildred Rush, Rensselaer R-3 Wilda Green, Remington Mary Bice, Rensselaer, R-4 Myrtle Leavel, Rensselaer Ruth E Bull, Rensselaer ■ , Mary Halsema, Rensselaer Lena Trulley, Rensselaer, R-l Elsie Smith, Rensselaer May Shook, Kniman Ruth Wiltshire, Rensselaer Bernice Yeoman, Rensselaer R-2 Hazel Shumaker, Rensselaer R-4 Lucy Fulks, Remington R-4 Lois Spencer,Wolcott Martha Critser, Rensselaer, R-3 Edna Ward, Rensselaer R-4 Anna Marion, Parr Mary Gaunt. Remington R-3 Marie Moore, Rensselaer Star Route

The free voting certificates given with purchases at the stores also count up quite fast, and candidates should urge their friends to be sure to ask for them with each cash purchase at these stores. ' The following stores give certificates, One vote for a cent, with each cash purchase. Cut the list out, and carry it with you every time you go shopping. And ask everybody you see to do the same, reminding them, df course, to save their coupons for YOU. The list is: D. M. Worland, Furniture and Rugs Cleve Eger, Hardware 0. Earl Duvall, Clothing and Gents Furnishings B. F. Fendig, Drug Store Sam Fendig, Dry Goods Mrs. Mary Meyer-Healy, Millinery T'.Scott Bros., Harness Home Grocery, Groceries Jc—cu, the Jeweler Depot Grocery, Groceries B. N. Fendig, Exclusive Shoe Dealer

C. A. Roberts, Buggies. Wagons and Storm Buggies and Fronts. Spencer’s Jewelry Store, Remington. Peck’s Drug Store, Remington. Worden’s Harness Shop, Remlngton.. Surrey Store, General Merchandise, Surrey W. L. Wood, General Merchandise, Parr , Alx Store, General Merchandise, Alt Reed’s General Store, Virgie A fine $350 mahogany piano is something everyone would like to possess, while the splendid ’s3s Free sewing machine or the elegant S2O silver set —6 each of knives, forks, table and teaspoons—&re articles of both ornament and service, and the winners of either may well feel proud of them. The cash prizes for those finishing 4th, sth, 6th and 7th—sß, $4, $2 and sl— induce every contestant to make the best possible showing in the wind-up.