Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 February 1908 — GRACE PEYTON WINS THE RING [ARTICLE]

GRACE PEYTON WINS THE RING

DiuMid and Opal Ring Earned By Yens Lady Who Leads In the Pepnlar Voting Contest Mitt Grace Peyton, the young lady who has led the popular voting contest tor several weeks, is the fortunate winner of the diamond and opal set $26 ring given as a prize for £fce person securing the most new subscribers to the Republican for the period between January Ist and Feb. 16th. s*i~ Peyton secured twelve new aubfscrlbers, Miss Grace Reed, of Jordan township secured 8 and Miss Inftus Wiseman, of Alx, secured 8. Miss Leila Grant, of Newton township, who won the $lO gold piece given as the intermediate prize that closed on December 31st, secured 6. Several others secured from one to three. In all, directly traceable to this contest, 49 new names were added since January Ist. Every contestant had the same difficulty, and all told the same story, and that was that everybody almost gets the Republican already, which, of course, made it difficult to secure ntjjk names. But we are going to Institute one more intermediate new subscription contest, and on the night the contest ends we will also give away a ladies’ sl6 gold watch, to the person that secures the most paid one year in advance new subscriptions to the Semi-Weekly Republican between Feb. l?th and March 14th, at 6 o’clock. The best opportunity for soliciting for the Republican exists at Remington, at Kniman and in Glllam township. Any person is eligible to enter this contest. The vote will be announced for the next two weeks as it has been in the past, and then during the last two weeks the vote will not be reported and no record of it will be kept in

the contest books, and the contest editor will be as Ignorant of the vote as !b the public and no Information concerning the vote will be given out. If the vote was made public right up to the last there might be a disposition on the part of some to make an unreasonable expenditure In the advance subscription payment and we do not care to have this occur. Merchants shall not sell votes, and shall dispose of them only In the regular channels of trade, that Is, by giving one 25 vote coupon with each $1 purchase. Any violation of this method of their disposition will cause the person responsble for the violation to be cut off the list of merchants that can supply these voting coupons There will be no other way of voting except that of securing votes from this office for new and renewed subscriptions and for job work. No votes will be sold, and there will be nothing done in the contest that Is not absolutely fair and honest and that does not give all the contestants an even and honest opportunity, as provided for in the published rules of the contest. There will be just four more weeks of theßopublicaa popular voting contest, and on the evening of March 14th, at 8 o'clock, the ballot box will be closed and the votes will be counted and the results announced. It has been and Is still a very nice contest, and the contestants have done a great amount of hustling. The result has been that there have been a great many new subscribers added to the- Republican subscription list N and the met chants handling the voting tickets have enjpyed a fine additional trade In consequence, and the vast number of sale bills printed by this office were to a considerable extent brought here by the voting proposition. The prises were all worth making an effort to secure and the contestants were among the most popular young women of hte county, and their own popularity as well as their individual efforts has been Instrumental In securing them many hundreds of vile*. Right around 400,000 votes have r.ow boon cast and it :s not Improbable with the tpnng business that the vote will reach nearly 600,000. The vote will be announced as usual for the text two weeks and then It will cease and will not be announced for the last two weeks, the votes going Into the ballot box and no record telng kept of them on hooka Beginning Monday, February 17th, another Intermediate new subscription prize contest will be launched. It will be for a ladles gold watch, a very handsome prise, now displayed in Jeassn’s jewelry window. It will go to the person securing Che greatest number of new subscribers to the Republican from Monday, Feb. 17th, to the end of the contest, March

14th. This contest is open ot all, whether they are in the contest or nQt. Wc shall be pleased to have all readezs of the paper look over the list of ’he contestants and see if thero is not some one that they would like to assist Within the past two weeks some new names have been added to the list and while they stand very little chance of winning the grand prize they are in a position to be one of the winning fourteen. The prizes to be given are as follows and in the order named: Ist Price & Teeple piano, value S4OO, given by the Republican. 2nd. Ladies’ broadtail coat, value $25, given by the (J. E. Murray Co. 3rd. Royal sewing machine, value sl6, given by R. P. Benjamin. 4th. Princess dresser, value sl6, given by D. M. Worland. - 6 th. Combination piano bench and music cabinet, value sl2, given by Fred A. Phillips. 6th. Ladies’ toilet Bet, value $lO, given by B. . Fendig. 7th. Ladies s’lo sat, latest style, given by Mrs. L. M. Imes. Bth. 1 dozen platinum photos, value $lO, given by H. F. Parker’s studio. 9th. Ladles’ $lO hat, latest style, given by Mrs. H. Purcupile. 10th. Ladles’ chatelaine watch, value $lO, given by G. J. Jessen. 11th. Rochester chafing dish, given by S. D. Rhoades. 12th. 1 ton of coal, value $5, given by Branch & Hamilton. 13th. Pair ladies’ $5.00 shoes, given by B. N. Fendig. 14th. Buggy robe, value $5, .given by Matthew Worden. Unless there is something in the postal laws and regulations that is contradictory to the action, these prizes will be awarded by choice, for instance, the fourteen having the greatest number of votes will get their choice of the prizes according to their position in the race when the votes are counted at he finish, and after No. 1 has chosen the piano, No. 2 will get her choice from all the remaining prizes. This action is taken because some person might get a prize that was Inappropriate for them. Standing of Contestants Grace Peyton 141750 Leila Grant 77035 Mrs. Joe Halligan 43530 Mrs. Kenton Parkison 32275 Grace Reed 20615 Fannie Porter 14750 Feme Parker 11460 Bernice Sayler 10850 Lillian McClanaban 8595 Kate’Maxwell 7790 Esther Padgitt 6675 Goldie Gunyon 4900 Ethel Glsrke ~4BBfr Ethel McCarthy 4035 Mae Pettit 3550 Bessie Moore 2995 Day Jordan 2315 Cecil Rutherford 2315 Mary Adams 2095 -——Bertha Eldridge 1895 Indus Wiseman 1276 Mrs. Alice Potts 1200 Mildred Watson 685 Blanche Conwav 465