The billboard (October 1897)

THE BICfeSOARD

Vol. IX., No. 9.

CINCINNATI, OCTOBER I, 1897.

RAMPANT.

The Executive Committee of the
A. B. P. A. Breaks Loose With
a Choice Assortment of Clubs—
The Ax Wielded in Great

The follow!

> it«ir 1

rules by giving business lo oon-associs-
lion member*, anil tii.n their paper was

If, -:„■,.

"PI' 1 '-

cations tor soliciting I
lioiiaMaon. of Cincinnati, anil Mr. Hole,
of New Yoik. The committee hail re-
ceived numerous fellers from members
for and against the placing of their names
on the nil. There was also complaint
about the present solicitors not living up
rnlea of the organ

im that the

critical point in its career. V.

' * felt that while
hail been done through [na
standard of service and advancing tl
pri™ lo a point where [the bill posit
was enabled to improve bis plant and gi'

I he

fully realb-e that th
more drastic than that which war) enacted
at former sessions, but Ibey also feel that
the crisis which has been reached in the
life of the organization must be met with
determination and force, inorderthat the
association receive from thetradeat large, held in the Hotel Bartholdi. New York,

Hear Sir—Herewith we beg lo hand
vouacopyof minutes of the meeting of
your Executive Commi.tee. held at Hotel
Rsrllioldi on October 5. and Official
Order No. 1 .

Tl 1 c reading of the mi'iutes developed
the fact that there was considerable dis-
saiisraction and cause for complaint
among many of the members. It was
found that quite a few large advertisers

JOHN F. OTTTNG.

bill poster*, advertisers
agents that respect
through the rigid

any resolution merely for the putting of
the same on ita statute books.. Theunan-
imous thought was, that if a resolution
waa made it should be lived up to, even
if such adherence to principle meant the
elimination of nine-tenths of its tueni-
liers. The one-tenth preferred lo atand
on the aolid bed-rock of duty to being
part and parcel of a vast organiratioa
which did not respect its own rulings.

e look for earnest, helpful support . Roll call showed the following to be

If it c

promise a growth not only in our mem-
bership, but tn the respect and confidence
of the whole business community. If
oir membership decreases instead of in-
creases, those that remain loyal to the
orgauiiatiou, its constitution, its by laws
and its officers, will feel tltat If but few
remain, those few will at any rale main- the information of

Bryan, Pratt. Carroll, Gude.

I 1*111 motion, Mr J. P. O'Mealia wtu
elected chairman and Mr J. Ballard Car-
roll was elected secretary.
Chairman appointed Mr. Al. Bryan as

• July 16 read for

Jersey City, N. J., Au (

Gentlemen— Your Finance Committee
have this day examined the m
and accounts of the flM Posltr and ci
pared vouchers wilh Ihe same wh

We End the majority of the items in

hut memoranda written out by the
or others presumably in his em-
IVhite we are satisfied the accounts
I approve of the

nethods of c

vying o

Bill /inter
accounts of tbe same.

We believe a complete set of books
shouid be kept, and a voucher must here-
after be presenlid for each separate item,
or such account shall not be passed upon.
One reas n for this is that the only way '
to do business is by business methods.
The set cf books and vouchers should be

President O'Mealia made a statement
of the business of his office since the an-

llave granted dispensation to Lowell
Bill Pos ing Co.. Lowell, Mass ; Portland
Bill Posting Co.. Portland, ale.; Erie Bill*
Porting Co.. Erie. Pa.; Jos. A.Wallace,
Oswego, N. Y.

Andrews. Moultou & Johnson. Salem,
Mass., and ¥. P.Colhy Manchester, N. H.,
against C. S. Houghlaliug, our solicitor,
f„r asking tbem to post paper at less than
association rates; also, from Cream City
Bill Posting Co., Milwaukee, Wis., and
American Bill Posting Co. , Chicago, 111.,
against the T. A. S.uider Preserve Co.,
Cincinnati, O., asking for cut rates and

lution offered by Mr. Campbell (in rela-
tion to a monthly statement being sent to
the treasurer, C- F, Bryan, also of having
called the Finance Commi lee together to
examine Ihe books ana vouchers of the
paper, The Bill Jbslen, at Ihe last uteet-
ingof the committee; also the matter of
the Memphis Bill Posting Co., Mempbi-.
Tenn., claiming an injury haying been

tion; alss, having received a communica-
tion from the secretary calling attention
to the members being very slow in paying
up their dues. I sent out a circular fil-
ing their attention to the amount of their;

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settlement of the
directed the secretary to call I he Western
Arbitration Committee together to j

upon the complaint made against
the T. A. Snider Preserve Co., and to try
and settle it to the benefit of both parties.

Upon motion, it was agreed to take np
each matter separately afier passing

Secretary Carro!! reported thefollowing
b dance. 465.54: received from members,

ion of W. Carroll, Cheh

Chelsea. Km , only. II was also agreed
to present his application.

The application of Lalor Bros, St
Catherine's, m also taken from the table.

1 on condition that they imuiedi- ,
tlj notify the secretary as lo the length
time of contract, in order that same
ay be placed on file.
Sesolved, That on and after this date

lion, and he must cease doing thU and >

' their mat
her ,0.

J. B«LU»o Cab not, 1 ,, Secrelary.

Official Ordhb No. i.
Dear Sir — Per inslructions of the Pres-
ident of the A

R P. Co., Philadelphia, fi 7S ; H. H.
Tyner. $$'. J- McQnigg. Jr 5 ; Mrs. J. Mc
•jaigg. fj-so; W_T.Branham.J15; D. G.
Mnnro, $»; W. a Burton ft Co , |io; C

A. Harnois, fi 5 . New
(to; Sonthern B. P. Ca, (17; H. W.
Walker & Co., J 3 o; Watson & Print, fii;

F. Kent, I3.50; Reese & Long, (10; Mrs

G. Tisdale, $3*.; Erie B. P. Co., (10;
Texas Adv. Co.. (.5; W. S. Parker, f 10;
Chatham B. P. & D. Co, $ r ,
$5: City B. P. Co., Peoria, $15; R_ G.
Spalding, fc; W H_ E

perior R P. Co.. $s; Nowland ft Torolin-
son. (5; J. B McCnllon.. $5; J. D. I
sock. $s: P- R Oliver, $3.50; L S
f«o; Newport News B. P. Co., $5; A. B
Jewett, CajOC S. B. Patterson. (i 3 50: H
Beale, Hazeltort R P. Co., $$ 30;

Amer. R P. Co., Allegheny. $35; M. J.
Dooley, $40; Amer. B. P. Co., Chicago,
$50; Amer. R P. Co., Pittsburg, (55; Amer.

B. P. Co., Brooklyn, fco; Price Adv. Co.,
V(5. Memphis B p Co.,(lo; R. Jameison,
li-50. J- w est, fs; Wilmington B. P.
Co.,fio;S.5.Kelly,tj.so; _ "
ptSo; Amer. R P. Co, r
Amer. R P. Co., Oak Parks, JS.50.

(-7.15;, Indiana, (71 50; Ohio, J4;
York, t r6; Pennsylvania, f 5;
$1.75; Rocky Mountain. $4.50.

Abo having notified the Western Arbi-
tration Committee to meet- and take ac-
tion upon the T. A Snider Preserve Co.,

President OUeaia; also, of having
written J. H. Dobbins, secretary of the
Indiana State Association, in regard to the
non payment of their per capita lai iu
resolution adopted by the

PBITriOKS FOR MEMBERSHIP.

The following applications were rr
Kachensack R P. Co , Hackensack. K
L. L. M. Ilvane, Houston, Texas: T
City R P. Co, Cbantpiigi

Amer. R P. Co.,

W. T."

D. G. Monro, C A. Harness,
Southern B. P. Co., Watson & Price, M.
J. Dooley, Amer. B- P. Co., Pittsburg,
Price Adv. Co., G. T. McLain. W. S. Par-
ker, Amer. B. P. Co., Allegheny, City B.
P. Co., Peoria, Amer. B. P. Co., Brooklyn,

In the matter of the Indiana Slate As-
sociation, letters were read from two sec-
retaries, Carroll and Dobbins. Aftercon-
siderable discussion it was

Kesolvett, Thai, in view of the fact of
the former secretary of the Indiana SI ale
raving defaulted, as per cor-

«d. tdt, if
pay-

■. Co, 1

asvillc.

P.W.Riley.
Marlboro, Mass. ; R.'L. Bowman, Peters-
burg. Va.; Waterbnry City B. P. Co.,

granted, and the secretary directed to issue
one upon the payment of the fee as pre-

Application of W. H Donaldson, per
request, was withdrawn.

It was adopted that in view of Ihe adop-
tion of the resolution at the morning si
sion, then "

, $350. and J. F.

Only oi

miltee was present. Mr. Leonard having
been unavoidably detained at the last
minute.

And the five New York city members
"didn't do a t'ing" to little, lonesome
A) Biyan. from the boundless West,

Sammy Pratt and Bridie Stall !brodt did
as they pleased— what they said went.

Think Of the Memphis Bill Posting Co.
asking the association {Sara PratO to stop
Van Buren ( Sam Pratt) from maintaining
Memphis ! Of
Od over"
and J. G Han.

had Irod upon Mr Pratt's toes, and the
other because his office is with Mr. Camp-
hell.

Jim Hoke and W. H. Donaldson were
turned toward the wall, and members
given solemn warning that no one but the
committee should be permitted to accept
work in future from any of these people

Quite a

severalcomplaintshavebeenmadeagainst dropped from membership foi
him for asking for cut rates, much less meot of dues, among them

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3

[Aad ho»

,>f Chicago; and. I1»e A
iiiK Co.. of Oak Park; an
ni.ll Posting Co., of Eva
lo escape is a mystery. Accordinj
ports, thev are as deep in the Dim
others are in the mire.)
The list of delinquents is something

y«*y

nf anv consequence in the union among
ihcm being Lexington, Ky. (Ramsey):
New Haven. Conn. (Pratt), and Erie. Pa
(Stahlbrodt)

Mr. Campbell was sharply taken to task
for failing lo report to the committee just
how much money the official organ has
dropped since the annual meeting in July,
and warneil that unless he does better in
the future the publication will be stopped.

Hob, who has been for a long time look-
ing for a good excuse lo jump from under.

jolly old Hole was called upon to
plain why he dared toast a hill poster to
cut a rate, and was warned not to do it
again.

The H.-O.Co., who employ Van Beuren
ft Pratt in New York to build their boards
and to post their paper, were put upon
the black list, and members notified that
any one caught in the act of posting
H.-O. will be at once beheaded. This is
not to apply to those members who may
rule contracts with H.-O. outstanding — j

Ml I

AND HE KICKS HARD.

I. J, I

s. bill

amine Paterson. N. J., is this day dis-
solved. C. J. Hicks, settle*

(Signed) C.J. Hicks.

The business will b? continued at same
address by the Paters in Bill Posting, Ad-
vertising and Sign Painting Co., a cor-
jioraiion organized under the laws of the
State of New Jersey.

(Signed) O. J. Gude, President.
— { ned) F. F_ TOCS, Secretary.
jn.N.j.. Oct. 1,1897.

INCORPORATED

Under the Uwi of the State ot New
York-The A. B. P. A. Geb ia Line.
There was incorporated with the Secre-
tary of State yesterfay the Associated
Bill Fos-ers of the ITnilill States aurj
Canada, which will have its principal of-
fice in New York city. The association
is formed for the purpose
trade and commerce among the bill post-
ers of the United States and Canada, to
reform abuses relative lo the trade and to
secure freedom from unjust or unlawful
exactions, fts directors are James F.
O'Mealiai of Jersey City; J. Ballard Car-
roll, of Albany: Alfred Bryan of Cleve-
land; George M. Leonard, of Grand
Rapids. Mich.; Samuel Pratt, Edward A.
Stahlbrodt and Oscar J. Gude, of New

York city . ',

Henry E Stoops is one.of the most en-
terprising bill posters in the country.
About three years ago be hail made for
bis business the finest bill posting wagon
in the country. Every theatrical manager
lhat came to town had somelhinglosay
about that wagon, and the AWAaVr,a
theatrical paper, gave the wagon a half
column. But this time Harry has ontdone
himself. He has got s mething new. It
is a bicycle bill posting tandem. About

ind he is full

1 the stieets. The

a good thing when they see it, are the

0 take advantage of it. The front

1 the regular tandem for two men,
te rear part is the thing. It is

:vto wheels wilh a tongue,
which is attached lo the tandem. The bed
is made in the s^ape of a box with a
sharp pointed roof The sides are filled
with advertising. The inside is made imo
three compartments, in which is placed
the two bucke s and the supp'y of paper.
Under the bo'tom of this psrt of

11 is on the si

GUDE IN PATERSON.
He Has Bought Oat Hicks.

ibont bill posting. Th-
M play Minneapolis
II posler, but not with.

anything about bill
Rineling did -*—
the city bill p. . ...
en; in fact, not by a long shot

number of Tfb Billboard i$
manifest, as witness
from California:

O.JEHU GUDE.

The Gnat New York: Advertiser Surpru*.
the Natives with His Horsemansbip.

John Mulvihill, the well known bill
posler, in St. Joseph, Mo., was fatalli
injured from the effects of a blow struck
by Frank Dix. The blow was delivered

Scott, of St. Paul, and Breslauer, of
Minneapolis, are having a merry war with
George J. Sherer, the sign man. They
are cutting down each others boards. The

The following officers were elected:
President, F, \V. Jenfcs, of Elgin; vice-
president, George Benderman, of Jolkt,

urer. R. C. I
tire Committee, Boru Marvin, of Auron;
I.on Roley, of Pana, and A. W. Retter, of

All the poster printers read The Rill-

Every advertising agent reads The

a stretcher. There they packed him on
a car and shipped him to the Magno Mud
Cure and Liihia Water Baths at Indiana
Mineral Springs, and a struggle began
between gout and Magao-Mud.

That was about three weeks ago, and
last week W.J. Champion, the Chicago
ear man, came down to see sick Brother
Gude, and be in at the death When the
train arrived at the C. Sc. E. I. station, the

be corner, its foor big dapple grays
the bor, bunch of

very picture of a real-thing four-in-hand
whip. The bugle sounded, the four big
horses sat upon their haunches, the driver
whirled a figure eight with his lash and
and caught the loop on his whip stock.

"Hello, Champ!" be cried cheerfully.
It was O. Jehu Gude, the healthiest,

over the pike. The Maguo-Mud did it
in combination wilh a life of us
the Hoosier hills.

"My Goodness,"
"but your competitors in New York' will
be disappointed. They've all got yon
booked for a funeral."

Mr. Gude left for hose Friday, in ro-
bust health, intending, however, to stop
over in Chicago, and make some of his
rivals(hehasno™imies) feel bad. The
reputation he left behind him at the
springs is fair enongh for one of hta
youthful spirits, but there is a blot on
the escutcheon, if the story be true, that
Mr. Gude, in company with some local
talent of doubtful reputation, indulged
in the questionable "and brutal sport of
badger fighting.— Attica (/W.) Afeaa.

The

hand.— Cftatlanooga Times.

Those newspapers that are still sawing
away on llie story that Ringling Bros,
played Minneapolis without billboards
are respectfully notified herewith that Hie

I he" gentlemen from Baraboo will give
If the Ringlings did not have up more

O. JEHU GUDE.

THE BILLBOARD

The Billboard.

17 East Eighth Stmt, Cinejurmt, O., u. S. A.

ore protection, we fear that their efforts
will prove futile. There are agreat num-
ber of bill posters in the association who
believe in encouraging solicitors and in-

earn the gratitude
of advertisers, agents and bill posters
alike.

ts per agate line; fopv for

twenly-Btlh of the m

...... tu-M , v ■„.'., ,

OCTOBER lit.

This year's Executive Committee of

will give a commission to a
recognized, bona fide solicitor, whether it
is sanctioned by the associaliou or not.
They have done so in the past, and we
violate no confidence when we state that
they will continue to do so in the future.
Especial!)* is this true of opposition cities.
The members in such cities, very wisely,
are standing in with the solicitors, both
.official and independent. 4 The action of
the committee has excited considerable
opposition already,, but it is not lifcety
that those who oppose the measure will
unite against them. They will probably
simply be ignored and gradually allowed

During the past two months we have
conducted an experiment in posting. We

CHICAGO.

Thomas Qtotck, vice-president of the
Chirago Board of Education and sign ad-
vertiser, has brought suit against the
Times-Herald for fso.cco for libel. The
suit arises out of a story printed a month
ago in the Times- Herald, containing
affidavits charging Mr. Cuiack, as a tnrrn-
ber of the Schcol Board, with being in
Hie pay of a boot company, and that he
had derived profits from the earnings of

OUR VOTING CONTEST.

■ Interest in our voting contest is increas-
ing with every month. Mr. Isaac Mouk,
of Peoria, jumps into the lead with this
issue, just topping Mr. Geo. Siebe, or San
Francisco, who was on the top last month.

The priie is worth st-'iving for. \ trip
to Europe is not given away every day.
This, coupled with the fact that the re-
cipient has beeu commissioned hy his
fellow-craftsmen in America as the most
popular bill pos'.er in America, makes the
appointment a most enviable one.

issue, the

ted Bill

then the course decided upon by the com-
mittee at its recent meeting at the Bar-
tholdi Hotel in New York will be bene-
ficial Two of the solicitors of the

othe

One advertising a cigar, au-
a ram and the third a chewing gum .

10,000. The results ob-
tained surpassed the wildest expectations
of ourclients. They were good in large
citifs, 1ml they were belter in the towns,
and, strangely enough, beat iu the vil-
lages. In these latter we found the field
No one bad posted them to any

paper went up it stirred things up in a
lively and effectual manner. The
ronderfnL Sales were
quadrupled in every instance, and in many
increased tenfold, and this despite
wards and wretched service. -

The futer-Ocsau is responsible for the
following:

The West Side Park Commissioners
have agreed to act in concert with those
of Lincoln Park for the pass'ge of an
ordinance prohibiting the erection of
large bill boards within 1,000 feet of the
approach to any of the parks.

We believe that the public will be found
on the side of the commissioners. The
parks are pleasure places, but they me
pleasure places in which the" esthetic
sense is educated. Nearly all the colored
lithographs or paintings on billboards are

eousty vulgar. The world of trade is with
us in quite sufficient degree ; it surely
may be excluded with "charily to all,
with malice to none," fiom places into
which nothing that is not recreative, noth-
ing that is not beautiful, nothing that is
not foimative of correct laste ought 10

poster iu America to attend. We intend
to send hiui in first-class style, paying all
his expenses there and return

The only condition we make is that he
must receive the largest number of votes.

h vote must be on the following
coupon, clipped from a copy of this
paper:

if

r bill I

and he sbou'd be our ambas-
sador to the convention of
of the British Bill Posters

and when the the streets and that easily is blown from

for The Billboard, (1.00

policy, the application of several solicit
ors were rejected- While there can be no
question of the consistency of this course,
the wisdom of such a. policy is very doubt-
ful. Surely the: bill puslera of this

of.
ing'
.16 a-3 p

quate to cover cost of '.apportionment and
distribution. In" other words, if a solicitor
desired to advertise small towns and vil-
lages exclusively,- he would have to have
iSper.

adopted before the small towns

dleman. Until the agents' take up the
hamlets, bill posting wi I Uangnisli therein,
and service continue to be a reproach to
the craft. If the Extensive Committee
wiH take this matter up with the vigor
ing this course, aims to afford the solicit- and firmness that characterized their re-

of the bill posters

JOHN F. OTTING.

Mr Otting was born in Newport, Ky..
in lSjq, and has been in the bill posting
business since 1SJ0, In his youth he
(tamed the Stone cutting business serving
the full term of apprenticeship, and past-
ing bills at night for his father, G. H.
Otting

Iu 1S70, when Mr. Oiling first engaged
in bill posting, there were no boards in
Newport, and it is one of his early recol.
lections, that they were so green when
they got the first job, the only place they
could think of to post on, was the ferry
house at the landing, although there were
lots of good fences and barns.

The first boards erected in Newport
were put up by a circus called "The Big
Ten -Cent Tent Show."

Opposition has started in Newport sev-
eral times, but in each case Mr. Otting
has come out first best- In itWj he
bought a half interest in the business
from bis father, and then bought out the
last opposition they have bad.

Active hustling among the local busi-

HOW THEY STAND.
The standing of the various contestant:
ip to going to press waa as follows, viz

Isaac Monk 91

Geo. H. Seibe tti

Geo. M. Leonard 21

R. C. Campbell . .11

H. W. Walker 19

Jas. F. O'Melia ij

Jas. A. Curran ij

Bdw. A. Stahlbrodl .10

svr 1

Geo.Castner fi

J. Ballard Carroll 7

E.CDonnelly 7

Frank Fitzgerald. .... 7

Albert Weber 7

Jas. H. Staats 6

J- J- Plynn ;.. 5

P. P. Oliver 5

P. F. Scbaefer 3

John G. Reese 1

L. H. Ramsay : . . 1

Under our arrangement with tbe Anier
icau News Company, 1 HI BILLBOARD b
supposed to be on sale at all u<
Patrons unable to secure it will |
notify us, giving place and date.

E. C. Barnes, manager of The Southern
Bill Posting Co., of Knoxville, Ten 11 ,
was recently presented, by his wife, «itb
with a daughter.

t very profitable. Each year
sees wry si bslautial additions to Mr.
Otting'a list of boards.

Toledo's first and original hill i*sler,
Thomas Doyle, died in that city and was
buried September 13d. Mr. Doyle WU
for 4s yesrs a rulerat the Blade Printing
anil Paper company. He was nearly Kr>
years old, ami had only ceased aclivc
ill a year and a hatf ago. Mr.

THE BtLLBOARt)

Signs * Sign Painters

K, PiclcrrillKtoil, Ohio,

jaclies more sign painters
trade journal of its kind
le heat sign painters are

While newspapers in general nave l«ei
crying haul times, tlie trade journal!
have atom! shoulder to shoulder trying ti

Pot crimson, red tinted with Mack, S
i; for brown, black and red, 3102;
■green, yellow and blue, ! to l; for pur-
!, blue and red, 3 to 3; for vermilion,

ender, while, blue ami red, K, 3. r; for
buff, yellow an.l white, .3 10 1 ; straw, yel-
low and while, 1 lo I; fire, yellow anil
red a to 1; gold, yellow and white. 5 to 1;
silver, steel anil, glass, white ami black,
10 lo 1 ; marble, white and bine, 30 lo i;
pure wfai-e, while ami blue, S o to 1; flesh
color, white, blue and red, 50, 1, S ; flesh
(sallow), while, yellow and red, 50. I, 6;
lips and cheeks, while ami red. 1 to 1:
whites of eyes, while and blue, so to 1;
black hair, black and red, 2 10 1; brown
hair, black, yellow, red, 2, 1, 1: golden
hair, black, yellow, while, r; 5, 3; light

Itie country: Times are getting belter
every day, and it is no use for any news
paper 10 deny it. If Ihey would put Iheir
shoulder to the wheel, as they ought to
do. ami not be continually trying lo
wheedle themselves into politics, hard
limes would disappear as if by magic, . It
is the duly of every American citizen,
particularly mechanics and laboring men.
10 make the best of what is sel before
them. He foils to do bis duly when he
mity bowler.

boiling point, 4 ounces of pure guM
aniini; have your animi reduced lo a fine
powder, and add it little by little until
you have it ail in; give time to dissolve,
continually stirring until it is of the con-
sistency of tar ; strain through a piece of
silk into a bottle and keep well corked;
thin to a working consistency wilh turps
as warited. for use. mixing thoroughly.
Nearly nu"tbe other sizes will not stand
the luster.

published on sign pointing ; hence we in-
vite.a free and full di,cussiou by our
readers of any and all subjects of interest
to sign painters. Any description of any
new way of doing work, or of any device
that facilitates labor, will be thankfully
received and published on its merits. We
will nut publish your name or address if
recjueaunl not 10 do so. Now, there is

A New WAV to Gild on Glass.—

The fbiwierf Magazine »»>**, quoting

weary : Coat the

places lo be gilded thinly with 1
boras solulion; lay the gold leaf on this
and presMlown well and uniformly with
cotton wool. Now heat the gloss over a
spirit name- until the borax iiirlls, and al-
low 10 COol off. If the glass is to be
decorated wilh gilt letters or designs,
paint the places lo be gilded with a water
glass solution of 40 0 , lay on the gold leof
and press down uniformly. Then heat
the object to 86° Fahr , so thai it dries a
little: sketch the letters or figures on w ilh
a lead pencil, erase the superfluous gold
and allow the article lo dry completely at

A SlIUSTITUTB FOR Timg OH Fl.AKB

WHITE. — Take scan of white lead, scrape
it out in a can of alwut twice the size of
the can of lead. Fill this wHfa turpen-
tine and mix thoroughly. The white
lend, after standing a few days, will seltle
lo the bottom. The turpentine and oil
may then be poured off. and the lead
used by thinning with turpentine lo paint

A few inquiries have been received ask-
Iftg for rules for mining tints suitable for
bulletin painting. If the primaries, red,

10 1 : water (river), white and blue. 6 lo

y (no.nda;). while ami blue. 1 to 1;
y (suusei). while, blue and red, 1. ». 1;
ihogani . black and red. 1 to S: oak,
Haw and whit '.a to 1.

Imitation India Ink.- Hereisacheap
substitute for India ink, which does abuul
as well as the pure ink : Take common
black writing fluid, stir in some finely
powdered guu powder ; to this mixture
add a little gum camphor, cut 'with al-
cohol as much as it will cut. It may be
reduced with waier same as India ink.

1 let

think

pear well in prim, we will, at your Re-
quest, rewrite itaud putitina presentable
shape; so don't let thai wurrj- you. Just
give us a brief and clear statement in
simple language, and we will fix il for
you. Tlia'fs what we are paid for How.

Dial is, u

L , prni,,

t as possible;
t will

The KVjV™ I\„.iL-,
substitutes, as they ni
usually made of a mix
resin spirit and benzol

arymg pro-
s added

turpentine, namely. 10 drop a small quun-
tity on white paper, when it will oil evap-
orate if the turpentine is pure, is not
altogether iufallable, because some of the
substitutes will net in precisely the same
manner. Th™, however, that ore mode
wilh resin spirit ami petroleum oil In
most cases leave a greasy stain behind,

give a clear understanding of whit you
wish to write about. A great many re-
fuse to write for fear of criticism We
will guarantee our correspondents that
no personal criticism or anything of a
knock-down character will be printed.
Billboard is not published on He
"smart alick"' plan, but is published for
the purpose of getting at the facts con-
nected with each of its various depoit-

A Nat* Way to Pi re Off Old Paint.
—I have used the following method ([uile
successfully : Thin turpentine with gas-
oline, ami spread ii on the o il paint to he
burned off ; allow a few minutes for the
gasuliiic lo evaporaie. This leaves a thin
coating of turpentine. Touch a match to
this, and the paint will become sufficient! v

ao exhc^ir. ,oe man «ui snow inrougti
the lead in a few hours, and eventual!,
will become perfectly black and appears
as if there had beeo no while paint used
at all. We are sorry thai we cannot offer
any remedy that will overcome the diffi-
culty ; that is, a remedy cheap enough
that there will be tome profit in the
work. Shellack, or any of the alcohol
varnishes, will prevent the action of the
acids in the asphaltum roof paint from
reacting ou the white paint, but they are
too costly for so large a sign as he wishes
to make. We corresponded with seve al

1 the subject, but so far there

are none that have overcome the diffi-
culty so that Ihey may insure it in every
. In fact, w ■-- - -

ence. hut he says they *
Possibly the high altitude of Irs oil
may be partly responsible for the vagcry.
The roof paint in question is

with benzine. This ism
lion, aa sign painters are frequently called
upon to put signs on roofs thai are painted
with asphaltum paint, and we have never
been able, nor have we knowle Ige of any
piinter who claims to have overcome the
difficnliy without using a spirit varnish.

After many experiments our corre-
S]iondent thinks be has succeeded in solv-
ing the problem. He first washes the
space with a sirong solution of blue
vitrol and water, claiming that this reacts
on the acida in Ihe asphaltum roof paint
in such a way aa to prevent the black
from showing through. Then he nsea a
heavy mixture of white lead. 'gloss oil
and whiting. He says Ibis gives a beauli
ful orange. He thinks by washing two
or three times with vitrol the white color
may be preserved.

Another gentleman, lo whom I sub-
milled the question, thinks that to cover
the space with water glass solution, "then
pui the white paint 00 this, will do Die
" - in an old copy of

hue by different manufacturers, then
specific rules might be devised for mixing
colors; but ni they are uol, it is impossi-
ble lo make a att of rules which will

leulial lo good work, 1
finer they ale ground Hie smoother t
work and Ihe more tostin^ the lesuli

vartii«H is Ihe main
an. Kcmeni tier this.

s tack the

ihe buiued naiot »
ciwling. This it a t
than by using pure lurpenlioe. The
thicker the paint Uie more turpentine and
less gasoline ie<[uireri. U ilb a liiile prac-

that you can burn paiul off and have no

black, mixed in boiled oil with Japan:
dryer, will, when the while lead is ap-
plied in two heavy coats, bold it secure.
The difficulty is not because of the black
color of the paint, but of tbe chemical
action of tbe acids in the roof paint on
the white lead.

If any of our readers have succeeded
in overcoming the difficulty, the sign
paloling sulBcribera will feel thankful lo
them for publishing their method. We
also invite a discussion hyunr eicbaoges.
particularly Pointing and Decorating, as
it is a very important question to the ad.

.particularly to tbe
1 majority of Urge

table is based on Mnsury's colors. If it
!« desired to make them darker or lighter,
light or dark paint should lie added in
1 ihe desired hue is

the Ion
followiu

-. of 11

rill never lose it* luster on Ibis
size; Take t pound of pure drying oil,
put it in a metal pnt wilh a cover; slowly
add to this, after it haacome to almost a.

Answers to Correspondents.

Our rule is not lo mention the address
ol correspondents, but in this | articular
in.taiice we do so for a reason which we
herein explain. A sign painter of (."ripple
Creek, Col., has been having 1

II is b

mvneof graphite paioi. but there is not a
panicle of graphite (..lack lead) in It
Asphalt am roof paint always carries the
smell of coal tar with it. ami turpentine

Corsica it.

publishing
tisiugsign

i

TUB fiULBOASD

W. H. Case, soliciting ircrrtsry of the
I. A. D.. r. ports business goal His new

Icii lm adve-tiseis hi the United Slain
is patrons. C«se does all the railroad
™ik at Fort Wayne. Ind.

Geo. W. VansycUe made h trip to Clii^ rim.

a.tnJB-usiUlfcxJvk*.

Attorney Alexander Yoong and W, R.
Cottrill. the retired bill poster, are ir.nV ing
arrangements for * gold mining expedi.
tiou lo Alaska in the spring. Tbey aie
u-orking upon a scheme which contem-
iningof the bed of the Yukon
their belief that the bed of

The Power of Organization.
To the thoughtful mind it would seem
that tbe march of civilization emphasizes
one very important fact, namely: That
as the human race advances toward tbe
higher stratas of civilized life the indi-
which we collectively

hooi. Let us one and all, hoTJmg as it
were the key which will unlock the flood-
gates of one of the highest ideals of a
business enterprise, seek to strengthen
our ranks with the noblest and best of

Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 6, li

lationof all the H

ig assertion is a brief com-
i of philosophic farts. They
'it that if the individual
rights of any class of men are to be pro-

The International Association of Ms-
tribntois is now a successful organization
—an accomplished fact. Its members
have succeeded in establishing themselves
and their association on a firm basis.
They have won tbe appreciation and con-
fidence of advertisers, and they are now
beginning to reap the reward of their

Last month they made the first pay-

vice act. McLaughlin, of Cripple t
while a member of the organization, col-
lected for service which he failed to ren-
der. The Dr. Miles' Medical Co., of
>he sufferers. Thty
amount of their loss,
Mr: rV.

go by we will have a good big list of 1.
A. D. members. W. H. S. says that all
tbe boys are satisfied to pay the Dr. Miles
claim; that is one reason I am giving
v our members the preference. I always
f^el safe to place my work in their hands.
H. T. Hayes, General Manager Adv. The
Dr. Chase t o."

"Thanks for sending us the list of dis-
tributors, as we intend to place our work
with members of a reliable ■

Co., per Hunt." .

my letters promptly-
most ot lliein are terrible slow. H. T.
Hayes, General Manager Adv. Dr. Chase

prolific source of gold than any yet dis-
covered in the land of ice and snow.
They will not attempt to dredge or shovel
up the bottom of tbe river, as many have
proposed, but will go about it in a more
thorough and systematic manner.
Their scheme contemplates the con-
boat equipped with a cais-
son, modeled after those used in finding
bed rock for the foundation of bridge
piers. On tbe presumption that the free
gold lies hidden at the bottom of the river

dollars could be cleaned up in that man-
When wintefcomes the party could pull
out of the country and run down lo San
Francisco with a paltry (50,000,000 or
(ioo.oco.ooo on board.

Mr. Young is of the opinion that the
son method is the only practicable
for mining in the bed of the Yukon
r. All other schemes which have in
w the dredging of the river he consid-

m as theli
ci ation of Distributors to 1 if t this particular
branch of outdoor publicity upon a higher
plane than ever attained before. Among

fulL

of the incident. The Dr. Miles Medical
Co., through its
Beardsley, accepted the 1
for their loss, bat in the following grace-
ful letter to the secretary donated a like
1 theTissodation :

F 8. .8,7-

hit the spot," said Mr. Y'oung to a re-
porter. -Inthe first place, a dredge boat
will not reach bed rock, where the gold is
always found in la _
ties. A sand pump which su
will he of no more avail than the dredge
To gel at the gold which most lie at the
bottom of the Yukon, it is necessary that

The a

have to get up and hustle. We recom-
mend and guarantee your service and help

J. T. Hudson, of Pittsburg. Pa, has re-
turned from a successful business trip to
Detroit. Mich., Toledo and Cleveland,
Ohio, and Buffalo, N. Y.

The edition of the Christinas Rill-
~ be 15,000 copies.

_.j that the bed of the Yukon istv
rich as the adjoining creeks, we would
clear abont 1 100,000 every time that the
caisson was sunk to the bed rock.

"When it is considered that all of the
creeks emptying into the Yukon contain

nble to suppose that the river, into which
all these creeks empty, flows over a bed
of golden ingots. For centuries the ad-
ioinina creeks have been pouring their
t into the river, and the big

Thefollowing matter has recently been
distributed in Cincinnati: Merrill, Soule
Co., "None-Such Miuce Meat," folders;
Dr. Kilmer Co., books; Howard Drug and
Medical Co., circulars; Lydia Pinfcham
Medical Co., booklets; Dr. Chase Co.,
areolars; Wells & Ricbard-
A. c. Meyer & Co., pocket

Tbs BUMMaa

THE Billboard has more paid-in-ad-
vance subscribers among distributors thau
all papers combined.

Thb Billboard has more paid-in-ad-

is tbe glowing fire of fraternal brother- form

THE BILLBOARD

9

OUR NEW CHRISTMAS POSTERS
FOR RETAIL MERCHANTS ARE
NOW READY.

We are a little bit late with them this year. The delay could not be
avoided. We have been so busy with Theatrical, Fair, Poultry Show and Bench
Show Posters, that we could not take up our Holiday Posters until fully two
months later than usual. But, though belated, they are beauties. They will sell
on sight. SAMPLES FREE TO BILL POSTERS. Write for them now.
Almost any merchant will advertise for the Holiday Trade. Now is the time to
get them started on the boards.

The Donaldson Litho. Co.,

CINCINNATI, O.

^Magnetic Hammers

Just Ibe thing lor Card Tackirs.

DONALDSON LITHO C0.S1H tolls.

CINCINNATI

Bill Posters' Paste Brushes.

This brush is mat
Lured especially f<
and is fully
|l is the cheapest GOOI>
Ttrush you can find any-

iucb. 3.15 each.

Litho. Co., Cincinnati,

MjM Paste Brush Handles

Made Expressly For

Traveling
Advertising

Will III Insldi of a bill
trunk. 6r.it oonv.nl.nQt.
HANDY, DURABLE,
STRONG, RIGID.

7 net. 2 sit
10 K feel. 3

■ $1.25
SI. 15

Donaldson Litho. Go.

eiNeiNNATI.

Remit with order. nione.ente.t

THE fitLLSOAfiD

ESTABLISHED }B90.

The

WAUKESHA 811 Pos,in s Go

„™.".?T." ™.™.!?. Distributors and Genera! Adiertlsers.

OH AS. G. MEWS. MGR.

Past, Distribute, Tack, or do any kind of Out-Door
Advertising: anywhere in Waukesha County.

*WAUKESHA, WIS.

WANTED, TO BUY

Bill Posting Plant in a town of
25,000 to 50,000 inhabitants.
Address, F. J. McCLURE,
523 Trumbull St.. Detroit, Mich.

Mattapan, Mass. D. L. Gushing
BRANTFORD, CAN.

POP. 1T.OOO.

<-ba» M. Hmlib ,v(ii. K.ll rV-i-r-and Hit-

Oswego, H. Y. F. E. Munroe,

Jacksonville, HI. 807 S. Main SI.

Wilminntnn Nona Carolina.

The P. Day &. Co . BiU PMm and nutribulon

HOWLAND £7£™«^.

HILLSBORO, TEXAS.

nOUpt BnK.Cily BUI PfKtcn and Dislribu-

WOODLAND, eau

Kansas City, Mo.

Combined population 300,000. 63,000
pieces does it all Send the matter to the
MIDLAND ADVERTISING CO. (mem-
ber I. A. of D.). Jos. Burn, Manager, (17
Grand Ave , Kansas City, Mo.

Pittsburg. Pa. Pan. 500.000.

r 1 Ildlf 111 iOi I Ufli wvvjvUUi

The -TWIN CrrVliA'-^trtuliltne Imr,
I'LtTBt BU tOHX,

OIBce ^ HLSTb Sr^^raneh, AIXKUHEN V.

Chicago, Ills. J. A. CL0UGH,

Man HlM P.r tbe OMrtMMan 01

OREGON SIGN CO.

era' P £oi' O^liuoij. ()VeBo'jf. D t '*HB7

eaao and notiuruau lnwna.

The W. D. Husted
Advertising Co.

I=s^. BlbL? POSTERS,

Distributors, Bnlletin Sign Paintiog.
Out door Advertising of every desrriptiion
Office: 67 Main Street,
MANSFIELD, TICK) A CO., PA.

^J/Tott'N OR CONTROL ALL
W BOA K IIS AND POSTING
1 PRIVILKGES IN

j MANSFIELD.

j The leading town in the "Northern

I Also have bauds and pnaling privi-
leges in every town in the county.

ATTENTION
BILL POSTERS.

Advertising our Davy Crocket Cigar. We want to hear from bill posters,
especially in the small towns. Send us your best rates for thirty days,
guaranteed and protected service, (no lists — our trawling men inspect
our work,) and amount of paper you can handle to advantage. We pay
cash, and we pay promptly. Address :

HAAS BROS..

215 RACE STREET. CINCINNATI.

Tna Bill Paster
* —

The English counterpart of The-
Bn-LBOAjm. Subscriptions 50 cents
per year, post free, may be sent to

®NE OF MANY

UNSOLICITED. LETTERS
RECEIVED BY-Ja.»

Steinbrenner's Distributing Service.

Would Etke
Co Do Sour

W. H. STE1NBRENNKR,
i?Tl La id wtttTth t ncsoHa? '™liv

whadid bat have thr KOOdsin Ifc,
10 U itae Increasing drmand. W

M ^g^rn»;rtb?iion rd D;p^ n -

W. H. STEINBRENNER. Manager,

Room 609, Lincoln Inn Court,
No. 519 MHIRI STREET.

CINCINNATI, O.

HOWARD N. H0LSH0USER,

City Bill Poller ■

WASHINGTON, D.C. « """w. 250,000.
Sampling, Distributing, Sign Tacking,

WORK GUARANTEED

TRIAL ORDER SOLICITED.

Wright's Distributing Service,

GEO. WRIGHT. Manager.

432 10th STREET, I. W.

OMEN L.RDARK, Greenville, Ky. "SrnSfoT

Prompt and Honert Scrvk*. Low Rato.

TMfi BttXBOASC

Posters:

Sf you have not received our samples of {Pictorial
Posters, write for same at once, and we will forward
same J*ree of Charye.^''&eu : -ca& sell them to your
merchants and make a commission, Soery bill poster
should keep our cataloyue In ht'a office, It yivea priceo
on all kinds and sizes of posters.

88

Jfenneffan dc Co.,

^Poster...

Sprinters.
7/9- 72/ Sycamore Street,
Cincinnati, Ohio.

THE BtLLBOARt)

Excelsior! Excelsior!

YOU ARE LOOKING FOR THIS.

The most satisfactory Bill Fosters' Paste Brush
on the market.

Made only of PURE RUSSIAN BRISTLES,
therefore WILL hold the most paste. Ask the lead-
ing Bill Posters of the United States and Canada as to
the wearing qualities. "*

Quaker Citv, No. 10. 9-inch.
$2.50 Each. , $24.00 per dozen.

Also the No. 19, 9-inch Extra-Ejxtra, mads VERY
full and especially adapted to. Circus work.
$3.75 each. $39.00 per dozen.

Give us a trial order, and you will use

Sent C. O. D. to all parts.

Excelsior No. 10. Extra 9-inch.
$3.00 Each. $30.00 per dozen.

V\ HVl> 8 lE'lVlf Q Makers, 127 North Fifth St.,

LkLlULlR. Of drilMVO, PHILADELPHIA, U. S. A.

Sole Western Agents. THE DONALDSON m HO. CO., Cincinnati, Ohio.

TRENTON, New Jersey

The Trenton Bill Posting Co.

City. Mo. Pop. 300.000.

prttiJuECo.. Joa^uli Reld, Mbt

THE MANHATTAN
PRESS-CLIPPING BUREAU.

NEW YORK. LONDON.
ARTHUR CASSOT, Manager.
Knickerbocker Building.
No. 2 West 1 4th SL, New York.
S applies press clippings for Trade Jour-
nals, and on all subjects. Best facilities.
Hon. CHAUNCEY M. DEPEW

is one of our regular patrons.
Ht»i. CALVIN" S. BRICE:

You have the best facilities of any-

n Francisco, raL

TUCSDR, AriZ 2,000 rt_ of boaxd»

L. A. DANIELS.
City Bill Poster and Distributor
SANTA CRUZ. CAL.

POPULATION S.OOO.

MANNING, S. 6.

DlWlblUOr. 1. it. K.M

Waukon.la. Wm.S.Harl &Co.

Fort Wayne Gift Bill Posting Go.

EBwjS8£mEr& u. wdooworth.

Jackson, Ga. , C. A. Henderson to Co.

MILFORD, MASS. Pop. 9,000.

. Uh

etc. Other lines of items from It
newsnapers of the country. Send it
particulars.

N. E. Newspaper Bureat

146 Fr.nkHn St.. BMton.

Aurora, Ills. B. MARVIN.

KS.r-ffi.rsj: 1 "'"'"'"- "~*

STAVANGER, MINN.

MEMPHIS, TENN.

Scranton, Fa. 654 Deacon,

LIMA, OHIO. Pop. 20,000.

FIVE STANDS
POSTED IN
MARBLEHEAD

Peru, li

Allen's Press Clipping Bureau

LORAIN, 0. P. J. SMITH.

BUI Poswrand DI>lr.r>UH.r. SluBlli SI. I.ST

CIT7 BILL POSTING CO.,

HARRY B. BUSSING, Manager.

NOR WALK, CONN.

Nanaimo, British coi. pop. 7.000.

G.F.

CITY BILL POSTERS AND

Southern Press
Clipping Bureau,
Atlanta, Ga.

Newspaper Press Clippings for
Trade Papers, Manufacturers and
Advertisers. Also list of name.-;
for circularizing.

Butte, Mont W. E. Kendrlck,

RI6S BROS.,

Blaney,

Santa Fa, N. M. A. M. Oattelbach,

THE BILLBOARD

13

VIRGINIA,

GOLDSMITH BROS.

OPERA HOUSE MANAGERS AND CITY BILL POSTERS.
FREDERICKSBURG. VIRGINIA.

Only Licensed Bill Posters, Distributors and General Out-Door Advertisers.

BUBB

Playing Cards (nil

POSTS BILLS *

WILUAMSPORT, PENN A

J'lffcilPPIIIB BUREWl

m KEEPS YOU POSTED. t,

($1 We read practically all the t

publishers and cutting out
1 those items of designated
\ interest to our clients at

, All the latest iiterature
. on any subject selected at

\ Material for trade and
J class papers, addresses for
1 the catalogues, booklets and
j primed matter of business
houses, personal mentions,
articles for speeches, lee-
i, books, obit-

OGDEN Sl CO.

Automatic Slot riachi ties, "°SS£ •<££:

! Sending you clippings
from our New York and
Chicago offices direct, if so
5 desired, as well as from our
1 main office in Btstoli, we
I can get clippings to you
■ more fresh than these fur-
nished by others.

Write for further data
1 and prices, which ' are the
l lowest, work considered, of

The Christmas Billboard, 1897.

Half page

Quarter pajje
E.gblhpage ..

. 37.50 Page 3 of Cover, in 1 colors

. 15.00 Page 4 of Cover, in S colors

. 800 I Double page center, in S colors . .

JOHN T. WILLIAMS

Manager northwest Bill Potting and Advertising Co.,
346 MORRISON STREET,

PORTLAND, OREGON.

nember I. A. D. and P. C. B. P. A.

I 1868.

Am You One Or Thi m ? '"MMM I gj&ggr-

JOHN L. MARSH

VANCOUVER, WASH.

Bill Pasting, Sign Tacking and Cir-
cular Distributing done Satisfactorily
or Money Refunded. Write lor Tenna.

ft. J. BLACK, Smmitville, tnd.

R W. STORRS,

De Fuciak Springs, Fla.

ACCOUNTICS.«««

A monthly magazine devoted
to Accounting as the vital cle-
ment of business. It contains
the leading papers and debates
of all the Accountant's Asso

as.:

SCIENCE QF ACCOUNTS-
ART OF E

ACCOUNTICS answers ques-
tions in higher accounting and
boofe-kce ping practice; contains

independent Reviews and Crit-
5 of books on accounting

Accountics' Association,

TOOL EXCHANGE. NET YORK.

PAULDING. OHIO.

WANTED, AGENTS, to sell our elegant

H ADVERTISING CALENDARS

Big Profits. Pine Line. Write

The Henderson Lithographing Co.

Novelty Department- « CINCINNATI. OH/0|

14

THE BILLBOARD

SETTER BROS. & C0. MlL,N8MNTHl

NEW YORK.

ENGRAVING BLOCKS

Cheaper than any other firm en earth. By good Engraving Blocks
we mean blocks that ate in every way strictly high-grade and first-
class in every respect. We have sold over 100,000 of these blocks in
the past five years, and our trade is increasing at such a rale that we
expect to sell as many more in the next twelve months. That is the
best testimonial we can offer of the quality of our blocks.

RULE.

reglet.

AND PASTE BOAffDS

LUMBER.

& CO.

COLLINS CENTER, NEW YORK.

< CT1ARLES w. YORK

I ;., Bill Pester and

* D Distributor.

* HAVERHILL, MASS.

Po'keeosie, N.Y. 24 Mechanic St.

M. F. Sprapgir.Tue Bona-. Kin* till Po"

SPIRITUALISTIC SENSATION!

I.W.V.. Fop. 16,000

Grand Rapids, Mich.

YOUR PORTRAIT.

We will send The Advertising World (price 75c. ) and engravi
your portrait, style herewith, and famish plate ready for an'
printer to print from, all for (1.15. Send photo, whici

. . j siie instead if yon prefer.

its a portrait For use on slaliotiery and other printed
■ WI1.T . »c make this offer just to introduce our paper to new
readers. The AdvertiBing World is an eight-page, five-column,
monthly, illustrated, original, devoled lo up to-date methods of
i advertising. When you read it yon will understand why it has
a large circulation. Address

THE ADVERTISING WORLD. Columbus Ohio.

FRANK M. DEUEL,

BILL POSTER AND PAIfTTER; ALSO CIRCULAR DISTRIBUTOR,
187 Schuyler Avenue, KANKAKEE, ILL.

1891. "Everything c

0 hugllea while he wile." 1807,

The

Hustler Advertising Co.

I OUT-DOOR ADVERTISING I r„. ......

I IN ALL ITS BRANCHES. | tAi«"X"

W. K. CASE, MAN*....

1. erauT. - FORT WAYNE. IND.

BELVIDERB, ILLS.

JOHN H. JONES,

OHlce, N. W. Cor. FlouM & Mctit nrj St...

BALTIMORE, MO.

TROY, ILL.

CROSBY

ADUERTISINC

SIGNS

1II9I PATERSON, N. J.

THE BILLBOARD

15

Do you know that New Hampshire
Will be llic Mecca of thousands of
well-to-do people, during the coming
hot months. They ro there to while
away the time, to be comfortable anil

Have V*D got An> ih Lnt to Call Ibetr

AIlMllBD to, while they are idle.

Strike while the Iron is Hot!

We can reach all these people.
Send us your booklets, samples, or circu.
lars or any kind of advertising mailer.

D.J LefebvreAdv.Co.

RELIABLE DISTRIBUTORS.
Boi 483, M.nobnttr, I. H.

W. E. P.tton, Corinth, Miss.

Kill Poller and Distributor. KetaKure

jgusjness

I

Olbat

apolis, IdJ? ^Krf^ta^w '.aiipic. (
HrHniF^C.^^^ I

[One man Said

E Jibour Our

Mfrs.-Pol.rEKr-Tch.cK . 1
If it tuned one, h will suit f
another. That's you. i

[Distributing.

Vansyckle Adv. Co.

hMcCall, Ad Wilier Harattgra N. Y.

INDinNftPOLIS, IND. 3

,fl.™.,f HITSISESS i. 10 he in every ■>"■«■
t. Sj a yrar. Addrtsi

BUSINESS PUBLISHING c. . .

TERRB HAUTE. IND.

jameaM. DI>hon. Disiilbuilua. 2S8..oib

CHILLICOTHE. ILL.

Chillicothe. Mo. Z. B. Myers,

Ownaall bill board.. 2^mSvS3&nii
nopay. wniehim. ■ am

Atlanta, 6a. _ 124 HaynesSt.

Ucotiia, N. H. Pop. 15,000.

DlllCnO Me. and Neighboring
DAnbUn Cities. Pop. 40,000.

I_.l-lr1b.il-r and J"«'^ r '" w . n p , 1 ^' ,.,*|~
matei' E*. Y.Tampial I. ITFarlsi." titt

DENVER, eOLO.

ThaVnrran Hill IM-limr* Dist rl null nr (Vi
owns alirl ffinlrnlt Bh^MII Niarna aiir] siV
IMondn -prinaa. MMii of Denver,

C.T.AnBell.Mfg. Coupon Thoatro

MILPORD, MASS.

Bill Posters' Push Cart.

,SSS^|g^24.50JEACH.

Bill Posters' Ponv Cart.

$44.50

Bill Posters' Wagons.

<;,es m Hie following prim rli:

A-$90.00. B-$I00.00. C-130.00.

""""JOHN H. MICHAEL,

Manufaclurer Bill Posters' Va hie las
225, 227,229 East 8th St, CINCINNATI, 6.

"mr. managers"

"Ok moment Flux."

WE paint pictorial advertising signs,
society silk banners, show canvas,
theatrical scenery and imitation litho.
paper.

OUR artists are expert and np-to-date.
WE do bill posting, distribulin

WE own 10,000 feet of s]

di r doSas" Perie ' , " ! ""
OUR boards, stock, labor and prices are
O. K.

WE have no alleys, back fences, "cbarlie

«*■* and inspection, once got, always

C. H. Smith & Co.,

Brantford, Canada.

Popiilatiaaaf City 17,000. Coopty 50,000.

Holland, Vt., M. B

In offering the services of the

United Press
News Bureau

We beg to announce that we have
succeeded to and united the several
business interests heretofore con-
ducted by the Register Press Clipp-
ing Bureau, the Press Cutting Co.,
the United Press Clipping Bureau,
and the E. S. Morrison Press Clipp-
ing Bureau.

We are now occupying a space of
eight large offices

With a carefully trained force of
proficient readers

And have an exchange list that
thoroughly covers every section of
the United State and Canada.

Service equal to the best at a
price as low as the lowest. _

New customers vce trill serve on
trial for two weeks, without' charge,
provided that if we get an order we
charge from the start.

c solicit vour patronage.
Respectfully,

United Prep News Bureau,

lS*Van Bur™ St.,

Eonxllk, bid. 15,000. Lletnud

LARAMIE, WYO.

THE BILLBOARD

OFHCE OF * 107 WEST 2BTH 8T.. NEW YORK.

I WANT TO HEAR FROM EVERY BILL POSTER IN AMERICA, AND Al ONCE.

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I am now busy with the following orders:

30,000 8-sheets, 30,000 3-sheets, 10,000 1-sheets, and 3,000
34-sheets for one advertiser.

20,000 8-sheets, 30,000 3-sheets, and 30,000 1-sheets for
another advertiser.

^ v , , _A Half-Million quarter-sheets for another advertiser.

- 30,000 4-sheets and 5,000 8-sheets for another.

50,000 8-sheets and 100,000 1-sheets, for another. .
5,000 8-sheets and 5,000- 12-sheets -for another.
' And '

45,000 1-sheets for two other articles.

(I had expected to give names of the above advertisers, but some '
of them objected to having their plans made public in advance.)

Heretofore I have rarely asked for information from bij.1
• posters in very small towns, but I am having so many calls f or' vil- ^;
lages of Five Hundred, One Thousand, and up, that I now want to
hear from everybody that does bill posting.

Let me' know the present population of YOUR town, and a-
statement of the number and sizes of the billboards and daubs that
you may have, AND Y0UR/PRICES. i

Long-Distance Bill Poster,
Telephone Connection. 107 W. S8th St., New York.

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