Billboard advertising (Feb 1895)

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BILLBOARD ADVERTISING CO. No. II W. EIGHTH ST.. CINCINNATI, O. James H. Hennecan. M anager ADVERTISING RATES '-arimg Ojir. W at Amirirti* Adirr'- BILLBOARD ADVERTISING CO. No. II West Eighth Street. Cincinnati. Ohio. Many bill posters who are members of eiisl opon which to snstlia the charges the Protective League of American Show- of discourtesy. men attended ttie second eonoal Con- # v vrntlon of thai body, and maniireted the * keenest Interest in the pi deliberations. It;'is to be 1 more of the members of the identify themselves with the nal meeting- The interestsof the showmen and the bill id the fin first-claw style : is the twst Matt at an tn- Tbere is an old saying that has i': "The best wsy to secure the respect of others is to respect ydnrself." and by thU some token, the best way t > excite the interest of others, it to get inte'esled yourself intaining the firm name and 33 of the city bill poster it every billboard that he .owns Too much stress cannot be laid upon the importance of this measure The same idea can be supplemented hy the use ot one-sheets, containing a catch- . line wCh-firm name and office address The following iew. sl iggi>stious.will illus- trate the idea: , Dan. F. Cline, Manager of the Peoria B-ll Posting-Co., recently attached Jn 45 worth of medicine in a wholesale drug l.roueht in o: nun of f 13 25. for bill posting, due Mr. Cline from The Rocky Mountain Medi- cine Co., of St Louis Mo. and which he The best is the cheapest the hill boards affor-l the ch of all advertising mediums. A. B. Means, city bill poster of Wash- ington; Pa., regards Billboard Advir. T15INC as a solicitor of more than ordiu The Price advertising Co .ofToronto, Ont.. have ordered twenty-five subscrip- tions of Billboard advertising for i* license, at Newark, All you have guessed about tlie value of posters may be wrong. I'd like to talk it over witkyo*. • JDHNSM.JH, - CIH MIL POSKB, 219 SMITH ST Advertising Spsce t .Tola Billboard. JOHN SMITH, City Bill Poster. 319 SMITH ST. AdveitijiotJ paijs! And 'Posters (Pay 'Best of All, It you care to argue the mailer, call on or address JOHN SMITH, City Bill Foster. 19 « and exliorbitant licenses. Every - town or city that possesses ao ordinance of this character, is a town which show. men naturally prefer to stay out of. and this strikes deeply at the very root of the business of the bill poster of that city. The Associated Bill Posters' Associa- tion which convened the day following, was well attended, and many of the mem- work accomplished. A detailed account of the proceedings is given io another column. It is to be deplored that a feel- ing of soreness made its appearance among the showmen, over the fact that A.B-P.A-M They se open to the bill posters and invited them to participate in their deliberations, that the bill pollers were gnilty of a direct and flagrant violation of courtesy in pursuing the course they did. A little thought would have enabled the agrieved parties to have avoided the unpleasant- ness. No hill posters attended Ehr Pro- tective Leagne Convi members of that o _ member* as fully entitled to attend • n there- It would si ; how t lienors oracle Mayor i a remarkable conclusion. 1 The am. in question is entirely insignil woold no more prevent tegitmafe com- petition that half or quarter the amount. It would however prevent irresponsible people who possess no more capital than the amount involved in the purchase ofa brush and backet, from annoying rot only a legitimate firm, r-nt the public at We have been honored with the ap- pointment of Official Organ to the Associ- ated Bill Posters' Association A resolu- tion to that effect having been introduced at the recent convention by Mr. Burl Chapman and carried ananamously In acknowledging the compliment con veyed"by the appointment, we will only- state that we shall always endeavor to prove worthy of the confidence renosed , inns, and will lose no opportunity to to advance the interests and aims of the A. B. P. A. I> this connection too, we desire to sav that our columns are open to the officers and members of all state organi- = firm believers in the efficiency of all trade association*, sod always ready lo lend our aid to any tending .d Iwsides being good "'trade j -e use inl to dress up the boa ;ep"iuem from becoming fra; gged Then, ton, there is nothing tli "icrs .believe in the value o yourself believe irj them. THE CurrstJ Bill Posting Co. have ordered another lot of our three months subscriptions. ... t. there is ipt as pos e talf as profitable. posters P a y prodigious profits. Proof- Produced , Promptly. Call on er addrttl JOHN SMITH, City Bill PusUr, 219 Smith St I know something about their advertising value. If you want to talk it over ;caU qn or addres's,. , JOhnSrpltri, Gtty gill Poster. If y .u are not a good solicitor, and do not 'are 10 hire one. try Bii.i.boabij ADVr.RTIStKC.. Twelve three months' subscriptions for a dollar, CONSTa.1T HEADER.—Ettbrr is cor- 1m Boston, hereafter, theatre posters which d-splay the female form clad in tights Will not be permitted to be posted on Boston billboards until the committee on licenses of the board of aldermen have approved of the same. Thfa is the result of the recent crnsade against the theatrical posters, which has been goiiig