Billboard advertising (Dec 1896)

12 BILLBOARD ADVERTISING. K..,a1 rosumnct Lo (Calenders) CI Co^IcwhlNe-VorkCil,; vertise merits of any description in yards or under the doors of private r this law was punishable by a fine not ceeding twenty-five dollars. After the passage of this measure, councilman fault lies in doing good work, lately accepted the agency for The Don- aldson Lithographing Co., of Cincinnati, and soon expects to more thoroughly ed- ucate the business men in his territory on the potent, polling, power of the paster. He has troubles of his own, but realizing that' 'there are others'' will not inflict any tale of woe upon a much abused public The firm numbers among its patrons since election; The Wellsand Richardson Co., "Paine's Celery Compound," Bur- lington. Vt; The W. H. Comstock Co., Ltd., Morristbwn, N. Y.; Lydia E. Pink- ham Med. Co., Lynn, Mass., i, thit il thousand leading This petition was pre- sented to the city council by Councilman Company which manufactures Tichenor's Jn requesting the repeal of this nnde- sireti ordinance, Col. Sberronse suggested that another, permitting the distribution of advertising matter after it had been favorably passed upon by the Mayor who would isme a permit, be passed. This was done at the meeting, Monday, Nov. . a^d, and as soon as the new law is pro- I mulgated, distributing will g 0 ou jnst as t severely as ever before. Our gallery of distributors is further enriched this month by the addition of the genial - face" of W. H. Case, of Fort Wayne, Ind. Mr. Case is Third Vice During the pist week, M. C Jone vertising agent for the Sterling R< Co., while wearing the costume of an Eng. '1 dude and distributing samples of No- the business .center ot rested for blockading court, not being able to find that Mr. Jones had violated any ordinance, prompt- ly dismissed him the following day. Mr. Jones' comical 'make np' was one of the best ads. ever used he; people right. Since last writing we have received and are distributing 15,000 for Paine's Celery Compound, 30,000 pieces and 85 druggists packages for Dr. Miles, 25,000 for Lydia Pinkham Medicine Co., 12,000 for Dr. Chase's Blood and Nerve Food, 20,000 for Dr. Williams' pink Pills. 3.000 Butterick's Patterns, 30,000 for No to-bac and Casca- rats, and tacked several hundred signs, and we still have a large amount ot work coming constantly. New York Journal, Quaker Oats, No-to-bac, Ceresota Flonr, Hercules Malt Extract, new posters up proving The Queen City of the West will be Hie Mecca of bill posters all o "n January. The occasion will be ni Annual Convention of the Inter- national Bill Posting Association. The members of this organization enthusiastic over the success they have scored, and the attendance will be w large. Being ai dependent bill posters and those of other re invited to be present. This coupled with the fact that the Fourth Annual Convention of the Pro- N^ K p°h™"£w Ph,la,iel ' , " ia ' tective League of Americiu Showmen takes place simultaneously assures a large gathering. Many A. B. P. A. men are also members of the Protective League, and the annual meeting of this latter body has become an event which never fails to The commingling of bill posters, show men, poster printers and agents is a good thing for all concerned. Don't forget the date, January, at the -Flynn El Cmh- Hotel Emory, Cincinnati, O. ice 1S90. He repre- Advertisiug Co.. of of Distributors, and is pretty-well known, now as manager of the Hustler Advertising Co.. he has bumped against nearly every an or firm whose belief is the throughout the country. It might also s his opposition say his only A Nacan:*, Onlirio, Board.