Billboard advertising (June 1895)

s taction, propriated, and iuiod) other i QUICK PASTE SLl.MjlNO. Jimmy Lannlgan Wins Bill Posting Contest by Slapping Up News Tri- bune Stand In Mae Minutes. PUBLISHED EVERY MONTH BY BILLBOARD ADVERTISING CO. No. 127 ft. EIGHTH ST.. CINCINNATI. O. James H. Hennecan, Manager. -ADVERTISING HATES. Jh-pnti" orWoru mHi^rfQUlre (Ropy fu r i; m:, i, i-liaugm man reach at before [be who ill On the contrary where a license exists! even though it be a compsra'ivcly small one, the mere fact that it is paid, argues a certain degree of responsibility and in- tegrity upon the part or the person licensed, and insures a proper regard for ordinances prohibiting litter'ng streets Its* owning desirable locatio stsnd, posted by Jim Lauigau of ihe Du- luth Bill Posting Co.. was the first one in - place yesterday at the bill posting con- lest on First street, bavirg been unfolded, doped and posted in Ihe remarkably short space of nine minutes flat. The contest was a good thing and was lessed by too large a crowd to keep for bulletins beinj mry w r of the J Ding of SUBSVIBIITION. ^Em^^^T'A'oBH bm made bp cjuqv. poH oflct or be placed, if. by re obsolete methods, or lack ol enterprise, a bill poster makes it possible for a com- petitor to step id, just so sure competi- tion will arise No intelligent bill poster ever relied upon prolection of ibis nature and none ever will. The only prolection they need, and the only kind Ifaey desire I their efforts to BILLBOARD ADVERTISING CO. No. 127 East Eighth Street. Cincinnati. Ohio. from Mr. Thos. Ik this issue we publish a list of the fairs of the United States and Canada, together with the dates thereof, the names of the societies under wbtse ans- pices they are held, and the names of the officers or each. It is worthy or note that this Hat is the most complete cata- logue 'at fairs thit hts ever bees pnb- we published a letter Ledger Job Office or Phila- delphia In so doing, we inadvertently Committed a grave, and we might say, inexcusable breach of etiquette, inas- much as the letter was not intended for publication, and we bad not secured Mr. a or James Lanigan, John Palmer and Barry Bunnell, representing the Dnluth Bill Posting Co, Temple Opera House, and a West Superior theatre, were the entries, Jimmy drew the News Tribune stand, the Marshall-Wells stand fell to Palmer, while Bunnell, who, by the way, had first choice, selected the Wetaman restaurant Stand- The stands were gotten up by the Duluth Company under the direction of Billy Longstreet, and are strictly ar- tistic. At the signal the men pitched in and were even, sheet for abeet, until the eighth, when Palmer led the others by a trifle. At the twelfth sheet, Lanigan caught up to and beat tim out by the i; Pal- II, later.— Jribunt, Du- Now that Oscar Wilde has been rele gated to the oblivion be so richly meri- ted, it is to be hoped that those artists his protege, Anbrcy ispose of this billions, wholly inartistic style, ubecribera who fail to receive lanuikSMUMI regularly, will the matter they will often luik. . These is a hue and aery of substantial proportions in evidence at Wellsville, O.. over the ordinance recently passed by the conncil of that city, licensing a city bill poster and distributer. Merchants generally including the mayor, deem the provisions much too strict officers of Agricultural Societu of news or general interest are solicited, and will always be gratefully accepted d published. It is The licensing of city bill posters not infrequently gives rise to much amusing comment and newspaper discussion. • (tale Several such instances have occurred dyes- Curing the month just passed, and al- o the though happening in widely distant Items localities, ate almost identical in ti I to aid you in ing the eye and holding the attention, but with only cold hard type-] Bill beards all over the city have been receiving a new dress of posters during the past few days, announcing to the public the merits or the cigars made by Straiton & Storm, and of the French tonic, "Vin Mariaui," made by Hariaui & Co,, who have houses at Paris, London, Montreal and New York. The adverti- sing now being done by these two firms i this city is under the supervision or the license is passed at the solicitation of the bill poster for the sole purpose of securing to him a sinecure in the shape of a monopoly of the business in the town in question. ■_ There is tome slight color or truth in the charge, but barely enough to render it discernible, and com- pated to the advantages reaped by the that fall to the share of the t at Indianapolis, Tuesday, May ic convention which was largely called to order at the Grand <lr F. M Groves of Evausville, nd was also ent Indiana oT the city, it is evident that he intends that Ihe public shall be fully in- formed of the merits ol the "While Owl - ' cigar, and or the tonic which is sure to overcome "that tired feeling," as well as other ilia The work ol posting the bills, which is being done by the Breslaner Company, ia progressing rapidly, and where two daya Hekcz, we are TuUy as much interested in this field as we are in bill posters, poster printers and distributers, and