The billboard (July-Dec 1895)

BILLBOARD ADVERTISING Is the Official Organ of the SHOW PRINTERS* ASSOCIATION. Classified Advertisements. BILL POSTERS' DIRECTORY. Two line. Displayed Advertisements under tins heading, 25c for one insertion, 60c. for three tnser- Hons, 75c-for four insertions, $1.00 far six inser- tions. Larger cards, 10c. per agate line A. C. H. Metier,-City Bill Poster and Distributer, Fort Jervis, N. Y. Springfield, Ohio, H. H. Tyner Licensed City BUI jPosterand Distributer. Perth Amboy, N. J., Pop. 13,000 Geo. Searles, City Bill poster and Blstribu- tor. . ■ ■ ■ - .' Waverly, H.•¥., Population 10,000. Populat: CO.. Waverly, N. Y. Sayre, Pa., Address," MnTdoeh, & Classified Advertisements BILL POSTERS' DIRECTORY. Western BUI Posting o., Owners ol all Advertising Spaces. Salt Lake City, Utah. Meadville, Pa. George Knox, City Bill Poster and Distributer. Reference if desired. Is a city of 12,000 inhabitants, situated on the main line of the N. Y.; **. & O. B- K.; has large railroad, machine and car shops, boiler shops, iron works, 1 nrnl-. tore factories, etc., and is one of the most enterprising cities of its size in Western Pennsylvania. - Grand Junction, Cal. J Pop. 4,000, Bill Posting, Distributing. Tacking, etc., Circular* mailed, or list of names of resi- dents or Men County furnished, best of reference. Edwin A. Haskell. Laonia, N. J. ~ ~ M. li. Delhay Bill Poster and Distribute 1 ' 3.000 f e e t of boards. Laeonla, H. H., pop. 15,000, Folsom Opera House, Driving Park and Show Grounds, J. F. Harrlman, Manager, owns all boards in city and suburbs. Fort Seott, Kas. Pop. 14.000, Harry C. Ernlch, City Bill Foster, Litho- grapher and Programmer. Cards tacked up and samples distributed. Put Fort Scott, Kajjsas, ok tocr list Newport, Ky. G. H. Otting & Son, Own and control all boards. Good Service. Boonville, N. Y. Wm. Comstoek. City BUI Poster. ' Owng ana control! all boards. Moline, 111. F. W. Stuhl -ft Co. Bill Posters and Advertising Agents. Milford, Mass. Population 10.000. W. B. Cheney, City Bill Poster. Distributer 8* So. Bow street. Sole control of all bill boards In city and adjoining towuB. 20 years' experience in this city. Baggage and scenery truck express. Sioux City, Iowa, pop. 40.000, Posters, Distributor and Tackers. We do all kinds of advertising A guarantee work Sioux City BillPostingand Advertising Co. [Licensed] Member A. B. P. A - Pasadena, Cal. Co. D. Coyle, Mgr. City Bill Posting Geo. P. McClaln, Prop Lima, Ohio. Pop. 20,000, W. C- Tirrill, City Bill Poster and Distrl- buter. Work promptly done. t f Manchester, N. H. Frank P. Colby, City Bill Poster. Distributer and Baggage Transfer. Address 30 Manchester si. Bowling Green, Ky., Pop. 10,000. AH Desirable Boards controlled by J. bf. Robertson, manager Opera House. - Display Advertising. TO RENT. 1000 spaces on bill boards for painted signs, each 150 square feet. Located in Hew England towns and cities. Location ol boards guaranteed first-class C. S. KIE FH, Bill Posting and Painted Sign ' Board Advertising ' ' 4» Main street, Fitchbnrg, Mass Louisiana, Mo. Population 10,000. C. A. Bragsdale City Bill Poster, Distributer San Antonio, Texas. Pop. 40.000. Texas Advertising Co.. City Bill Fosters and -Distributers. Office, Alamo Plaza, Weckes Bldg. P. O- Box 6S6. " ^ Signs p ainted and tacked up- Albuquerque, N. M. J»op. 10.000. The Hudson Adv. * Bill PostingCo.. own and control all bill boards. Also do distri- buting, tacking, fence painting, mailing. Classified Advertisements AMERICAN FAIR BULLETIN. Arabs. A Wonderful Troupe of Performing Arabs; address Jas. J: Arm- strong, 10 Union Square. New York City M. M. Forsman, Peoria, Ills. Makes a specialty of Odd, Unique and Orig- inal Balloon Ascensions, Parachute.l>roi>s FIHEWOKKS, 7- ^ " Write for our descriptive catalogue. The Masten & Wells Fireworks Co., Boston Shedman's Coursing Hounds, W S Shedman, «>8 and SO Centre, New York Vietoria, British Col. Pop. 20.000 The Victoria Bill Posting Co. own an con trolall biU boards, paint sighs and bulletins and does distributing. Address KOBEBT JAM1ESQN. Manager, P. O. Drawer 28 . - ■ Laurenee, Kas. Pop. 15.000, A. M. Poff. City Bill Foster and Distributer Meridian, Miss. Pop. 15,000, L. D. Hoffer, City Bill Poster & Distributer Belfast, Me F. E. Cottrell, Ulty Bill Foster. P.O. box 781. Residence 20 High street. Bill Posting and Distributing Bervice Northfleld, Minn. Pop. 4,000. H. U Ensign, Bill Poster and Distributer Board capacity, 900 sheets WANTED ! ! Privelege men in all branches, EVERY- THING goes this year, The Central Ohio Fair, Orrville, 0. Prices reason- able and fair'treatment. Oct. 8 to II. Proctor E. Seas, sec. &supt. Priveleges Chas. Fenz & Co.. New York, 103 E. 14th st. Furnish all kinds of Open "A ir Attractions for Fairs, Fetes, etc Classified Advertisements DISTRIBUTERS' DIRECTORY. Western Bill Posting Co., General Dlstrll uters PaltLakeCity, Utah I will Distribute Circulars, and * Post Bills. Advertisers, write at once, B. F. Evaus, Minster Ala. Chicago, Ills. J. A. Clousrh, . contracts solicited for the distribution of all legitimate advertising matter In Chi- cago and suburban towns. Chester, Conn. Chas. E. Lord. Entire or any pait of the State, posting also. Washington, D. C. P. PRINTZ & CO., 730 9th Street, N. E. Dis- tributers of advertising matter. Write us. Boston, Mass. Pop. 600,000. J. F. McWnirk, General Adv, Distributer Manchester, N. H. D. J. Lefebvre- All Matter Distributed. Balloon Ascensions And Parachute Drops cf-Every Description Wm. H. Han'ner, Cincinnati, O Fair Bills and Posters, The Donaldson Litho Co., Cincinnati, O New Hampton, Iowa, B B. Garver, Bill Poster and Distributer, Circulars distributed in Northern Iowa. Honest work. Reasonable Bates. Reference Indianapolis, Ind., Pop. 105,436, Indianapolis Bill Posting Company, 63 N. Pennsylvania Street. Los Angeles, Cal. Pop. 85,000. City Bill Posting Co., 254 S. Main street. Geo. P. McClaln, Pro. F. E. Holtslander, Mg Waukesha, Wis., pop. 9,000, All boards owned and controlled by ad. F. Mevte, 638 Masn street Farmer City, 111., A. H. Shumaker, Bill Poster & Distributer. W. E. PATT0N, Corinth, Miss, Bill Poster and Distributer. Reference lui- mlnd. Greenville, Miss.. For Bill Posting and Distributing, address. L. Hester, manager Opera Hnnfre. Lee Bros. & Co , City Bill Posters and Distributers. Santa Rosa, Cal., Popnlation 7,000. E. S. Carpenter, Bill Poster and Distributer, Dariieteon, Conn St. Charles, Mo. Pop. 10,000, City Bill Posting Co., own and control all bill boaids, also do Distributing. Tacking, etc.; circulars mailed, or list of names ot residents-of »"t. Charles City and County furnished. Ee-t c t reference. J.N. Mittleberger, Manager. 06 Waukesha, Wis. radwell F. Mevis. City Bill Poster and Distributer. 638 Main. J Fair Grounds Attractions, Of Every Descriptions. Cincinnati Amuse- ment Agency, 127 E. 8th St., Cincinnati, O. The Only Comedy Attraction for Fairs extant Forepaugh's Yankee Farmer James B. Macks, Address, care of Donaldson Litho., Co., Cincinnati, O. Balloon Ascensions, Jewell Bros, Aeronauts, Trenton, N. J. "Laloo,"' Greatest of all Living Attractions. Address Geo. Arlington, 88 90 Centre St.; New York Jeakles' Pony Hippodrome, Strongand strictly first-class attraction for Fairs. Chariot Races, Roman Standing Races, PoDy Flat Races, etc. Address E .C. Pratt, Manager, Batavia, Ills. DISTRIBUTERS' DIRECTORY. Washington, Ind. has a population of 10.000 Write Horrall Bros about posting Pana, IDs. Pop. 7^000. . LOU ROL.KT, Bill Poster, controls all the 4ma boards. 540 ft. of desirable locations Bethlehem. Pa., poo. 25,123, South and West Fa. Groman Bill Posting and Distributing Co. James E. Henry & Son, Up-to-date Bill Posters and Distributers Detroit, Mich. Established 1865. Carbondale, Pa. Carbondale City ill Posting and Dlstrlb- ntlng Co. J. O'Hearn, Manager Prairie City, Iowa, Write to W. S. Parker, City BiU Poster and Distributer Port Huron, Mien., Bennett & Murray, City Bill Posters, Mem- bers State Ass'n. L T.Bennett,operahonse Wilmington, Del., pop. 70,132, Geo. W.Jackson, City Bill Foster and Dis- trlbnter, 907 Orange street J. E. Williams. Oshkosh, Wis., City BIU Poster and Distributer. Reliable and definite service. Population 32 826. Own an boards in the city, 30,000 square feet "I havetronbles of my own; don't—" etc. When you write, mention Billboard Advertising. Camden, Me. w m. H. Hemmingway? Bill Poster, class Distributer of bill of all kinds. First- Clinton, His. John B. Arthurs, City Bill Poster, Manager New Opera House. J Eureka Springs, Ark. Pop. 4,000 R. H. James. City Bill Poster, Owner of bill boards in tbis and adjoi nf ng towns. ?- Santa Paula, Ventura Co., i Pop. 2,(»J0. S. R. Jenkins, BUI Pc CaL 'oster. Lexington, Ky. Ramsey & ■ o., Licensed Bill Posters and Distributer!", White men do our distri- buting. < irculars 81.50 per 1000. one I n each house; if books, 82 to S3 per 1000. Samples according to size. Satisfaction guaranteed Champaign, Ills. J. W. Mulliken Bill Posting i'o., Special attentien to posting and distributing. J Dalton, Ga., D. K. McKAMY, Bill Poster. t Pocatello, Idaho, J. W..KELLEY, Bill Poster. J Wallace, Idaho, Coeurd'Alene Mine*. J. C. Campbell. Bill Poster and Distributer, References. tB Caldwell, Kas. S. H. HOKNEK, City Bill Poster. J Memphis, Term. VanBeuren iCo.. Bill Posters and Distri- buters. 221 Second street. ; When you write, mention Billboard Advertising. kinds of Advertising P. O. Box 483. • Louisville, Ky. R. General Distributer. 542 Second St. Taylor, First class service. It Will Pay Distributers To keep the'r ads iu this column. Advertising of all kinds handled with care, signs tacked, rates low, reference The Licking oist. 4 Mailing Agency, 11JJ South Side Square, Newark. Ohio. Cumberland. Ind. Chas. Caylor Distributing matter in Marion and adjoin in g Coautles Marinette, Wis. Menominee, MIeh. Pop. 15,312— Adjoining Pop. 12,524 Wm. H. Earle, Marinette, Wis. Reliable Distributor. Your contracts solicited Cincinnati, 0. H. E. Meisner Distributing, sign tacking. South * Depot We can guarantee that advertisers -will re- ceive honest, reliable service from any firm or person whose advertisement appears iu the following list. j No advertisements received from minors References as to houesty and intcgr.ty must accompany all applications for space J. E. Stroyer Co., Rochester, N. Y. Advertising matter distributed, signs nail- ed np Try us. Members of lnt'l Asto. of Dist. of N. A. and Nat'l Dlst. Asso. t N e*wark 0 Licking Distributing <fc Mailing Agency. Advertising of all kinds handled, sieus tacked up. Low rates. Reference giveu. 11% south Side s-quare. Valparaiso, Indiana, Dletributirgln Porter co, J. H. McGllI Matawan, Monmouth Co., N. J. Lloyd's Distributing Agency, Box 67 St. Charles, Mo., B. F. Bruns * Co., Advertising Distributers Hackettstown, N. J., C. A. McLean, Distributer, signs tacked Newport. Ky. G £f. Otting & Sou, Bill Posters and Dis- tributors, 608 York street. Grand Rapids, Mich. Georg e M. Leonard, Reliable Distributer Nashville, Tennessee. Circulars, etc., distributed, cards nailed . 8150 per 1C00 up. James L. Hill, 323 Broad street. Nashville, Tenn. Scranton, Lackawanna Co., Pa. John H. Beltz & Sous, General Advenlslng Agents, Write to us, 654 Deacon street Carthage, Mo. Pop. 10,000. Joseph Barratt, Distributer; Sampler and General Advertiser. Cincinnati, 0. Distributing. Rellable.prompt. Reference Popnlation 350,000. Address. W. II. Stelnbrenner, 313 Vine, Cincinnati When you write, meoti jn Billboard Advertlsii-- Moira, N. Y. F.W.Bucklin Reliable Distributer, Reference furnished. Millersburg, Dauphin Co. Pa. Roscoe C. Hinkle, Distributer, S2 per m. B. H. Johnston's Distributing Ser- vice, 314 Union Trust Bldg St. Louis, -Vlo. t Boise, Idano, Spaulding & Gordon, Reliable Distributers and Sign Tackers. We'pay rent for our locations and can guarantee. . When you write, mention .BfUooard Advertising. EXPERT AD. WRITERS. Advertisement Writer. J. H. SOBERS, 4 New Chambers St. N. Five neat ads for your business for S2. Send stamp for booklet, H. Frank Winchester. 162 Ashford St. Brooklyn, N. Y. o3 4 Cuts and 4 Retail ad% for $1.00 Up-to-date proofs free. Margie Bowman, 'ins adage. Buffalo, N. Y. __^ — ^ ' I Robt. Carroll, Dayton, Ry. D. B Archibald, 73 Nassau Street, N. Y. C. F. McHenry, Newport, Ky. Geo. Unllford, 12 7 E. Eight St., Cincinnati, O Bert M. Moses, Brooklyn, N. Y. When you write, mentionBiWloiirdAdvertlslng^ Have You Subscribed for BILLBOARD ADVERTISING? YOUR AUTOGRAPH FREE. With n vein ly subscript Inn ntjt a facsim- ile of y.im -ignui lire i-ngruvcil and jilnn;l»r prlnlliKl mmiI i fri!f. Wlilc mimes Willi hlurk ink iiii-f fiicloHH l ho nmounl. r.ll.l.ll >A»I' AllvKKTtSIStl. Jiighlh SI , CINOINS.TI.O. 1\v/:/.\.\'. FOLIO. «"•• "dv. Idciintjl a UKM) Samples for »HHIIP. QUIVKB, BuflttiO, >.X When you write, mention BUlliuurd Advertising. — BILLBOARD ADVERTISING is the Official Organ of the Illinois Bill Posters' Association. WHEN A Monthly Resume Of All That Is New. Bright And Interesting OnThe Boards Vol. IV, No. in. CINCINNATI, OCTOBER i, 1895. Walter G. Cooper. And the Advertising of the Atlanta Exposition. If the difficulties he encountered and the disadvantages under which lie labored were generally £ known, Mr.J.Walter G. Cooper, Chief of the Department of- Pub- licity andj'romotioirof the CottonStates aiid International Exposition Co., would ' be credited with the most remarkable achievement in the field of advertising that has been accomplished in late years. This a broad and sweeping statement, but is made advisedly andwith full knowledge of the facts. As it is, the wonderfully systematic and thorough manner in which he has done his work has established a reputation for him which will create a lively demand for his sen-ices by great enterprises of a similar nature. Hampered by appropriation, ;.which, when the territory to be covered is consid- ered, seemed not only meager but abso- lutely inadequate, and with the^country in a jaded condition, owing to the proxim- ity of the World's Fair and Midwinter Exposition, he lias nevertheless succeeded ill his every endeavor. He has covered the North, the South, tlui. East and the \Vest_as they have never been covered be- fore.; Hejias placed thebig show_iu_ evi- dence in -every province of Canada and reached every town and hamlet in Mexico, South and Central America. In England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, his work is apparent 011 every_hand, and even in far off South Africa, Australia and New Zea- land the people are talking about Atlanta andjier fair. Just how he managed it, no one seems to know. He combines executive ability of a high order with great determination of purpose. Those characteristics, togeth- er with a rare courtesy, fine diplomacy and persistent and systematicapplication, undoubtedly account in a great measure for the success that has crowned his efforts ; but what other potent forces he has en- listed iu his services remains undeter- mined. Mr. Cooper is tall, dark aud slender, at • first glance he seems bold aud distant. It isonly assumed however, for a more good- natured, warm-hearted person doesnot exist. The forbidding air that envelopes him at first touch, is only a trick which he employs with great success and much tact,_for he puts a good solicitor _ott his mettle from the start, and after having made him work to get his attention and excite his interest, he thaws out and un- bends gradually, passing from indifference through varying phases of mild curiosity, active interest and finally enthusiastic appreciation, but always keeping his man putting in his best licks and eventually sending him away a warm supporter of the exposition, bent upon working for it whenever opportunity affords. Then too, he writes a wonderful letter, one that commands attention and secures consideration, as witness his work among tional and patriotic pride, and small change out of rare courtesy and affability, he kept up the never-ceasing campaign. Dry figures and bare facts were transform- ed by his deft touch into bright and read- able paragraphs. Bald trifles became spicy articles, and the mere happenings, passing through his hands, emerged in the shape of valuable news, to which col- umns were devoted. It was on the .billboards however, that he fairly supassed himself, and the work George W. Jackson. newspapers front which he secured con- cessions that ordinarily money would not buy. Geo. I*. Rowell, in his palmiest days, never approached the results that he has accomplished single-handed and alone. Tody Hamilton and Frank I'erley, Chas. Stowe, Whiting, Allen, all kings in their line, will be among the first to testify to his really marvelous work. When appropriations gave out, lie never hesitated, but making capital out of sec- accomplished stamps him a genius of the first water. Two hundred and fifteen thousand sheets of paper was the amount required, and the funds at his command were insuf- ficient to pay for the printing alone. Noth- ing daunted, he went at it, determined to get on the hoards, and iu less than a week from the time he took the matter up, he had all the more important lithographic establishments fairly falling over one an- PRICE 10 CENTS PER YEAR, $1.00 other in the effortTto obtain the privilege of competing for the contract, and cutting each other's prices. He played one against the other with adroitness for sev- eral weeks, eventually ^placing his order at a figure which, heretofore, has been ab- solutely unheard of. But even then not a cent was left for distribution and bill post- ing. At this point he turned his attention to the railroads, and by allowing (?) them to use the exposition poster for excursion billing, he got his paper on the boards without cost, saddled them with the ex- pense of distributing it, (it went by ex- press deadhead) and earned their gratitude by not making any charge to them, for the stands themselves. Truly the exposition has been advertised thoroughly, internationally advertised. , Xo more fitting tribute can be paid Mr- Cooper than, to say, that he has done hi work systematically, thoroughly and completely. The Value of Advertising. There are men in every town who do not advertise. You may not know them- Very few do. They call themselves busi- ness men, but they are not. Everybody who is in business is not a business man by any means. You find the man who does not advertise in the dark side streets, with dingy surroundings and a general air of dilapidation hanging about him. He is not really in business. He is only hanging to the ragged edge of the busi- ness world. Retail merchant frequently get the idea into their heads, that, because "they sell things that the public must have, and sell on a low margin, advertising would not help them any. There never was a more erroneous notion. Judicious advertising will increase any legitimate business, and the grocer, the dry goods merchant, anyone who has anything to sell, and does not use his local paper and in other ways keep himself betore the public, is neglecting one of the most pow- erful aids he can find in his efforts to at- tain success.— J'rixs and J'riiifri; GEORGE W. JACKSON. The subject of this sketch was born about fifty years ago in Wilmington, Del.; is the city bill poster and distributer; his father started the business in 1S53. Ceorge, at^the early age of ten years, posted his first bill, and has kept contin- ually at it with the exception of one season when he was with the Nixon Cremorne Circus early in the *'6o's,** and his service with Uncle Sam during the late war. HelcomesoF*revolutionary stock. He has in the last twenty years hunted and restored to their parents and guardians over 1,500 stray children, tree of charge. He is gen- erally known all over Wilmington and through- out the State as a man of good heart. In his habits he is temperate : in business prompt and reliable; to be brief, heiis a patriot, philan- thropist and humanitarian. H. M. A.