The billboard (July-Dec 1896)

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CORRECTED MONTHLY. International Bill Posting Association Of the United States and Canada. Formerly the Inter'State Bill Posters' Protective Association. off:icers. p. F. SCHAKFER, President, Chicago. p. G. STOUT, jst-Vice-Pres . St. iouis. HARRY MUNSON. 2d Vice-Pres.. New York City. GKO. H. SIEBE. 3d Vice-Pres , San Francisco. CHAS. C MAXWHIX. Trea.surer, Lincoln, 111. CL-iRENCK a. RUNEY. Secictary.AVaukegan. III. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. P. B. HABER, Chairman, Fond da Lac, Wis. ALBERT WBBKR, New Orleans, La. F. M. KnWARDS, St. I/>u{s, Mo. W. K. DONALDSON, Cincinnati, O. HARRY .STOOPS. Chattanooea, Tenn. L. M. CRAWFORD, Topeka, Kan. J. E. GIRARD, Krie. Pa. ■ GEO. ROBINSON, Fort Worth; Texas. O. J. JOHNSON, Galesburg, 111. P. M. COOLEY, BinRhamton, N. Y. C. B. WOODWORTH. Fori Wayne, Ind. D. C. BENJAMIN, Windsor, Out. EXECUTJVE COMMITTEE. P. F. SCHAEFER. ChicaRO, III. - FRANK P." MYERS, DanTtlle, 111. BORU-MARVIN. Aurora. 111. W. C. TIEDE, Racine, Wis. L. P. CARD, Harvard, III. BOARD OF PROMOTION.—To be appointed by the President, and composed of one member from each ^tate. Tows. Statk lluutsvIUe.. Texarkana Los .ivngeles Oakland San Frauciaco^. S»nta ,.niz WcMxllaud Key West- Boise Cit; - Alton Aurora Belleville Bloomiugtou— Cairo ~ carroUton Centralia Champaign Charleston Chicago- Clinton .^ UauvilUe — E.ist St. Louis— Effingham Elgin - - Farmer City — Kloiu Freeport _. Galesburg- Genesee- Harvard- Henry Hoopeston Jacksonville — JoHet :.-~ Kankakee ....... Kansas ». La T^Ue—1 Lincoln— Marshall.- Mittoon Moline M'.nis ML Verniu Murp*iys^oro -.. Neogk. ... Oak Park „ OInev „ Ottawa............. pana -. Paris Pekin .... Peoria- Peru Petersburg ...-. Rock Island. - Roc'< Island Springiield. Streator —.. Tolona — Urbaua-. .'. Vandalia Watseka Waukcgan... Carlisle- Covington -. Ei'ans.ville Fort itfayne . Indianapolis.... North Vernon .. Peru Rushville. .. Shelbyville Terre Haute Vincennes Wabash- Ardmore. „ Burlington ....... Kstherville Fort Madison -.. Keokuk Marshalltown.... Muscatine „ New Hampton.. Sioux City--.. Fort'scoiu."!!;! Lawrence Leavenworth -., Topeka — Wichita OlUwa j">'.iiiviire"!!..".".'," Owenslnro New Orleans!!.]! B4to;i Rouge Kastport'!!!!r.!!!!! Boston .....„!!.!.'!' Ala. Arii!" Cai!' Fla daho. iiis" Jas.. Doyle. Merch.iuts" Ad-Sign Co- Bcla.sco & Co Sicbe & Green L. A. Daniels. l>ictz jJL Olendenniug ... Ball & Johnston Elmo Gordon & Co- - „ Temple Biii piwiriig Co..."!!!!!!!!!!!!! Bom Mar^'in L E. TietnSlun « Chas: E. PerrjK........ - H F. Maliu.ski. ..^_ „ „ IV. D Moore _ _. Reinhardt & Moore- _. Scldon L. Nye J A. Parker Chicago Bill Pasting Co <i Arthurs & Savely Frank P. Myers- :... P. G Stout Sign and Bill Posfg Co, Warren & Austin- , Fred W. Jeticks- ;..._ W. S Young Edwin E- Lewis- — Richard Wahler-.... _ O. J. Johnson _ , Murray Bros -. L. P. Card— Fred S. Schaefer R. H. Levin Geo. W. Starks & Son DeLong & Biederman „ Geo. A. Webler- „ Gill & Propst . i.....' U. F. CUnc Bi I Posting Co Chas. C Maxwell Ind. IndTv Kas. !!"l«"' Maiiie Mas^. Mkhbbr. James J. Baker- Victor Janney ....^ Chas. Hogue .'. - Lundahl & Killer. „.. Hilly Floyd Col. Malone „. J. J. Friedman ....— „.. Simpson & Abercombie Western Bill Posting Co A. E. shulti..- „ F. A. Sherwood -.._ ..........: Lou Roley .« L A. G. Schoiff . .... Chas Dui.sdickf'r ...... .■ Chamberlain- liarhydt &Co Bernhart Steil 1. J. C. Bishop- „ „. -<teve F. Miller Homer Hosteller - Horn Bill Posting Co „ J. E. Williams.— \v H; Smith.^...; - Selden L. Nye — J. .Vf. Bnck„„ ^.. Uraden Bros..- -..- -™.- G. Runey & Son (iS cities) RVj!"chVi'c»teJ!!!.'!"\"!!!!!.'.'.".".'!!.!I!!!!!!!!! Samuel Martin F. M. Groves Ft. Wayne City Bill Posting Co Stouder & Smith.- - „.. Empire Bill Posting Co Frank Haney-. Chas. W. Atutesman -rand M. Carr „ T. F.ChafeeSt Son- f- M. Dlshou Ellis N. Sparrow...... Henry Herff w!"R!'Burn"itr.!!!!!!!!!!!.""!!!.".—'."l!!;!! .:hamberlin, Barhydt & Co- Warren LewW Chas. H. Salisbury . \. A. Bland & Son Wilbur H. Bvans ».. LaGrille-.Schneider Bill Fostvpg Co. R R Garver A. B.Beall „. Ft.'i^uWiPostingco!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.!! V. M. IHiir J. D. Boweriw'k L. M CrawlonI L M. Crawford '.. MvCrawtonl ; .... a. R. Whipple Bovie'Nichoi»'l"!"V.V.-!!.\".'!!!.!!l"""'.'.! J. H. Planford Ait«rt"wei'*r—".11".".'.!!".'."..".!!!!!!!!!!!"!" H. H.- Beale-.; „. F A. Muldoou..„ Poston Bill Posting c"o'.".'........'.'.'..r. ! POPD'N. 16.000 SS.ooo 50.000 250,000 8,000 Sooo 25.000 8.000 17,000 25.000 20,000 28.000 30,000 3.S0O 8,000 10,000 7.000 1,300,000 _.Soco 16.000 3'.ooo 5.000 25,000 2,000 3>«» 15,000 20,500 5,000 2,500 3.000 3.S00 lS-000 30,000 10,000 "r,Soo X 7,000 10.587 3.000 10.000 15.000 4,000 7.000 10.000 x.aoo ' 50.000 4,000 12,000 7,000 6,000 62,000 9,000 4,000 40^000 30,000 15,000 1,200 5,000 3.000 3.500 12,000 i,aco 2,000 75.000 50,000 50000 150,000 2,500 8,000 5.000 aooo 40,000 12.000 12,000 . 6„5ao 26,500 1.500 12,000 20,000 I.?,000 15000 2,000 40,coa 15.000 12,000 11.000 25,000 40000 40000 8,000 5.000 ]O,000 300,000 11,000 sloob 500,000 Town. Brockton. -Lynn * 'Alpena- .„ Cheboygan Coldwater- Manistique- Menominee. Saginaw Saginaw E. S-. Albert Lea Austin Brainerd Faribault ... Henderson ..„- Mapleton _....... NorthBeld .'. Owatona Red Wing- Rochester St. Peter Stillwater Waseca-....-.... Winona - Corinth.- Jackson - Dexter HanniliaL- St. Joe St. Louis...- piitllipsburg Altany Binghamton — Jamestown New York-r.ll'.l Oswego. Troy Marion Norwalk Piqua .— Erie , Easlon Nanticoke....—-. Philit>sbnrg, Pa. Washington Providence Pawtueket Charleston .... Chattanooga — Brownwood Temple Ft. Worth Newport News... Richmond ~. Charleston ..~. Appleton- Baraboo Burlington ~. Centralia..; Darlington...»~ Eau Claire.—.-.. Fond du Lac— Grand Rapids-.- Green Bay .—.—. Tanesville- Kaukanna „.. Kenosha -....«..- Lacrosse Marinette- Marshfield...— Menasha — Menominee.....— Merrill Monroe.- Neenah New London Oconto Oshkosh Peshtigo — Portage- , Prarie Du Sac „. Reedsbiirg...-— Sauk City Racine;..:..'_. . RtDOn.... SchuUburg .- Sheboygan ' Stevens Point-.. Watertown Waukesha ■ Waiisau ^. West Superior.. We."it Superior „ L^rimie Windsor State Mich. R. Nolan.. A. J. Finn John T.Jackson . Guinan £t McLeod John B. Hebert C. P. Sherman........... Geo. F. Neithercott... Minn Miss. "iSo." N.J. n."y. C. H. Brown -.. H. XJ. Ensign .. Morehouse Bros. -—.« Wm. M dine ... W. S. Elkins Henry J. Ludcke, Ir.. Mrs. V. C. Seward A. D. Goodman.......... Henry Werner- wriil'patton!!!.'!!!!!!!!!'.! Joe Brown B. MO. Bill Posting & Dist'g Co. Watson & Price.-.. .-.-. L. M. Crawford .. .— Hni^-Stont Sign Co . ».- Wto. K. "berewiiler - - Capftoi cifty Biii Posting Co Binghamton Bill Posting Co Mark ^oodworth - Fred. Leach - ......... Harry Munson ........... w..~........ lamVr.Boke . Ohio. Pa. ..„...„. Tenn. Texas ...^— • W.'va" "wri" Wyo. Ont. Mbmbbr. See Providence, R.^.. Dodge & Harrison..... J. A. Fuller- P. H. Zenders & Son -. Chas. H. Faichner.-.^.. Jacob Fink :„ E. B. Haney.-... C S.'HUlghtaling F.:E. Monroe- -. Mrs. St. E Dundon 4.800 8,500 6,000 7,600 1,500 1,000 6,000 5,187 9,000 6,300 5.000 19.500 3.500 25,000 3.000 7*900 45 Towns X2,0OO 65,000 611,000 10,000 75.000 37.000 17.000 17,000 1,515,000 1,515,000 1,515.000 26,000 75.000 Marion Advertising Co- J. M. Harkness-~ Hixson Bros. -— Joseph E. Girard Wm. K. Detewiller Oplinger & Butkiewicz- Morley Bros..... — Andy Means oiid Colony Bill ivosting Co- R. MacMahon—.. ...... W. T. Keogh Stoops Biii Posting Co Pecan"vaiiey iHii Posting 'co- - F. A. Venney—...- Geo. M. Robinson James "G."ward- - E. Lambert & Co E. H.'carwet'hen— .'. Appleton Biii Posting Co-.. <auk Co. Bill Posting Co Stang Bros See Grand Rapids, Wis .... See Monroe, Wis—.™ Carl Stu-ssy -. . —.— P. B. Haber _ A. W. Rnrasey —. 1. H. Mallory. Spencer Bill Posting Co John D. Lawe - Jos. G. Rhode Aug. Erickson & C4 See Menominee. Mich...: Sexton Bros-.....:.......—..- s;ee Neenah. Wis .' W. S. Schmidt Ira A. Stone - F. W. Payne ■V. Lansing- , :. C. Hickey. ;eer Meiiominee, Mich...—..... ;. B Williams ;ee Menominee, Mich .A. H. Carnegie Sauk County Bill Posting Co. Mrs. W. C Teide — T. D. Stone-.....-.: - See Monroe, Wis - The Kempf Bill Posting Co.. O. A. Cole Geo. V. Evans pad F. Mevis ..... C. S; Cone- -. Harrv Bmn»ll The Petcher Tri-City Co. H. E. Root ~ O "c. Benjamin POPD'N. 40,000 60,000 13000 7,000 S.000 3.000 20.000 65,000 50,000 12,000 8,000 .4S-0"0 15.000 . 14.000 150,000 35,000 55I000 50,01)0 5.000 S.000 12,000 81.500 15.000 12,500 7,000 3,600 5.000 5.000 25,000 15,000 .5,000 18.000 12,000 ^000 8,000 28.000 .-20,000 .5,000 10,000 7.000 9,000 5,000 10,000 '-S.000 7,QOO 3*.836 »eco 6,000 1,000 X.700 -1,000 25.000 • 5.000 5,000 31,130 - 10.000 - ib,<)i» 10,000 •9-SO0 -25,000 2S,O0O 16,000 MEMBERS; POSTER PRINTERS. p. B Haber Printing House. .'. Fond Donaldson Lithographing Co „ Greve Lithographing Co . .™ Great Western Printing Co Calvert Lithographing Co. Hennegan & Co:, Show^Printers R. J. Giuming & Co., Bulletin Painters....- du Lac, Wis. _ CincinnatL ..Milfraukee. St. Louis. Detroit. —CincinnatL .—..Chicago. SOLICITORS. Harty Munson-..._ C. S. Hbughtaling- $am. W.. Hoke....... . New York City. W. E. Fulford P. F. Schaefer. P. G. Stout -..;..... Chicago, IIL ...St. Louis; Mo. ADVERTISING AGENTS. . J. E. Williams ..ClScago. III. W. H. Steinbrenner Cinciii|iatl. Jas. E. Fennessey...._..— W.E.Patton ..„C^1 Merchant;s Ad-bign Co..-« ..—.».»—Indiana|>olxi —Corinth. Stis?. —.»—Los Angeles, Cat. NATIONAL INSPECTOR. Chas.B. Kittredge Waukegan, HL . -ATTORNEYS. : ^ Tarrant & Krons^ge...-. Milwaukee, Wis.- Maxwell & Maxwell- Lincoln, III. SCALE OF PRICES. dties'of i.cnoto' sooopbpnrii,'3cI per sheet, aodays.^ '* 5.000 to 10,000 *' ^t^- ** •• " • io,coo to, ao.oao . ** 20,000 to * 40,000 " 40,000 to 50,000 " 50,000 to loo.ooo 1st week. 2d week. 3c. 2C Cities 100,000 and upwards (except New York City) per months lac.. per week, 3c. per sheet. New York City, i^c-per month. One sheet scattering, 3c. per sheet, 15 days. .PRI<^ FOR ORaJS WORK. 4C. " se. ■ " ' 8c.- " 7C. Sdwefck. 4th week. AU stand work on protected boards, isc per running Uneal foot, or 4C. per sheet per week. • New boards, 90c per running lineal foot, for not over 30 days^ showing. Single sheets, not listed, 3c. per sheet.-- - CARD AND TIN TAOONG. 4X 8 to sxueqnals ?a square inches, ic each. 5x14 to 6x18 " 108 •'• ••' t}ic. •' 6x18 to' 6x24 " 144 '! " ac " 6x24 to 6x30 " iSo "'• "- aKc " 6x30 to 12x18 " 216 " " 3c. " -For odd work figure price n«rest to above in square inches. Tackh to be furnished by the advertiser. DISTRIBUTING. Distributing 3,000 articles not over 2-ounce weight ~ $3.00 per thousand. Distributing 5.000 articles, not over s-ounce vreighf, $■•75 per thousand- Over 5.000 lots, rates will be made on application. Country-team route, double abovfe prices. ^ apTH BANNER SIGNS. TUB to i4xn-^i.S4-square inches, ac." each. 14x6 to 21x28—^ " " 3C. " it