The billboard (July-Dec 1896)

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^4 BILI^EOAKB AYERTISESTG, October, 1896 Advertisers Obtain all the advantages of a gnaranteed service by, recourse to the system of the INTER* hutionhv nssomnrioN ©f oistribdtors, ©f the united states HN1> eilNADil. It is a genuine guarantee, one that really DOES GDARANTEE. any person who contemplates advertising by means of Booklets, eircniars. Folders, Leaflets, Almanacs, Calendars, Blotters, eatalognes, or Samples, and wishes to have them honestly, thoroughly and conscientiously distributed from bouse to house, at less than one^fth the cost of mailing, will do well to write the Soliciting'Secretary, JflS. U HILL, NASHVILLE, TENN. The lNTEf?N?\TIONAL ASS©eiATI0N OF Distributors. Prcsfdcat, J. A, eLOCGH, 647 Anstia Ave., ehleago. Ills. 1st Yl€e Fres't, J. E. STROYER, Rochester, N. y. SdVIeePres't. W. KRYDER. Dowasiac. Mich. 3d Vice Pres't, W. H. eSSB, Ft. Wayne. Ind. Distributors ll . Who believe in associated effort and recognize that the best way of helping the individual is by elevating the business at large, will do well to unite with this movement. The Association, which now numbers over four hundred and fifty members, is grow- ing rapidly and its franchises will soon be at a premium. At the present time there is room for more sober, reliable men, who make a business of distributing^ and W. H. STEINBRENNER, 811 Vine Street, eiNeiNNATI. ©.. will be glad to hear from them. Novices and minors need not apply. October, if^. BltLBOARD ADVERTISING. 15 Classified Advertisements. BILL POSTEBS' DISECTOBT. 7ii« liiu Displayed Advertitemenii under Ihu lutto'nr, iscfor one imertum, 6oc./or Ikree inser- tion. ISC. for four insertions, fjoo/or six iaser- tioni Larger cards, loc. per agate line Waukon, Iowa. Wm. S. Hart & Co. pop. 8,000. U»DtmI all Bpac. IncludlDg Opera U»a«« MOd Pair Ur>inuds. UiMX woik aoywtaere lu M. B Iowa aaly Anaconda, Men. Fop. 12,000. Oeoree Klsion, L.ieens«<l City Bill FoMer. A smaller eltv np b> date Tbiee thoasond men employed at the Bmeller. ao6 Condoana. Texas. Pop. 10270 UC. Ilev»re,«nty HiU r.imer and Olrtri ba'or. SalUfarlloD guaranteed—try me. 1000ronnl'icteet Rill B-mrda andsood walls AsbeTille, XT. C. -nnsf T«n<1 of tbe sky.-' Besldeut pnpn'a>ioa. isao*; v sUiuk popnlation 1— . Aabevillo Advert! log Xceuey. P O ifa.x 17. Uc^need Clly BUI Foaten. Tat^kera and DUiribator'. Alao ooiitrol all Street Car Advertising in eitv, Winona, Minn., Henry Werner, city Bill Pnater a-id Dlstribntor. ITanaimo, British CoL Top.7flOO. A. A. Davis uwns and controls all bill boards and ^paeea. P. O- Box 1»^ Fort Wayne City Bill Posting Co. Tbeatrleal and City Hill'Posters. Distrt. bntlog and AdTerttMoK Agento. Work nromptly and properly ex«-ut«l. FuRT WAYSE, IND. C. B. Woodworth, Manager. ^ Joliet,IlL, DeLong ft Biederman, BUI Posteia and IM«trtbotor«. BENVEB, COI.O. Tbe Cnrran Bill Posting A Distribnting Co. owns and controls all Mil boards and ad- vertising privileges in Denver. Pneblo and t^lorado »prlngs. Population of Denver. 165,000; Paeblo. 40,0110: Uulorado Hpritigi, Oolur>do city and Maulton, 20,000. it Uma, Ohio. Pop. 20,OO0, W. C. TlrHIl, City Bill Poster and Distrl- bnier. Work promptly done. tf Hanehester, N. H. Prank P. Colby, City Bill Foster. Distrtbater and Baggage Transfer. Address aoMaucbeaierst. Memphis, Tenn. Van Benren ft Oa., Bill Posten and Dlatri- bntets, SH Second street. Milford, Popolatlon, 10,000. W. K. Cheney. City BUI Poster. Distributor. 82 sio. Bow street. Sole aontroiof all biU boards In city and adjoin, iiigtxwna. as years'experience in Ibis Pity Baggage and scenery trnek.expresa. fe-13 Newport, Ky. 6. H. Otting & Son. Own and control all boards. Uood Rervlce. Palmyra, H. Y. Fred. P. Kelly, City Bill Poster and Dlstribntor. I aa6 South Pranongham, Mass. aja W. H Trowbridge. Bill Poster. Five towns Wankegan,IlL G Knney & Son. Dlstribntors. Bill Posters, etc. (Circuit IS towns ) Fop. 3&.oaOi. n6 Taoson, Arisona, 2,000 ft of boards WM. REIO. Box, la. dl2 Sprlngneld, Onto, H. H. Tyoer Ucensed City BUI Poster and DlKtribntor. Victoria, British Col. Pop. 20.000. Tbe Victoria Hill FoaUng Co. own an eon- iroi all bill b -ardR. paint signs and nullrtins and dues distribnting. Addrws BORBKT JAMIEHUM. Manager. P.ii. Drawer 3S Binghamton, V. Y. Pop. 40.000. Bingbamton BUI Posting' o. P. M.Cnoley, Mauaavr. Bill Binghamton |je<t»rsbire, and Dninn !<p*clal can* civen to com- moretat iKiaiing an,t <tl»trlbnting t Lsoonia, N. H. Pop.l5.00a FolM>m Opera Honse, Dnvii g Park and Hbow Uraunds J. P. >Iarri*nan. Manacrr. Owu all boards In threlty and subiirb*. Delaware, O. O. D.McOaire, City BUI Pos ter and Dlstribntor. \ni«D you writs. meaUoa JHlAoom Advcrtisinc. Classified Adveptisements BILL POSTEBS' DIBECTOBT. BIBUINGHAH, AI.A. Thiess & Smith. We own and control ail blllboarls in onr city. Hpecial attentUn to curameictsl po^tit g. an3 ChilUcothe, IIL Pop. 3,500. Cbariat Bill Poetlne Co., HM»ry ("harvat, Man ger. Office. 108 Second st. £8tluiat<>H cbe'itDily furnished. f Merioian, Miss. Pop. 15,000. li. n. HoOer, City Bill Foster and Dis- tribntiir. t Iiu Verne, Minn. Pop. 3^)00. Dana M. Baer. Bill Poster and DUtrtbntor. Box 490. aO Watikon, Iowa. Pop. 3,000. Wro. H. Hart A Co. control all space, in- rlndlng Opera Hon'.e and Fair Uionnds Good work anywhere in S, E. Iowa. aS Meadvilie, Pa. Pop. 12,000. Geo. Knox. City Bill Poster, Dlstribater and Orneral Advertiser. B. W. 8TOBBS, De Foniak Springs, Fla. Can cover all West Florida outside of Pen- sa-olainany mannerdeslred. . tf Brantford, Can. Pop. 17,000. Cbas M.Smith ftCo.. Bill Foi>t»rsand Dis- tribntora. own and control 20,000 feet of boards. Beliable dtstribntton. tf DISTRIBUTEBS' DIBECTOBT. tVe can gnarantte that adxertisers mil receive honest, reliable service from any firm or person ■whose advertisemtenl appears in the following list. J>^o adi^eriisentents recettvdfrom mtinors. References as to honesty and integrity must ac- company all applications for space. Pern, Ind. Chas. W. Statesman, Lirengod City Bill Poster and Distributor. Jacksonville, HI.. 807 S. Main St., Wm. Bnrke. member of and recommended byU rt. DivcBuieaa. Donat J. Lefebvre, Manchester, N. H T Box *«. Rellabi e Distributor of all Kinds of Advert sing Matter. Boise, Idaho, Elmo, Gordon & Co. Sellable Distributers and Sign Tuckers. We -pay rent fur onr locations and can guarantee. Cincinnati, O. Pop. 350,000 Uuexcelled OlstribnUnc Service. W. H. Steinbrenner. 811 Vine. tSncinnaU Chieago. Bis. J. A. CloaKh. Contracts solicited ibr the distribntion of all legiUmate advertising matter in (3il- caxo and subnrfaaii towns. Dowagiac, Mich. i The Mteb. Adv. Bureau Wm.J.Kiyder.Pre Easton,Md. The Adv. DIst. Bureau, posts and distri- butes bills, Kig'is and ctrculats, and a>l riaskea of advertising mattor. John R. Thompson. Manager. Box 118. d6 Predonia, K. Y. John a. Case. Dlstribntor. Box 1067. dS Grand Baplds. Hleb. George M. Leonard, Bailable Distributer Ilarlnette. Wis. Henominee. HIeh. Pop. 15Sia— Adjoining Pop. liSK Wm. H. Karle, Marinette, Wis. KetUble Ulxtribntor. Your contracts solicited mS Newport, Ky. G. a. Otting « 8on. Btll Fosters and Dis- tributors, 608 York street. Kew Orleans, C. H. Young & Co.. «« r^rondelet St. General Dtstribatora. Unlimited reference. Honest work. dS Paterson, N. J., Popnlation 88,000. Abnuu H. Post. Uistnbotor. 4» Hamtmrgb Paducah, Kentucky. H.JO-«KPH HART'T, Bill P>-gter and Dlstribntor. Member Inter- nationat Dtstribatois Asf^ of N. A. iS When yon write, mcniioa StUbotait Aavettisiiir. Classified Advertisements DISTBIBDTORS' DIBECTOBT. WiUiamsport, Pa. S. M. Bond. Distributor. Pittsburg, Pa. The Pop. 500,000. FjitabliRbed l^OL'. TWIN CITIK-*" IHstributlngAgenry, DISTBIBUIOKW, Office 6, Sixth .St. Branch, ALLEGHENY. J. T Hrssosr, Manag.-r. Kerrsville, Tex., Geo. A. Harrison, Box 90. Circolais dliiribnte't and sieus nailed nptn Kerr and adjacent coam lei Bicksonbiurg. Pa. I. C. Mcl«an. Distribnting in Crawford eoiinty. a3 Mattapan, Mass. D. !•. Cashing, circular Dlnribnior and Gen. Advenlser. Menomonie, W^is. Plint & Thompson. Circular oistritulorK. References nisbed Ratrs sent on application. fur- a6 Milford, Mass. Pop. 8,000. E:. R.N*gn-.DlB-rtbnt-»r. SSTMatnSt. Bochester. If. Y. The J, E. wtroyer Co., 114 W'sid St., bandies all clxs'ses of advertlMng matter, from a hand-bill to » ctrcns program. So botch "Wfrfc. EXPEBT AD WBITEB8. Adverttsements under this head Sijo per jtar, in nonpareil. In bai^fate type, fijoo per year. Dis- - play advertisements not exceeding j lines, ise.per liner AH advertisements awunrttOng to ir.so and- aver indnde a year's subscription free. Krtes, Charles Anstin, 1413-1415 Vanderbiit Bldg. - Jtew Yoric, N. Y. Barless. C J., Kose. N. Y. Bond, of Boston, 16 Central Street. Cnrran, R. I„, 111 West 34th st, New York, JJ. Y. Day, Chas. H., WhitneyviUe, Conn. Fowler, Nath. C, Tribune Boildhig. N. Y. Marston. Geo 'V., Portsmoatb, X. H. Moses, Bert M., Box 283. Brooklyn, N. Y. 'Keifttt, J. C, Stimson Bldg, Los Angeles, Cal. i^tterson. Will J.. 125^ W. 3d Los Aneeles. Cal. Scaiboro. Jed. 48 Arbncfcle Bldg, Brooklyn. N. Y. Star Ad. Writing Bnrean, Evening Star Bldg., frasbington, D. C Stewart, W. C. 4114 Kim Ave, Philadelphia, Fa 'Ward. ATtcmas, X,mcolii Bldg., tjnion Sq., 3(. V. 'Wilder &C0., 6zi Market St.. San Francisco, CaX. Woolfolk, Chas. A., 446 W. Main street, Irtjuisville, Ky. Zingg, Chas. J., Fanmngton, Me. NOVELTY SIGNS. QICIIC Agents wanted to sell rt-ady- OIOHO. made Novelty Signs. 130 per cent profit. Great sellers Caialogne free, samples. lOe VaL. 8CHBE1ER, Manu- facturer, Miz.wAirKKK, WIS an2 STKET CAB AOVEBTISING. Advertisements under this heading Si .so per year, in nonpareil. In bold face type, isjm per year. Display is cents per late. Advertisements amounting to $1.50 and over, in- clude a rear's subscription Jree Ashenlle Advertising Agency, P. O. Box 17. Asheville, X. C Bamm G. ColHcr, Times BXdg„ K. 1l. Cole Bldg, Memxkhis, Tenn. Broadway Advertising Co. Hugh J. Grant, pres. aSi Btoadway. Kew York City. Mark D. Batchelder Co.. 38^ Ma- rietta Street, AOanta, Ga. Also Savannah. Ga., Charieston, S. C^, Rich. mond, Va., Peoria, III., St Joseph. Mo., Bnbn. que, la. O. I. MaUard. Hammond Bmlding. Detroit. Mich. Western Adv. Co., 316 Union Tmst Building. St. Ijonis, Mo. Sam. P. Ferree. asiBroadway, Kew York Oty aianbattan E. R. Advertising Col, 33 Morray St., New Yo A Oty. M. 'Wineborgb, Times Btdg.. IT. Y. M. Winetmrgh ^r. Boston. Mass. M. Winetmrgh, Jr.. iGt Bank St., Cleveland O. 'Wyndham Robertson. Dallas. Tex. The Acton-Burrows Col. Toronto. Out. POSTER PSIMTBSS. Advertisements under this keadti.io per year, in year tn nonpareil. In boldface type, ^joo per yea^. Display advertisements not exceeding 7 lines, Iwenty-Jlve cents per line. Advertisements amounting to tt.S" and over »- elude a year's subscription, free. Calhoun Printing Co, Hartford. Conn Calvert Litbo Co, Detroit, Mich Cameron Show Printing Co. 57 Ann. ITewTiork Central City Show Printing C:o, Jackson, Mich Central Litho and EngCo, i^eUi ave, New 'York Central Show Printing Co, 143 Monroe, Chicago Correspondent Sbow.Printing Co, Picpia. Ohio Conner Printing Co. Brantford. Ontario Courier-Joumarlob Rooms, Louisville. Ky. Courier Show Printing Co. Buffalo. N Y Cox's Sons, John. Gay and Pratt, Baltimore Dando Printing and Pi DllshingCo., 34 S. 3Fd St.. Philadelphia, Pa. The Donaldsnn Licho. Co.. Cln'ti, O. Bicfaner & Co, Baltimore Empire Show Printing Co., 73-75 Flymonth Place. Chicago Enquirer Job Printing Co., Cincinnaii, O, Forbes* I.lt]io Co, isi l>evolisllire, Boston Frauds & Valentine, 517 Clay. San Francisco Free Press Sh»w Print., Detroit. Fox, Richard K, Franklin and Dover, New York Gribler Litfao Co. Chicago. Gillin Show Print. 132 'West 14th, New York Goes' Li^o Co, 140 Monroe, Chicago Gt. AmfEng & Print Co. 57 Beekman, New York Great Western Printing Co, 511 Maiket. St Louis Greve Litho Co, The, Mllwankeev 'Wis Haher, P. 1., Fond du La'^ Wis Hasselman Printing Co., XndxanapoUa, Ind Hatch, C R. & H. H.. Nashville. Tmn Hennegan & Co., Cinelnnati, Ohio. Jackson, J B., 48 Centre, New York • - Jordan Sho^r Printi ng Co., 138 Franklin. Chicago Journal Job Rooms, Columbus, O. Ledger Job Office, £05 Sansom, Philadelphia Libbie ^faow Print. Boston, Mass. Lick Show Print. Fort Smith. Ark liebler & Maa^s. 324 Centre, New '7oik Mauberret's Printing House, New Orleans, La. Metropolitan Printing Co. 222 W. aeth. New York Miner Litho Co The B. C 342 west 14th st. New York. Morgan, W. J. & Co.. St. Hair. Cleveland Morrison Show Print, Detroit, Mich. National Printing & Eng. Co.. Chicago Orcntt Litho. Co. Chicago Pioneer Printing Co.. 314 Jefferson, Seattle,Wash Planet Show Piint. Chatham, Ont, Canada. Richardson & Foos, 113 4th Aye, Neir 'Vork Riverside Printing t o.. 3i6 3rd. Milwaukee. Wis United States Printine Co.. Cincinnati 'What Cheer Show Printing Co., Providence, R. I. Winterbum Show Print.. 166 Clark. ChicBgo MUBAL SIGNS AND PAINTED BUUETINS Advertisements under this head fr^o per year in nonpareil In bold face type. t^jx> per year. Display advertisements not exceedtng y lines,, 2Si. per line. Advertisements anurunting to $i.ys and over include a year's subscription free. Send 34 cts. in stamps to Heime- gan & &}., 718-721 Sycamore St., Cincinnati,0., and receive in ntom a handsome leather bound Date Book. Best ever pnlduhed. When you write, raentlOB BUOoonf Advertising. ' wben yon write. menUon Bmboaxd Advertidav BosToir, Mass. Boston Advertising Co., 8 Biomfield St. BKOOKI.TK. N. Y. The New York and Brookljm Adv. Sign Co., DeKalb and Hudson avea. Thos. A Sicidmore, £40 ^Alsey St. ClXCI3mATI, O. The John Chapmn Sons Co.. 19 Longwotth st. Dilt's AdvcTtinng Service. 312 Coleman St. Ph- Morton, 333 west Fifth st. CHICAGO. IIXS. R. J. Gnnning, Wabash avc, cor. VanBoien st. Boor & Company. 59 Dearborn st. F. M. Lewis <fc Co., Temi^e Court Thos. Cnssack, Blue Island avei and Thraup st. Cl.EVEt.ASl>. O. Bryan & Co., High and Middle Sts. Dexvek. Coi_ The Curran Bill Posting and Advertisng Co. -Dsraorr. Mich. 'Walker & Co.. 43 Rowland st. KAiJtM AZOO, Mick —J. B Hci arthy & Co. LEXlZrGXOIT. Kv, L H. Ramsey & Co.. 137 east Main st. Loinsvii:i,B, Kt. —Bcveiin Bros. Newakz, N. J.—Newark Bin Posting Co. New Yokk, N. Y. The O. J. Glide Co. '"t w'. 3Stb street. C. S. Honghtaling. No. 3 taric Place L B L aTo nr. 1718 B ro a d way tarn W. Hoke, io7w.28ihst. Unexcelled Advertising Co., 46 Vesey street Omaha, Nbb- Thos- Mnlvilnn. 1512 Hamnr st. OsHXOSH, 'Wis.— John E Wilfiaim. PHTTJtPKI.l'HlA. Pa. American Advertising Sgn Col. 1336 Race st. Wm. Johnson. FiTTSBCaGH.. Pa. G. G O'Brien. Pkaikib Crrr. lo»»,—VT. S. Parker Sas FmAXCisco. Cai_ Arthur M. PlalOL S. I. Stone, 506 Commetcial st. ScxABTOir. Pa.— Keese & Long Adv. Co. St. Jjsva, Mo. W. F. WiUanuion. 113-115 N. £lh street . Mniest ac Stoat Adv. Sign Co. . R. J. Gunning. TOKONio, Can.— Toronto Bill Posting Co. The Acton Barrows Co. VASCOcvBa. Cas.— The Actoa Burrows Co. 'WntstPBG, Cax.— The Acton Barrows Co. Bkaxtfort, Cas.— Chas. Bf. Smith & Co.