Billboard advertising (Mar 1897)

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BILLBOARD ADVERTlStNC. Andrew Jergens Company, Cincinnati, which also recently purchased the plant of the Eastman Pet fume Co., Fhiladel- sngemeut will not swouhf Ian been aioole.^Aud. _„ -. Knin'i paper inwi tIMM . ■■ . ■ : : ... . :i -i The Gihnore Drag Co., of Fletcher, O., While in the main, trade offers are unde- sirable, still it business is slack they axe better than nothing. Under these cir- it might be well to write them. The Ballard vale i,ithia Spring Water Co., of Lawrence,' Mass., will shortly need an immense edition of booklets in press. distributor. Incidentally he i Sterling Remedy Co., and he is advenjsing Cascarets and No To-Bsc, and doing work, which, in point of effective- ness, has probably never been equalled by any distributor heretofore. Armed with a supply of booklets and sam- ples, be parades the main t tin rough fares of a city attired as the very heaviest of heavy dudes. He wears a gigantic cane and a diminutive lady's parasol. He is attired in immaculate white, and bis garments are of the most ex- don to join the I- A_ D. rrw. Clonvb has appointed Geo- w\ Vansrckle as a mem^r of B°^el^^^^inn.^<L j ^lt goes W illioia id mlhuic D. Rajmond Co., of Brooklyn. N Y . for sa.™ £XmWU 'weeks*' W his own. In this wise they distribute their matter, and the amount they put out is astonishing. Mr. Jones is an actor of no mean ability. It is a trying task to perfectly impersonate snch a ridiculous character on the stage. It is infinitely more so on a crowded street, bnt he succeeds most admirably. Never once does he lose the simply vacant stare of a brainless fop, nor forget his precise and mincing gait. He puts on the character with the costume, and only drops it when he lays the latter aside. It „—.. is probably need- d thrf* contracts about ready to close.—— ■ o. N. ¥. by Mr. P. M The following from Brains is worthy of oM*n«ce?o", OMAHA'S COMING FAR. An important fair is to be held in Omaha next year. It will be known as the Trans-Mississippi and InteruatioDal .Ex- position. The board of fifty d: chiefly composed of Omaha busine It will no doubt be a success, for 1 r, of the O .artment of publicity, and G. M. In fine, it is the very best kind of advertising, especially in point of quality. In the matter of reach, too, it is far greater than one would imagine, for it is quite astonishing the number of people encountered on a crowded thoroughfare. Mr. Jones is in reality an advertising agent and contractor. He is on the road ten mouths out of the year. He contracts for bill posting, house-to-house etc. He is a shrewd a bargain, but person- ally of a kindly, jovial disposition, a good fellow, in all the term implies. There is a bint in his work that distributors everywhere will do well to ponder over. of house-to-house distributing can be ex- E. R. Moore, secretary of the Big Dis- trict Fair, at Auimosa, la., wants to hear from special attractions. He will pay liberally for novel features with draft to Jas. Irwin, Bah way, N. V , baa one of the greatest acrobatic acts ei