The billboard (July-Dec 1897)

* i 8 Marysville Union county Fair Sept 28 to Oct z John K Dodge pres New California C S Chap- man treas EW Porter see Millersburg Holmes county Fair Sept 28 tc Oct r A W Logsdon pres W G Rudv treas G F Gilbert sec Mt Gilead Morrow county Fair Oct 5 to 8 C D Russell pres J G Russell treas G J Miller sec New Comerstown Central Ohio Dist Fair Oct 5 to 8 Henry Hess pres Albert Wolfe treas Thos P Leland sec Ottawa Putnam county Fair Oct 5 to 9 A t, Paul pres C H Rice treas A PSahdles sec * Richwood Richwood Tri-County Fair Oct iz to 15 L H Beehtol pres York Robt Smith treas J K Robinson sec Troy Miami county Fair Sept 27 to Oct 1 T S Scott pres Joen A McCurdy treas W I Ten- ney sec Wapakoneta Auglaize county Fair Sept 28 to Oct 1 J T Van Horn pres New Hampshire Frank Kigdon treas Uniopolis M J Crawford sec- Washington Guernsey county Fair Sept 28 to Oct 1 A S Clark pres Cambridge R S Frame treas V D Craig sec Weston Weston Fair assn : Sept 2S to Oct 2 T O Avery sec OKLAHOMA. Norman Cleveland county Fair Sept 28 to Oct 1 OBEGOU. ta Grande Grand Ronde Valley agr society Oct it Medford First Southern Oregon District Agr society WT York sec Prairie City First Eastern Oregon District Agr society ~M Durkheimer sec - Rosebury District Fair Oct t2 Roseberry Second .Southern Oregon District Agr society F A McCall sec Salem State Fair Sept 30 to Oct 8 D HXooney pres Jefferson A Bush treas G D Gabrielson sec The Dalles Second Eastern Oregon District Agr society J O Mack sec - PKNNSYI.VAKIA. Bloomsburg Columbia county Agr society Oct 13 to .16 R W Smith pres J C Brown treas A N Yost sec Burgettstown Union agr society Oct 5 and 6 Win Melvin sec Carlisle Cumberland county agr assn Sept 28 to Oct 1 Chas H Mullin pres W H McCrca sec Carmi^hpels Sept 29 and 30 L W Gwvnn sec Carnegie Carnegie Fair and Trotting assn Sept 28 to Oct 1 Summer meeting Aug 3 to 6 AW McMillan pres J B: Steel sec Clearfield Clearfield agr fair Sept 28 to Oct 1 Peter Gearheart pres Reuben Keister sec Dallas Dallas TJniou fair Sept 29 to Oct 2 J H Anderson sec Danville Montour county fair W K West sec D lyton Dayton Agr and Mechanical Assn Sep 2d to Oct x W C Marshall sec ' Grampian Clearfield county agr society Sept iS to Oct 1 P Gearhart pres Curwensville R P Kestersec Harford Harford Agr society Sept 29 and 30 G R Ressague pres E M Watson treas EE Jones sec JBonesdale Wayne county fair assrx Sept 28 to - 30 W A Gaylordsec Hughesville Muncy Valley farmers'fair Sep* 29 to Oct 2 AC Henry sec Kntztown Keystone Agr society Sept 2S to Oct " iJR Heffner pres Monterey J B Esser sec Lehighton Carbon County Ind Society Sept 28 to Oct 1 Henry Miller ores C W Bower sec Lewisburg Union county fair Sept 29 to Oct 2 C Dale Wolfe sec Mercer Mercer Central Agr assn Sept 28 to 30 John T Crill pres Jas B Grubb treas John P Orrsec Milton Milton fair assn Oct 6 to 8 WP Hast- ings sec Montrose Susquehanna county agr society Oct 5 and 6 R S Searle pres R B Sittle treas ' W A Titsworth sec Nazareth Northampton county Agr society Oct S to 8 Frank T Gernet pres John R Rem- heimer treas John J Mans sec Philadelphia Penn Horticultural society Nov 9 to 13 David Rust sec South Burgettstown * Union Agr Assn Oct 5 to 7 Hugh Lee pres Wm Melvin secy Yoric York county Agr society Oct 4 to 8 John H Wogan pres McWolf Pa Edw Chapin sec SOTTrH CAJEOLIITA. South Carolina A and M Fair Nov Columbia . 8 to 12 Cheraw Cheraw Agr Fair Nov 22 to 26 R C iVatts pres T S Gregory sec Charleston Oct—— SOUTH DAKOTA. Sioux Falls Tri-State Fair Sturgis The Black Hills Expo Co Sept 23 to 26 John Scotland pres Harry Bunting treas A M Anderson sec Yankton South Dakota state fair Sept 27 to Oct 1 Frank M Byrne pres Miranda Morris H Kelly sec Aberdeen TENNESSEE. Brownsville Havwood County Amusement Club July s W R Holbroot Clarksville Montgomery county Fair Oct is Dversburg Dyers county Fair July 4 Oct 6 to 9 T C Gordon pres A R Woollen treas J H Du Bose sec Kingston 'Roane county Fair Sept 28 to Oct 2 Kuozville Trades Carnival Oct Z2 to 15 Murfreesboro Rutherford county fair No fair in 1S97 Sommerville Southwestern Tennessee fair Oct 10 F B Yancey pres S H Morton sec THE. BILLBOARD TEXAS. Beton Bell county fair assn Nov Ben D Lee pres L K Tarver sec Corsicana Corsicana fair assn Oct 12 to is T B Roberts pres T D Hightower sec Dallas State Fair and Expo Oct 16 to 31 ijM Knepflypres Sydney Smith stc and mgr J B Adone treas. Dickinson Texas Coast fair assn Prof J W Mally sec Hulen Tex Groesbuck Urdestone county lair No fair in 1S97 SDRuggsec Hillsboro Hill county fair assn Oct 6 to 8 D W Campbell sec New Braunfels Comal county fair assn Oct or Nov H Landa pres F Simon sec Taylor Taylor fair assn Howard Bland sec Victo.ia Southwest Texas fair Nov 2 to 5 I, D Hea on pres L N Hofer sec VERMONT. Brandon Brandon Fair Oct 5 and 6 H R C Watson pres E F Howod sec Orwell Orwell Farmers'Club assn Sept 2S and 29 Dr W H Vincent pres H D Branch sec Tunbridge The World's Fair VTBQINIA. Lynchburg Oct 12 to 15 Norfolk Norfolk fair assn Oct 1 ohn Mariner pres WASHINGTON. Colfax Whitman county Fair Sept 28 to Oct 1 Zell M Beebe sec Myers Falls Stevens county Fair Sept 20 to Oct 1 Spokane Fruit Fair Oct 5-16 Herbert Bolster sec Tacoma Pierre county fair assn DrCW Cham- berlin pres H E'Knatvold treas Fred J Cheal sec WEST VIRGINIA. Walton Roane county Fair Oct 6 to 10 WISCONSIN. Baraboo Sauk county Fair Sept 28 to Oct 1 J S Hall sec Beaver Dam Dodge county fair Sep 28 to Oct 1 C W Harvey sec Cedarsburg Ozaukee County Agl Society Sept 28 to Oct 1 W H Rintelman pres D E Mc- Ginley sec Crandon Crandon Fair assn Oct 5 to 7 S Shaw sec Dnrand Pepin Co Agr society Fair and races Sept 29 to Oct 1 J J Morgan sec Elkhorn Walworth county Agr Soc Sept 28 to Oct I "Geo Xr Harrington sec Jefferson Jefferson Fair assn Oct 5 to 7 J I. Kearney sec. . Kankanna Indian Fair Oneida Reservation Sept 28 to to Oskosh Oskosh Fair Sept 27 to Oct 1 Shawano Shawano Fair assn Sept 27 to 29 I. Bold sec Superior Sept 28 to 30 Wantoma Waushara county Fair Sept 28 to 30 Gilbert Tennant pres J W Jeffers treas WH Betray sec West Bend Washington county Agr Soc Sep 27 to 29 Joseph Ott sec "West Superior Douglas count; Agr Soc Sep 28 to 30 Fred M Williams sec Whitehall Trempeleau county Agr Ind and Driving Park assn Sept2Sto;o H H Scott sec BRITISH COLUMBIA. Asbcroft Oct 12 and 13 ChilUwack Sept 29 to Oct 1 Kamloops Oct 13 to 15 I^adner Oct 3 New Westminster Oct 5 to 8 Vernon Sept 29 to Oct 1 CANADA. Almonte North Lanark Sept 28 to 30 W P Mc- Ewen sec Almonte Beachburg North Renfrew Fair Sept 30 and Oct z John Brown sec Beachburg Brampton County of Peel Agr society Sept 58 and 29 Henry Roberts sec Brampton Cayuga Haldimand county Fair Sept 28 and 20 J W Sheppard sec Cayuga Drumbo Blenheim Agr society Sept 2S and 29 Tom S Telf er sec Drumbo Durham South Grey Sept 28 and 29 Arch Mc- Kenzie sec Durham Elora Pilkington and Elora Fair Sept to to Oct 1 Guelph Central Exhibition Sept 28 to 30 Wm Latdlaw sec Guelph Halifax N S Nova Scotia Provincial Fair Sept 28 to Oct 1 James W Power sec Kemptville Ont Kemptville Exposition Sept 27 and 28 August Buchanan sec Kemptville Lachute Que County of Argentenil Exhibition Sent 28 and 29 G J Walter sec Lachute Que Lindsay Central Fair Sept 23 to 25 Jas Keith sec Lindsay Markham Ont E R of York and Markham Agr Societies Oct 6 to 8 WH Hall tec Otterville South Norwich Oct 1 and 2 Alex McFarlane sec Otterville Paris North Brant Oct 5 and 6 H C O'Xeail sec Paris Rockton World's Fair Oct 12 and 13 David Bell sec Rock ton Rockwood Eramosa Fair Oct 6 and 7 Sault Ste Marie East Algoma Oct 5 to 7 Wm Brown sec Sanlt Ste Marie Simcoe Norfolk Union Fair Oct 12 to 14 J Thos Murphy sec Simcoe Stayner North Simcoe Oct s to 7 Arch Hill sec Stavner Tilsonburg South Oxford Union Sept 28 and 29 Alex McFarlane sec Otterville Wallacetown West Elgin Fair Sept 30 and Oct 1 Alex McCallum sec Wallacetown Whitby Ontario and Durham Sept 27 to 29 Jos White sec Whitby Woolwich Oct 5 and 6 ■BEII Expositions. Nashville, Tenn. 1897. May 1 to Oct. 31. Winnepeg Man WiuuepeR* Industrial Exhibi- tion July 19 to 24 F W Henbach mgr Omaha, Neb. Trans-Mississippi and Interna- tional Exposition, June i-Nov. 30, 1898 Races. Omaha Neb State Fair Sept 20 to 25 Sedalia Mo State Fair Sept 20 to 25 Ricnland Center Wis Sept 21 to 24 Mineola N Y Sept 21 to 25 Duluth Minn Sept 22 to 25 Springfield O Sept 24 to 27 Carneeie Pa Sept 28 to 30 Superior Minn Sept 28 to 30 Schoharie E Y Sept 27 to 30 Baltimore Md Pimlico Sept 27 to Oct 1 Readville Mass Sept 27 to Oct t South Bend Ind Sept 27 to Oct 1 Elkhorn'Wis Sept 2S to Oct 1 Portland Ind Sept 27 to Oct 1 Troy O Sept 2S to Oct 1 Bellefontaine O Sept 28 to Oct 1 Millersburg O Sept 2S to Oct t Bremen Ind Sept 2S to Oct 1 Chariton la Sept 28 to Oct 1 Carrollton O Sept 28 to Oct I Cedarburg Wis Sept 29 to Oct 1 Rochester Ind Sept 29 to Oct 2 Wichita Kas Sept 27 to Oct 2 Soringfield 111 State Pair Sept 22 to Oct 2 Burgettstown Pa Oct 5 to 6 Portland Me Rigby Oct 4 to S Angola Ind Oct 4 to S B->urbon Ind Oct 5 to S Mount Gilead O Oct 5 to 8 Akron O Fair Oct 5 to 8 Norfolk Va Oct 5 to 14 Danbury Conn Oct 6 to 9 Richwood O Oct 12 to 15 Medford Mass Com Park Oct 12 to 15 Bloomsburg Pa Oct 13 to 16 Morris Park N Y Westchester Racing assn Fall meetinng Oct 14 to Nov 2 Medford Mass Oct :9 to 21 Raleigh N C Oct 18 to 23 Saugus Mass OA 26 to 36 Red Oak Io Sept 27 to Oct 2 Balitmore Md Pimlico Driving Club Spring meeting 1st week in June Fall meeting Sept 27 to Oct 1 Malone N Y Sept 28 to Oct 1 Hillsdale Mich Sept 27 to Oct 1 Terre Haute Ind Sept 27 to Oct 3 RG Watson sec Malone Vt Sept 28 to Oct 1 - Providence R I Oct 5 to 8 Lexington Ky Oct 5 to 16 Brocton Mass Oct 6 to 9 Aberdeen S D State Fair Oct 11 to 16 Medford Mass Oct 13 to 15 Louisville Kv Oct 18 to 20 Bill Poster, Distributor. mbAdville, PA. CITY BILL POSTING CO., HARRY B. BUSSING, Manager. NOR WALK, CONN. lj8 - DENVER, COLO. The Ourran Bill Postli.g * Distributing Co. owns and controls all bill boards and ad- vertising privileges In Denver, Pneblo and Colorado springs. Population of Denver, 165,000; PuebH. 40.0H0; Colorado Springs, Colorado t_ lty and Manltou, 20,000. It Allen's Press Clipping Bureau Offices, Rooms 3-4-5-6-7, 510 Montgomery St., San Francisco; Union Block, Portland, Ore.; 105 East First Street, Los Angeles, CaL Established 1S88. Reads every publication printed on the Pacific coast front Alaska to Mexico. JJ8 Scranton,Fa. 654 Deacon, J. H. Beltz, member I. A of D.,samples pnt out, cireulnrs distributed, signs nMlled up. Work isgu Tsuteed. 200,000people in Lack- awanna County. %%97 Aurora, Ills. B.MARVIN, Bill Poster and Distributor, towns. Pop. 00,000. Circuit, 16 n»7 Jackson, Ga., C. A. Henderson & Co. Member I. A. of D., advertt»lug agents, Terrlt.-ry : Atlanta, McDnnough, Griffin, ljOcu«t Grove, Jackson. Flamllt, Macon, Forsyth and Baruesville, lucludes popula- tion of 175,000. ^7 Grand Rapids, Mich. George M. Leonard, Reliable Distributer JOHN T.WILLIAMS Manager Northwest Bill Posting and Advertising Co., 34-6 MORRISON STREET, PORTLAND. OREGON. flember I. A. D. and P. C. B. P. A. Population 90,000. Established 1868. THE . . . LATEST EDISON MONEY MAKER. 87 MODEL PROJECTOSCOPE The most perfect, cheapest and simple screen machine in the world, produc- ing full life-size pictures. We have i ,000 different subjects to choose from. Price of Machine, only $100.00. Films $15.00. We also rent machines, with films and services of operator. Write for terms and book your own time. N. Y. FILM AND CAMERA CO., 44 PINE STREET. NEW YORK. The Christmas Billboard, 1897. During the year 1897 The Billboard will issue but one special Timber. This will be the Christmas Special, out December i.t, next. It will consist of 56 pages, handsomely illustra- ted, and will have an illuminated cover, superbly lithographed in colors. It will retail at 35c each. The advertising rates will be 10 cents per Agate line, with ao per cent additional for specified position. LARGER ADVERTISEMENTS. Whole page feo.oo Half page. , 27-5° Quarter page 15.00 Eighth page.. 8.00 LITHOGRAPHED PAGES. Page 2 of Cover, in 2 colors $ 100.00 Page 3 of Cover, ill 2 colors 100.00 Page 4 of Cover, in 8 colors ..... 200.00 Double page center; in 8 colors... 300.00 No deviations will be made from these prices, and no discounts of any kind. Copy for ad- vertisements on lithographed pages must reach us not later than Nov. int. Last form closes Nov. 22. Size of type page, 9*4x12*4. 1 eoiHTCircions, £ Tctcs, eckbratiois, etc. m Under this heading we publish free of (ft charge the dates of all notable events, which fk are likely to attract large concpursrs of people •k toanyonepartitulUrtttrandfortnisreasok w tfS prove of importance It) advertisers, showmen, w 4} strertmen. general pdisenger agents, etc. m /t> The list is carefully revised and corrected W rj^ monthly. W VWv««VvWWev«vcvwe« Italtimore Md Royal Arch Masons General r.rand Council Royal and Select Masons General Grand Chapter Triennial Meeting mid Centennial Celebration Oct 11 to 16 iloston' Mass Philadelphia Veteran Firemen's Reunion Oct 12 Buffalo NY W C T U Ctnvention Oct 29 to Nov 3 Buffalo N Y Brotherhood of St Andrew Oct 13 Chicago. 111. National Association Moulding and Picture Frame Manufacturers. Dec is, Chicago 111 Illinois Manufacturers* Exposition of Home Products Colliseum Sept 25 to Oct 16 Chicago Illinois Agr Fair Coliseum November Chicago 111 Home Seekers' Convention Sept 30 Chicago 111 Mardi Gras Oct 4 to 9 Cincinnati O Grand Court Ohio Foresters 1898 Cincinnati O Ohio State Library Assn Oct 5 to 6 A W Whelpley pres Cincinnati O Brotherhood of locomotive Fire- men- Jan 2t J V Revnolds sec Cleveland O Columbus O National Convention of Mayors and Conncilmen Sept 28 to Oct t Columbus O Reunion Army of the Cumberland Sept 2: to 24 Columbus O National Street Lighting Assn Sept 28 Columbus O International meeting Farmers' Institutes Oct 27 and 2S Dayton O Southern Diocese of Ohio Convention Bishop Vincent Cincinnati chairman Dates not set Denver Col Mountain and Plain Festival Oct 1 to7 Denver Col American Assn of General Baggage Agents Oct 13 Detroit Mich National Hotel and Restaurant Employes Assn Sept 21 to 25 F S Egger sec Chicago 111 Detroit Mich American Institute of Architects Sept 21 to 25 Zach Rice sec Detroit Detroit Mich 0 S Brewmasters" Assn Sept 27 to 30 I,ouis Sucss sec St Louis Mo Ilarnsburg Pa Patrons of Husbandry Nov 7 to 2p Indianapolis Ind Conclave of the Supreme Lodge K of P 3d Tuesday in August iqoS Indianapolis Ind Convention of Christian Church s Oct 14 to 21 Kansas City Mo Priests of Pallas Parade J P Loomis pres L B Cross sec Lincoln Neb Irrigation Congress Sept 28 to 30 ■ C M Heintz sec Los Aneeles Cal Louisville Ky Mississippi Vallev Medical Assn Oct r,toS Lowell Mass Massachusetts t-niversalist Con- vention Sept 28 to 30 Lynn Mass Patriarchs Militant I O O F Oct > and 6 Milwaukee Wis Episcopal Church Missionary Council Oct 19 to 21 Mt Clemens Mich Convention of Gas Men May 19 to 21 1S98 Nashville Tenn Laundrymen's National Assn Sept Nashville Tenn Cripples' Convention Wm R Trowersec9ti Union Trust bide Nashville Tenn American Society of Municipal Improvement Oct 5 Nashville Tenn Congress of Authors and Art- ists Oct 11 and 12 New Bedford Mass Semi-Centennial Celebra- tion Oct 10 to 16 New Haven American Board of Commis'rs, Foreign Missions. Oct 12 to 1; New Ulm Minn Sons of Herman National Crnnd Lodge Sept 21 to 25 New York City Commercial Travelers' Fair February 28 to March ;. 180S Alfred Chasseaud manager Niagara Falls Opening Grand Trunk Railway Bridge Sept 23 to 25 Norfolk Va State Convention B Y P V Oct 6 and? Orlando Fla National Good Roads Congress Febs 1898 1'aterson N J C E Society of New Jersey Oct 6 to 8 Peoria 111 Annual meeting Grand Lodge K of P Oct 19 to 22 Philadelphia Pa German American Journalists' Assn. Date not decided Philadelphia Pa National Convention Master House Painters and Decorators of the United States Feb 12 to 14 1898 Pittsburg Pa Grand Encampment of Knights Templars 2d Tuesday In Oct W B Melish Gr Junior Warden Pittsburg Pa National Brick Manufacturers Feb 1898 T A Randall sec Indianapolis Ind Port Huron Mich National Fraternal Congress Oct 5 to 8 San Francisco Cal Northern Baptist Convention 1899 Scranton Pa Amalgamated Railway Men Sept 23 tb 25 Springfield 111 Grand Lodge I O O F Sept 20 to 25 St Louis Mo Master Horseshoers Protective As«n Oct it to 1; Toronto Can World's WCTl) Convention Oct 2 S io36 . „ Toronto Can Canada WCTl! Convention Oct 20 to 33 Vernon N Y Sept 29 and 30 Washington D C National Convention Spirit- ualists Oct. 19 to 21 - Wtlkeibarre Pa State Firemen Oct 5 to 8 THE BILLBOARD Poultry Shows. Asheville N C jan 4 to 7 1898 R Z, Simmons manager Amesbury Mass Amesbury Poultry and Pet . Stock Assn M H Sands secy Ashland O ' Ashland Co P Assrt Dec 22 to 25 H A Mykrantz sec Auburn Neb Nemaha Valley P Assn Nov 30 to Dec 3 Rhodes J LI> Alspaugh sec' Bloomtngton 111 Blooming ton p Assn Dec is to 21 B N fierce J ID Shipley cor sec Normal 111 BlufTton O onsolidated P Assn Feb 1 to 5 H A Bridge J Dt Kohli sec Buffalo N Y Erie Co P Breeders' Assn jati 3 to 8 E C Pease sec Hamburgh N Y Cedar Rapids la Linn • o P Assn Jan 10 to 15 B N Pierce J Chas H Playter sec Chicago 111 National Fanciers* Assn Jan 24 to 29 Chas S Weaver sec too Washington street Cleveland O Northern O P and P S Assn Dec 6 to 12 F R Hunt sec Clinton Mo S W Mo P Assn Dec 14 to 17 W. H Talbert sec Danbury Conn Danbury and Bethel P Assn Dec 8 to 11 F Bowman sec Detroit Mich Michigan State P and P Assn Jan 3 to S F W McKenzie sec Concord Mich Dixon 111 Rock River Valley Poultry Assn Dec 14 to 18 Shellabarger J F W Fargo sec Erie Pa Northwestern P and Pel Stock assn Dec 28 to Jan 1 A E Blethah sec Hamilton Va Old Dominion P and P Assn of Loudoun Co Nov 1 and 3 R J N Reed sec Haverhill Mass Merrinack Valley Poultry Assn Dec 28 to 30 Geo H Greenman sec Indianapolis Ind Indiana State P Assn Jan 10 to 15 Thos W Pottage sec Johnstown N Y Adirondack Poultry and Pet Stock Club Nov 24 to 27 Frank Randall pres H J Quilhot sec Kansas Citv Mo Mid-Continental P Assn Dec 25 to 30 K M Slutz sec Lebanon Mo Laclede Co P Assn Nov 29 to Dec 4 F W Hitchcock J Geo H Hinds sec Los Angeles Cal Los Angeles Co Poultry Assn Jan to to 17 Henry W Kruckeberg sec Louisville Ky Kentucky State P Assn Jan 10 to 13 H A Bridge J Y Bicknell JJ J R Mount sec Lagrange Ky Mansfield O Mansfield P P and P S Assn Dec 29 to Jan 1 C W Etz sec Miamisburg O Miami P Assn Dec 5 to 10 HA Bridge J Oliver L Dosch sec Nashville Tenn Tennessee Poultry Pigeon, and Pet Stock Assn Jan 11 to 15 J M Hopkins sec New Haven Conn New Haven Poultry Assn Dec 29 "87 to Jan 1 '98 N D Forbes sec Monto- wese Conn New London Conor Eastern Connecticut P Assn Dec 15 to iS Chas B Smith acting sec Oneonta N Y Oneonta P and P S Assn Dec 14 to 17 Arthur J Relyea cor sec Parsons Kas Parsons and > E P Assn Dec 7 to to B N Pierce 1 JR Alexander sec Peoria Ills Peona Feathered Stock Assn Jan 4 to 8 Dr J Oglesbev Gable sec Peoria 111 ■ Princeton 111 Central Illinois P Assn Dec 20 to 25 A C Best sec Rochester N Y Rochester P P & P S Assn Jan 10 to is John J Beveridge sec 8S Lowell street Rock ford 111 Northern Illinois P Assn Jan 10 to is McClave J A H Currier sec SedgewickKas Harvey Co Poultry Assn Dec 6 to 11 W M Congdon sec C H Rhodes J _ Seneca Falls N Y Seneca Poultry ana Pigeon Assn Fred Hobel sec St Louis Mo St Louis Fanciers' Assn Dec 13 to 18 J H Ahrens sec Butterfield and Bridge J Tacoma Wash Tacoma PAssn Dec 20 to 31 Stephen Holbrooke sec Tttusville Pa The Titusville Poultry Assn Dec Topeka Kas Western Pigeon Club Dec 14 to 2J EM Gilbert J M F Hankla sec Wilkesbarre Pa WilkesbarTe P P and P S Assn Dec 27 to Jan 1 E S Kirkhuff sec Dog ShjSws. Newton N C Eastern Field Trials Club Nov 15 S C Bradley sec Food Shows. Chicago 111 Retail Grocers' and Butchers' Assn Food Show Oct 4 to 25 A E Miller 162 Wash- ington si manager . New Haven Conn Oct 4 to 16 Louis D Chidsey manager Horse Shows. Chicago III Coliseum Nov 2 to 13 Cleveland O Central Armory Nov 2 to 6 J B Perkins manager New York City Nov 15 to 20 Entries close Oct 23 If you are an up-to-date advertiser you want the latest and best advertising novelties. Before placing your order write The Adi. Noieltj Co, 32,34 and 36 E. 3d St CINCINNATI. OHIO. Manufacturers of and dealers in Domestic and Imported Advertising Novelties, Cards- Calendars, Panels, Shapes, &c. Cincinnati, 0. Pop. 350,000. Unexcelled Distributing Service. W. H. Htelnbrenner, 811 Vine, dnclnnatl WAUKESHA, WIS. Cadwell F.MevIs City Bill Poster and Dis- tributor. KB Malu Street. nOT SEPT. 28, 29, 30. OCT. 1, 189*. The Jackson County Fair. Best Fair in Best County of flissouri, to be held at Howard Park, Lee's Sum- mit, Mo. If you want publicity in any form before the 50,000 people in attendance, write to FRED. B* CArtPBELL, LEE'S SUMMIT, no. The Babbitt Entry and Record System. (For keeping track of Entries and Awards, and Money Received Front and Paid To Exhibitors at PAIRS.) DESIGNED IN 1896, ANDJMPROVED IN 1897, A Man Who Knows The Business, <fr Price $5.00, (due when your fair is over.) Will send a set by W express, collect, on approval to any Sec'y in V. S. or Canada, J^ and stand the express back in case you do not like them. Sec'y Wisconsin Fair Managers Association. Ass't Sec'y Wisconsin State Fair, MADISON, WIS. OREGON SIGN ©O. Bill Posters. Distributors and Sign Paint erg Box 37-1, Oregon City, Oregon. »j«[97 THE MANHATTAN PRESS-CLIPPING BUREAU. NEW YORK. LONDON. ARTHUR CASSOT, Manager. Knickerbocker Building. No. 2 West 14th St., New York. Supplies press clippings for Trade Jour- nals, and on all subjects. Best facilities. HON. CHAUNCEY M. DEPEW is one of our regular patrons. Hon. CALVIN S. BRICE: You have the best facilities of any- one in the field in your business. Chicago, Ills. J. A. CL0UGH, Contracts solicited lbr the distribution of ail legitimate advertising matter In Chi- cago and suburban towns. HENRY C. CROSBY KDMERTISING SIGNS Romalne Building, 111197 PATERSON, N. J. TROY, ILL. F. C. Gates. Bill Poster and Distributor. Reference furnished. n97 ESTABLISHED 1876. 4 CHARLES W. YORK. ♦ * Dill Poster ana I ; D DistriftHtor. « ♦ HAVERHILL, MASS. J CTERFTT - ho ^- Pristrng Co., San Franoisco, Cal. What is worth doing at all, Is worth doing well. JOHN H. JONES, Best facilities for distributing, sainpling, sign tacking—card, tin or steel. Population. 500,000. Dwellings, 85,000. Member I. A. of D. Office, N. W. Cor. Jlount & McHenry fits.. BALTIMORE, MD. Kansas City, Mo. Pop. 300.000. Midland Advertising Co.. Joseph Beld, Her Distributing, Tacking, Reliable Men only All towns In Jackson and Wyandotte Cos. Mem International Ass'n of Distributors. M A STATEnEnT TO I WE HAVE POINTED I make a -specialty of Distributing. T Reference if required. 1197 h*. «♦■••■*••♦■■•■*••'*• •+<+•*■•+•+* All Kinds of Printing and Engraving. BELVIDERE, ILLS. Fred. Wiffln. Bill Poster,312CaswillSt.*rf7 Press Clippings Proposed events, fairs, conventions, etc. Other lines of items from the newspapers of the country. Send for particulars. N. E. Newspaper Bureau, 146 Franklin St., Boston. L. A. DANIELS, City Bill Poster and Distributor, SANTA CRUZ. CAL. POPULATION 8.000. Member International Bill Fosters Association, of United States and Canada. TllCSOIl, AHZ. 2,000 ft. of boards WM.REID, Box. 148, 2dl I s 1 3! m I