The billboard (Jan-June 1900)

THE BILLBOARD THfi BILLBOARD Pittsburg Letter. jbe Editor of "The Billboard:" pave a few suggestions to offer for the ^deration of your readers. The distribu- ! side of the question, which I am about consider, has been viewed from many flpomts, therefore, I will confine my re- ks to its other side. iny complaints have gone forth relating i til is and that advertiser employed their , men when distributing at different ifes. Several of our members have dealt I these people rather severely-—in print— ly opinion. In the first place, any man I distributes matter in Pittsburg, or else- ^e. has a'perfect and entire right to hire and do the work himself if he so desires, ght wish that be would not do such a ,f, but if r had anything to say I-would very careful not to intimate that he was g wrong In taking such Action. He it have half a dozen good reasons for ig this step, and yet not one of them, any relation to the quality of my serv- . Again, be might have tried my service !; found no fault whatever with it, but 1 jed to try for himself to see if he could ^ttain better results. It is his, money ,,'he is spending. I spend mine as I please. H; any one know of a case where unfriend- nticism ever made a friend or a convert :he system outlined by the critic' I :d be interested very much In the details icb a case. Now the critics may not de- f nor expect the good will of people so * with, but I beg to call attention to fact that in cases of the kind that I am him for doing that which we would do under like circumstances. "Millions for defense, but not a cent lor tribute," holds good today In my opinion we should ask a fair price and not accept less, if we must bear tae respon- Sioihty and perform the lator and noc make anytning tor ourselves, would it not De better ir we sat down aid ignored tae proposit.on entirely' 1 think it would. If there is a good reason why we should make a sacrifice of-our time aud labor for some person or Arm, we should tell them mat we are do.ng it for this express reason aud be careful tnat this is a reason that we are not ashamed or afraid for all the world to __know. One thing you may be sure ot and that is this, that 1 will not do this char- ity job just to have the name, jot doing their ^°™ m my territory. If there is not a GOOD reason, why 1 should make an excep- tion; I will let it pass by—in peace. The time has gone by when a man can be dishonest in this business and retain a good reputation. Every honest distributor, no mat- ter where he may be, is thoroughly glad that this state of affairs exists. ir tne people who use this method of advertising would look about carefully and decide who is the most responsible distributor in each place and then give him all of their work, it would in my opinion, result in a perfect service. But if the advertiser refuses to give the local dis- tributor all or any part of his work that is no reason why he should be publicly cr tt- cized. We are solicitors, not d.ctators—pub- lic servants, whose every effort should be to gam the good will as well as the business of the advertiser. I would much rather loss a man s business and retain his good will than to lose both. Thanking -The Billboard" for Hubinger's Employes Strike. The men employed by the Mississippi Val- ley Telephone Company. St. Paul, cf which Mr. J. c. Hubiuger is manager, went out on a str.ke recently because they did not receive the.r pay. The men were notified that the compaiiy might have to extend their tune of payment one week, as the manager was away, and it was necessary to have h's sig- nature on the checks. With this the men were dissatisfied and decided to strike. This may give the distributors who have been waiting fcr their pay from the J. C. Hubin- ger Company an inkling as to why they have been put off. We understand, however, that the Hubingor Company has begun to pay its debts, and ■will soon satisfy all distributors it wlit show without ah inspector, fjut ol all my distributing contracts there Is only one that knows: all the others aro simply guessing on my service. They guess on your machine men, aud want mo to run an Insur- ance company on their guess. "B. J. Mctoutt" is a key or code word. It means sold by G. B; Naik & Co.. of Bom- bay and Poona, India. They are th:rty-e.g!it days by mail from here. I tell this simply to keep manufacturing •machine men" from sending novelty sam- ples to Matoona. Indiana. Yours truly FRANK GRANT M'l'HISRSON. TIPS. Mattoon Letter. *^r--S^ t^m tot i^eai-h: or «-on<n.«i «r all caseii where memhvn- <>« bring ******** **?£ f"»"the Public. Th..y«I.«n ^e.herwi.b another mat or - '-.-'• i« ilie' eves of tne , ^ seoro ««•_ ™ lu ■ ". fjee Cuii"" 1111 ' 1 '" -.. .: .,'.. The Ksecuitvc ^"""'"^ XJH'to.r«t U..- S~retary ~«g* ,o the pla.-inK.-r *» J 1 ;„.. 3. The KM-:;- Com. .hall.hav.. power to a«^ agent f..r tu« .vssociation. Editor "The Billboard:" Dear Sir—The employers have about proved in a series of articles appearing in the Sat- urday Evening Post that the office and fac- tory force cf young men make a failure. They may, and, in fact, in my opinion, they often do. Commercial America has no use fcr inexperienced men—the time worker or the machine man; neither has the I. A of D. What the I. A. of D. wants is men who can put an added value to the $1.50 rate. We don't need the dues of the other kind. We want men who can put $1.00 to S3.50 to the so-called city rate. •MO,, of J I*. te.<. The following is a list of probable car"y spring distributing advertisers: Akron Cereal Co., Akron. O. J. W. 'Brant Co.. Albion, N. Y. D:s. F. E. & J. A. Gieene. Iijston. Mars, Potter Drug & Chemical Co.." Boston, Mars Dr. Kilmer Co.. Binghamtcn, N". Y Tostcr-MKburn Co., Buffalo, X. Y. Dr. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y. Hutton Remedy Co.. Buffalo X Y Newbro Drug Co., Butte, Mcnt. Thatcher Med. Co.. Ohattancoga, Tcnn. Providence Medical Institute. Chicago Pabst Chemical Co., Chicago, III Coffee & Spice Co., Columbus. O. Peruna Drug Co.. Cclumbus. 0. IT. w. S. Burkhart, Cincirnati. O. Hanson's Ready Ueccvery Co.. Chicago ill Chattanooga Med. Co.. Cha'.tanooia Tenn Boston Med. Institute, Chicago i:i AftTlCUt N- ', The «TVK-e tendered adver- Sec.l-vTIi« ^P^i,;,, isstmran- h^r.'voutotauiemb.r — 16 — SOME OF THE MAINSTAYS OF THE I. A. OF D. ng about, the sins of the critics are vis- |upon other people. True, they may not lirectly, but they show up after while, |the innocent are made to suffer. Some that have appeared in '"The Bill- have made it quite plain to me that riters were convinced that the adver- could not get along without the mem- Jof our association. They can- They ex— i and flourished before the major portion S were in the business. It might and Itless it would be more expensive for | to go back to the original method, but [f-Seir position became at all uncomfortable § would make the change even, though it them double the amount they now ex- gt in this manner. Inow of an advertiser who,! in the begih- a and for some time afterward, used local •;flbutors. He has gradually cut them out. '{thought he could get better results by "Is his own men. He has been accused cf & "cheap." To my own personal kuowl- |r he without solicitation advanced the ^at this point, and I have information from Recipients that he did the same thing at Iral places. Now I am willing to wager lathing that even though' the change of See does not prove beneficial that he will ■fr return to local distributors. tfch people could, according to my belief. Igaved to the association if they were filled in the proper manner. Without the i ijs of experience in. the world that some ifhy brothers enjoy I would suggest, go ?|. We should not be in a hurry to take [lie cudgel against a man without in some fpure or degree becoming familiar with ifposiUon: and having familiarized our- E *« with it, we should ;.ot find fault with the space so kindly allowed me, I assure you all, that the good of the I. A. of D. is always uppermost in my mind. ■ . „ J. F. M'MANAMA, •Mgr. Twin Cities Distributipg Agency. Peru Letter. To the editor of "The Billboard:" pistributing has been unusually good this winter. I noticed a box of advertising mat- ter in the freight in Peru a few davs ago from a well-known firm in Le Roy, N. Y., addressed to one of the traveling representa- tives, and, as it looked as if it had been there for quite a while, I asked the freight agent how long it had been in the freight house, and he said about two months, and that the party ^called and took up the bill and some of the advertising matter about three or four weeks ago, but said nothing as to what he intended to do with the box left -m the freight bouse. This is another proof of the kind of service some advertisers get through their own traveling distributors. I also call to mind another instance as to the honesty of some of these traveling repre- sentatives, which happened last fall. I gave the fellow a" permit to do bis own tacking and distributing in Peru, and he asked me to make out my bill for double the amount I charged him, saving he was hard up and the house' would never know the differ- ence. However, T refused. I think the time is not far off. when the advertiser will dis- cover that the I. A. of D. boys are the best and cheapest in the end. CHAS. W. STUTESMAN. I don't like; to take down on my regular rates and leave out part of my territory' to equalize my prices, so that my servicos can be used on work that you have been doing for $2.00. I have had a contract for five years. Five years ago times were hard and labor was 75 cents. The same labor Is now $1.1.-1. If you do work according to the letter of the contract, at the old price, both the company and their agents expect me to "take down" on my deal. I will, but, by the eternal, it is a. jack-pot game I call Inserts. because it was put in to win on. New. I will say that no distributor can make a rate for some one else, nor can the "man in the office." I price booklets or samples at $1: folder 75 cents and cards .-•n-cents per thousand. On this I work out- side of my contract cities by the system. I reach all interior towns that are too small to contract, such as many distributors nut in with your city contracts. I have ten to twelve local firms and can stand this rate. Here is a pointer on going after your local merchants. Use your I. A. of I), papers on them. Tell them that you ara a $1,000 bond-d onion boss: talk Nnt!onal taIR to 'them: don t try any "hard-up sympathy;" give them an option to e'ther come In or stay out. Make a route for the ir.th of every month and change it overv month. I will assign you a key that will dispense with contracts and enable you to have proof of sale every time you make one. These keys are very simple, and have been used for years by mull order men who us« doubtful mediums. Machine men don't ne<-d them, because they work one town, then wait; but where a distributor can rnnvnss several counties the key Is invaluable, for Y. Ind. Joy Med. Institute. Chicago. 111. Th W f£ e „ nCer « e 5!- £°" Chattanooga. Tcnn. The Sprague Pub. Co.. Detroit. Mich Kennedy & Kergan, Detroit, Mich. Dr. Allies Med. Co.. B:khart. Ind. La Haipe Pattern C-.. Gland Itapids. Mich ^ The Guarantee Medical Co.. Hot Sprin K s. Von Camp Co.. Indianapolis. Ind. , „"• c --Davis. Indlanapo'.ls. Ind. J;.,?' Hu *>lnger & Co., Keokuk. ] a . "ison Drug Co.. Lexington. Ky. Bright s Chemical Co.. i,ltt!e Falls. N. C. I. Hood & Co.. Lowell. Mais '* £' S nktem Mco - Co-. Lynn. Mass. S. C. Wells & Co.. L« Roy. N. Y. 1-rnnk O. Reddish. Le Boy, N Y - t V r ;' n R Remedy Co, Mineral Sn'rlngs. \\. II. Onmstcck, Morrlstown, N. Y Kondon Mfg. Co., Min'neapoMs. Minn India Spice & Drug Co , Marietta. O. Abbey Iifrervc£cent Salt Co.. New York. Dr. Had way A. Co.. Now York City. Humphreys Med. Co.. New York Cily. Scciv, Pitch & Co.. New York City. A. M. Biningcr &. Co.. New York City Tarrant «. Co., New York City. It. & O. Corret Co.. New York City. Acme Chemical Co., Now Orleans La Dr. Ohase Co., Philadelphia, Pa. ' Pels & Co.. Philadelphia. Pa. Dr. Bo?anko Co.. Philadelphia. Pn. Hand Medicine Co.. Philadelphia Pa Dr. C. I. Rhoop. Racine, Wis. Dr. B. J. Kay, Saratoga Springs, N. Y. Novelty Plaster Works. Soutvi'.le, Moss. Bayer Med. Co.. Toledo. O. Merchants' Association. WIMIamsport I. B. Ford Co., Wyandotte, Mich. Pa. JJtJs„ L Kaf'tait iff n hiyA_ju9,ay.itliii»^8^««^«~f»>ja~*~ai>«.^^.~ ^i--^ Advertisements under this heading will be published at the uniform rate of to cents per li ne per issue or |i.oo per year. iloston Job Print. Co..4 Alden, Boston Mass Brooklyn Daily Eagle Job P. Co.. B'yn N Y Calhoun Printing Co.. Hartford, Conn Calvert Litho Co.. Detroit. Mich. Central City Show Print. Co.. Jackson.Mick Central Lith. & Eng. Co.. HO 6th Ave. N Y Correspondent Show Printing Co.. Piqua o" Donaldson Lith. Co.. Newport. Ky Erte Show Printing Co., Erie, Pa. Enterprise Show Print. Cleveland O Forbes Lith.Co..l81Devon«hlre.Boston Mass Free Press Show Print. Co.. Detroit. Mich Great Am. Eng & PrintCo..B7 Beekman N T Great W. Print.Co..5U Market. St.Louis Mo' Greve Litho. Co.. The, Milwaukee. W1»J Haber, P. B., Fond-du-Lac. WU Hcnnegan A Co.. 127 E. 8th St.. Cln"tl O Home Show Printing Co., Atchison. Kas. Morgan. W J.i Co.. St-C. and Wod.Cdeve.O. Morrison Show Print. Detroit. Mich National P.& Eng.Co..3«.8 Wabash Chi III Pioneer Pr!nt-Co..2M JeSeraon.SeatUe.Wash. Union and Advertiser Co.. Rochester. N. Y. .u nu i"'ng the lasc two weeks the boards for the Grand Opera House, in Cincinnati, have shown some excellent examples of the art ot lithographing. The bills announcing Mrs Leslie Carter and William Crane were both Strobndge Lithographing Company, of this Hcnnegan & Co.. show printers, of Cnc n- ?™ ' "e.fdvertlsing their posted and gen- eral printing by some striking eight-shlets. Se f' n " ne . "V mbe , rin S 1317 is used as a catch line, and it does its work well. The Cross Printing Ccmpany, of Chicaco s turning out more first-class letter heads this season than ever befcre. Thev make t specialty of this work. y • a f.il° ern K r & Ha >' cs - Lthographers. of Bcf- J; w ?o were reported to be in a shaky nnancal condtion. have come through suc- cessfully, and no further trouble is efpected. A good argument in favor of the Show ■^"n!?! As ?" riation is founa '» the follow- ing clipping from the New York Sun: u.i. W i?™h Suat ? ra - theatrical manager of runtrv wi W h y ' . b i S , flled a P"«tion in bank- ru,tc>. with liabiht.es $K.0S0. contracted pr.uc.pally from 1S94 to 1816 at trie Star The- priuc^ally from 1894 to 1S96 at the H,i.nT^ eater and Saofcrt ' s Tn7ate?. -rSe liabilities are chiefly for printing The , c!3 I V t '* S - labor ond materials. Anions i h 5... c .t rt,,or8 are *• Van Beuren & Co tT->'u R i7F" n ^., Clark> * TG0: Har, "y Munson W^iin f iii, for bi L'. pos ""s: H. A. Thomas & «>lie Lithographing Company. $4.15ti; Giil n Lhi?"?? c , om Pyny. $.1,057: Ledger Job Print! I hilailelphia. $1,776: Richard K. Fox. $1 00V all for printing; William W. Cole. $6,000, rent <-f the Emp.re Theater. Brooklyn, in 1®"- James F. Holder, $1,231. royalties; Charles Atkinson. Boston. $1,500. balance due on an engagement: L. J. Finch. $1,500. for adver- ising: Thomas J. Courtenay. $1,250. secured ■•> old scenery n storage. This scenery' is r..7u?Tf i™ 8 onl l asset ' " is value<1 n ° n "- .ully at $.«K). and as it is held subject to a ml!' rtL*. 1 ' 25 * fo ': t f ora K«- fe actual value is I>ut down as nothing above the lien." i-.^i. m ^'? 5 - of . th0 show Printers of the in", i i Stot ?f ? nd Canada will take place at the Leland Hotel. Chicago, 111.. March »7 It Mir»„ pw .'^.'- hat th , e P re »minary steps will be n «i".r! ?J M £ m |« ins ,l°r kin 8 toward the for! America? Printers' Association cf ih?t b H n a "thOBfaphlng stone.is worn so thin breakine th? *?*"** ^l th0Ut the riSk of "^ oreaking, the old expedient of joining two Sffh" s^b th ,r r -,°r °. backinB fe "iSVone «ei ,„„.l ab of . SI , at e. is resorted to. The lat- a, n^i h0d S 0f JollllD8 st <«>e8 is by the use ?ollow1n^ e reMl 0n ^ a " d S '"S ate of S ° da ' The ii. i. -°,5 r ? clpe *» a eood one for joining from back '£2 e i nem °ve all greasy matte? irom hack and face of the stone by grinding . h\vo°thc" . y ,^ rU, "V"£ '* throu '< h a B p n anc?: • "in ,n mT of tbe 8,ate Blab Perfectly mix d w?,h Ma i^ e a pa8te of P' a8ter °f Paris, two liiiT ™"d water of the consistency of table Pit a h«" 0 - T " en lay the stone-on i Siart'nr nf i ■ C T m S'.'V on a slab nbou t a oi tin „f i?" lnch h,8b ' and la - v the stone proRR, re , Ik T.V n £ '!. B " Kht " r b y «" "-en Is en R nm b H° th I"i nd f' unt " y° u f «' ta«t "lab ™ , e h i rd , ( m , d layll,g "faight over the ilrv S™ " U ,H mounted, and let thtm Ini-.TiS" rcmov <' the plaster w'th a sharp T isr 8 n 0 n ,i P rT nrc „ tn , e , 8t0n f for the ' a ansf" r P ^"-y'^o^'nThie^ne 0 ^ than thc ""- NVwp„ rt 0m i! d 5 on '-'thoBraphing Company, of 't l* s.. tbeJ'hLv 10 ° clo, ; k ev,>ry n, * hi - no u it tney have an order or two. POSTER PRINTERS Need Not Apply-*, Says (he Board of Dlrec- <ors of the Associated Bill Posters. "f A "l''' n, |lonrd m r ?n n"... br ! ,lln " t and nb, ° a «° """•" it n no., m- » roclo ; a . none a,nnd8 «»"t ■"-'•r rVr n "?« -rhil' 11 ." thelr , ""itude toward '•<• r..rd ,«.iS' T hcy unvo 1>I " C< "' themselves mi- r „ 0 s,'?. e ".opposition to the nppolnt- Posler printers as official solcitora, ftnd assigned as a reason that It would not be in the interest of the association to so sanction them. Why? Is it because the poorest poster printer in the country is worth many times as much as the average solicitor? Is it le- cause the poster printer has good credit and is prompt to pay? Is it because the poster printer has thou- sands and thousands of dollars invested in costly presses and equipment, while the so- licitor con get along with desk room' Is It because the poster printer preaches posters, and only posters, while solicitors always have signs or other side lines to offer the advertiser? Is there one single vaKd reason against ac- cording a poster printer official recognition, if he desires to work out the detail incident to the apportionment and distribution of a posting contract? Common sense answers No, not one." And the Board of Directors is supposed to conduct the association in the interest of bill posters! There are bill posters on the board too; a majority, mind you. sufficiently strong to secure what they want, which is and al- ways must needs be, more good solicitors. But no. so little have they studied the=r own interests and so- little do they care for the interests of their fellow-members that when either or both of the two solictors on the board suggest it they unanimously hang out the sign. "No Poster Printers Need Ap- ply." Wouldn't that jar you? Think cf the ill-formed, half-baked imper- tinence of tiiese men in daring to affect su- periority—to pese as the brainier men of the association. Will some one please tell them to hide their beads. Tell them to efface themselves, to steal away—quietly en tiptoe. poster printing firm of any Importance whatever will be represented. In the meantime the interests of the as- sociation will be actively forwarded by the following officers, who were elected at Chi- cago: President, Wm. H. Donaldson, of the Donaldson Lithographing Co., of Newport. Ky.; Secretary, Walter V. Donaldson, of the Great Western Show Printing Co., of St. Louis: Treasurer, George Bleistein, Courier Show Printing Co., of Buffalo. This association, which has been.spoken or so often, and is now a fact, combines one of the largest employing interests in the country. The firms represented have thousands and thousands of dollars invest- ed, and employ a vast number of men. Thus we see that the combination is to be a very powerful and influential factor in mould- ing the relations between many lines of 'business. Deaih of Henry C. Miner. Henry Clay Miner died suddenly on Febru- ary 22 at his heme at Riverside Drive and West Seventy-sixth Street, New York. Mr. Miner was cne of the prominent figures in the lithographing world, and was the owner of the H. C. Miner Litho Company, of New York City, a firm which does a large show printing business. He was also well known as a play-house manager, notably of the Fifta Avenue Theater, which he managed for five years. He served also with conspicuous abil- ity in the various capacities of President. Vice President and Trustee of the Actors' Poster Printers Organize. During the past few years several at- tempts have been made to organize the pos- ter printers cf the country into an asso- ciation, for the purpose of furthering their common interests. These all failed for one reason or another, and many—even the pos- ter printers themselves—commenced to think that a combination was a forlorn hope. It remained, however, for Mr. W. B. Brewster (whose letter appeared in last month's "Billboard") to accomplish-what the others had failed to carry out. He has worked diligently during the past few months, and at the Leland Hotel. Chicago, on March 27, he saw the fruits of his labors. Twenty-two of the largest poster priutcries in the country were represented at the meeting, each enthusiastic over the idea, each inteut upon forming a union, which was recognized to be a necessity for the geed of the business. With such a spirit existing, it can be well seen that little trouble was experienced in launching the organization. In the morning session, which lasted nbout three hours, the preliminary steps of organizat'on were gone through with aud the purpose of the association outlined. In the session Mr. Brewster produced and read somo forty or fifty communi- cations from large poster printing houses, who found It impossible to at- tend the convention. Every letter read voiced tile same sentiments. Each writer was heartily in fnvor of the movement, and promised his aid and influence. In the afternoon session, temporary organization was effected, and a call authorized which will be issued to all the poster printers in the United States and Canada, to meet at the Bnrtholdi Hotel. New York City. Mav 31. at which time a pennaneijt organization will take place. It is safe to say that every lurid, and at a special meeting of the Board of Trustees resolutions on his death were adopted. Mr. Miner leaves a large estate and a widow aud four sons survive him Tent Sbows. The year 1900 is a record-breaker in the matter of tent shows. One hundred and forty- four will take the road, as against one hun- dred and eighteen in IS93. The following list is the largest and most complete that has ever been compiled. This accounts for th° scarcity of good bill posters, as well as tbe unprecedented demand. A !,"n? tr ?, et Fair Co.....1432 B'way. New York Adell s Dog and Pony Show..Ft. Recovery O Aments Big City Show Muscatine.'la Adams (Frank) Southern Shows.... Col. H. Bowman, (variety show). Box 207 £" W '« B ' Brown Philadelphia. Pa C. C. Brown..Irving Hotel, Port Chester, N.Y Brown (Chas L ) Shows Co.-ydcn. la Barlow Bros Shows Syracuse. Ind Blake & Bishop.. Buchanan. Mich Des Moines. la Augusta. O. T Houston, Tex - — - -.. -Olympia. London Entr Buffalo Bill's Wild West Bridgeport Ct Buckskin Bill's Wild West Paducah ' Kv Barher Bros.'...... Portsmouth. O Bostock & Farrari Shows (street fairs) „ , . „ , _ Baltimore.'Md Beyerles Burk Tom Shows Lincoln. Neb Bailey Twin Sisters' Urbana, O Backman s Shows, 102 N. Frederick St.. „ .. _ ,-,„.. Baltimore.'Md C. N. Bay. 1..2 S. Main st.. Washington. Pa Canton Carnival Co. (Frank Gaskill). Callahan (Prof) Tom Shows Olattie'^Kan Carlisle's Wild West..... Lynn. Mais Cullins Bros.' Concordia. Kan lluchannan Bros.".. Bonheur Bros." Bailey * Sons*..... Itanium & Bailey.. Campbell Bfos.' Fairbury. Neb Jr, 1 "*.*"••;• Atoka, lud Clark s. ML Alexandra. La CoukI.us Pete 412 Sewell St.. xloooki-n Cooper & Co. (J. R. \v. Hennessey Geo. G. Craft Dog and Pony Show™? 3 .'.* la Dixon, Powers & Dixon, 207 E. 14th" st!!' '" Dcgherty's Dog and Pony Showl".^?!' K .. Cit> Kansas City. Mo L'ownie (Andrew) Shows .Medina N v pavis (E. F.J Shows Kalamazco,'ai'ich Kh cks J,- sam ft- Louden, fa tltou Bros Suiithlield, Kavette Co Pa Elys, Geo. S .Metropolis City.' Hi Exposit.on Circuit Co. (street lairs)..... «. „ „ . Canton, O Ewers Bros. West I'omt. la J-orepaugh-aells Bros.' Columbus, u (jinirys Dogs and Ponies (1 shows) r-„ii„. r. . Blooinington, Ind Gollniar Bros.' Baraooo. U'.s Gotdnch Jus.....: Weston. W. Va Gibb s Olympic Wapakoneta. O P™£ n Jas ,- H -.-•:,-. Luverue, Minn Gaskill I.rank W. (street fairs).... Canton O hS S : v r nd ,"- a t e » ho * s Kansas c"ty. Mo Orant. (Colorado) Deni-ei- c n i H '»«^ iwm. ii.,. ::::;.^p,^ Ha.-r.ngton Combined' Shows'.' 811? Canaf stl ^ Hall's. Geo. W., Jr Evansville, ind Harris' Nickle Plate. Happy Bob Robinson Harr.'s, John P 11 niton's .*.".*.*. Hall & Long's .'.'.'.'.. Kikijar- 'i.ri Hagenbeck's, Carl...346 Wabasnav. Chicago a me??"?." 8 ' Exbibi tion Co..Kansas'Cify^Mo E a,, I^h B nTo a n n . 2a . S . h °. W f: 0 Elnii b ra ri N P Y iu„ai;.^.. w -:;;;:;;;;;^^Sa^ Kemp Sisters' Wild West (parks and fairs) Thos. W. Kehoe, 4018 Cottage Ci-oVal?.' *" v c ~. Station M .Chicago 111 King & Ziemer. 8025 Van Buren St.. St! Louis i^T nn , edy Br ° s A Bloom ngton; 111 Lambr.ggcr's. Gus Orville <» Leme'n 3 ^ M ?" S Low^e'r Salem'. 8 ^^ranTiL-^innera.^m^v KM Geo. Lingi. (dog and pony). P . aWtUCKet ' K " ' ^Locke U . eFU . n ! a . k . S . P ^f v i D f 1 5 LiOnetta n flrrv p Louis" Crescent Shows '.'.'.". "beneva o i ° Wan H e > 7, onr C Santiago. Cuba Lowandes. Marthino Havana Cuba ft n?i,- Br 2 e - ? h ? ws Shenandoah. Pa \t„ t *I;* eat s ' nsa tion....Washington. Li Mar.etta Shows , Taylor Tix W. E. McCurdy, (minstrel, under canvas) Mcpcnald; s , Andy....,75 W. Madfs'oTcH.'carlo -McDonalds. Walt, r Abilene. Kan ..Evansville,'Wis Chicago, lil Lancaster, t) . -McKcesport. Pa ..Winchester, md Elkhart. Ind McDonald & Bryan.. McCormick Bros.'.... .McGregor & Co M. B. Mondy.. Charlotte. Mich Gallipolis, o Detroit. Mich ...Literal. Mo . -r L<ir.era. v»w p U 7 ay . V-'" 414 S ' 5t " st - Atchison. Kan Vorrif Tn C^'-ival Co Canton. O 5i"w? & ,. R °wes Oakland, i al Pan-Continental Olean N V Perrins. 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