Billboard advertising (Jan-June 1900)

THE BILLBOARD. See. 3. Certificates of guarantee will be sued to advertisers and agents at the rate f 92 per month, $5 per quarter or $15 per nnum, and such certificates shall be a uarantee to person or firm to whom issued ;r all members in good standing. Sec. 4. Advertisers or agents unprovided itb certificates can not recover from the ssociation. They enjoy the personal guar- utee of the individual member only. Any advertiser holding a certificate of uarantee from the Alliance, upon proving reach of contract on the part of the guar- ateed members of this association, shall be imbursed out of the funs of the assoeia- -on. Any money he has paid for the post- ig shall be returned, together with an ad- itional sum sufficient to cover cost of the raper unrecovered. The President shall then .^mediately declare the offending member's ond or deposit forfeited, and shall bring jaarges against him of unmercantile con- duct. ,'j ' NUMBER XI. j:The following scale of fees and charges are SSrewith adopted for the guidance of the "IScretary, viz: 'rerobership cards, each $ .10 f embership certificates (framing each). 1.00 charters, each 5.03 Agents" certificates 1.00 ?tee for enrolling and agents 5.00 (tertifleates of guarantee one month 2.00 j^rtificate' of guarantee one quarter 5.00 ^rtificate of guarantee one year 15.00 j* NUMBER VII. 'ifThe following schedule of primitive fines .Jld penalties is hereby adopted, viz: \No. 1—Failure on the part of the members Sc| report customers, who are in default or jblinquent, shall be punished by a fine of not fjore than Jii and not less than $1, at the dis- 'Ifesion of the Board of Judicature. jtNo. 2—Failure to resist and report unrea- y-nable claims and demands for allowance r*all be punishable by a fine of not more r^an $5 and not less than $1. liNo. S— Any member encroaching upon the ^ ; »main of another member shall be-fined not *fore than $100 nor less than $25. HpJo. 4—Any member who shall hire or en- •<age an employee of another member, wlth- :}t first obtaining said member's consent or J f notion, shall be fined not more than 925 and ' ; y yt less than $5. :^No. 5—Any member failing to sustain an- : jher member inflicted with opposition, a J-bor strike, fire or other calamity, shall bo ( jed not over 120 and not less than $5. * jNo. 0—Any member failing to be repre- Ignted at a regular meeting of the associa- r jon shall be fined fl. t|No- 7—Any member failing to abide by the toice of the majority, or to obey the officers : * authority, or who persistently and repeat- 's Sly violates the rules of order, shall be fined '. T cents for' each offense. ' JNo. 8—Any member guilty of unfraternal -induct shall be fined not less than $2 and ■ !j>t more than $50, or expelled. N*o. 9—Any member failing to mail lists to advertisers within the prescribed limit of forty-eight hours shall be* deemed guilty of unmercantile conduct. All members shall stand suspended until fines are paid. NUMBER VIII. Members may be absolved from the strict adherence to the price schedule as set forth in No. 3 of the By-laws, and the provision regulating commissions set forth in No. 4, by special dispensation granted by the sec- retary, but only in case that said member is inflicted with opposition. NUMBER IX. Any member being unable tor collect an ac- count against an advertiser or agent is en- titled to call upon the Executive Committee for aid. Collections will be made for mem- bers by the Executive Committee for abso- lute cost. NUMBER X. But one member shall be accepted from any one city, town or village. In other words, the Alliance is a close association, whose franchises are exclusive. NUMBER XI. New by-laws may be added to the list by a simple majority vote, provided said laws do not conflict with existing laws. It shall require a three-fourths vote to amend or annul any existing by-laws. ■■■■■■MMMIHIMMaM >p Exchanges. "Advertising by sample is invaluable," said Mrs. S. T. Rorer. at the close of the recent Philadelphia food show. "If, however, ex- hibitors would follow up this sampling through co-operation with the retail dealers the results would be more satisfactory. Last year there was an orange peeling knife ex- hibited—the best I had ever seen. After the show had closed I tried to buy that knife at twelve different Philadelphia stores and fail- ed to find it at any one of them. Since then I have had over twenty orders for one, all of which remain unfilled. As a food show is designed as an adverbsmg medium, and people visit them to see goods with a view of purchasing, why should not the manufacturer present opportunities for their purchase? "The grab for samples," continued Mrs. Rorer, "is not so much that women want so much for nothing. It is due rather to the fact that they are put up in attractive pack- ages. Ton know that you can't buy the little bottles and barrels and bags anywhere at a store. At the '76 exposition I stood in line three hours to get a small brick. I have it yet, advertisement side up. At the food show last year a small preserve bottle set the people wild, while 5.000 small barrels were given away last night. "A good show is in a lar^e sense an edu- cator. It brings the housewife into closer contact with the best of everything.—Print- ers' Ink. Among the exhibits of the United States at the Paris Exposition will be one that, after much heated discussion, was emphatically rejected by our own Exposition at Chicago. The exhibit we refer to is a compound of superstition and bigotry, now happily almost extinct in our own country. At the request of the American Sabbath Union, President McKinley has ordered that the United States buildings at Paris be closed on Sunday. Of course if the Exposition were to be held here public opinion would deter him from giving any such order. It would have to be open on that day as on other days, for the benefit of those who have but the seventh day for rest and recreation. But the President has doubt- less reasoned that Paris is too far away for this public opinion to be «c;rred over the matter; and that so, while he will lose noth- ing, he may save himself a few votes of.the Sabbatarian fanatics. Thus we shall be ad- vertised to the world as still holding a silly and outworn belief which in fact we do not 'bold and do not practice. But a Presidential election impends, and every vote counts!— Puck. The New England small boy generally shows business capabilities at a tender age, if he is ever going to have them. I have heard of a certain, small Boston'boy, who got into the habit of-teasing his mother for pen- nies, until at last she said to him: "Now, Willie, I don't like to give you pen- nies; if you want money, you should go to workj and earn it." The boy remained thoughtful for some time. Then, within a few days, the mother perceived that Willie had plenty of pennies. She wondered a bit where he got them, but did not question him. But one summer day she noticed that some sort of a hullabaloo was going on in the backyard. Looking out, she saw Willie surrounded by a mob of boys, who were yelling with delight. She went down into the yard to see what was going on, and, as she passed out. she saw, stuck up on the back wall of the house, this poster, quite "neatly" printed out with a pencil: WILLIE JONES WILL EAT Ismail green worm, for 1 cent 1 large green worm, for... 2 cents 1 small fuzzy worm, for 3 cents 1 large fuzzy worm, for Scents Ismail green toad, for ...25 cents Willie was apparently doing a thriving business. His mother interrupted it—at any rate in her own backyard. I don't suppose that she had any assurance that he wasn't still carrying it on somewhere else.—Boston Transcript. If magazine advertising increases at the present ratio the next few years it is evi- dent" that publishers will have to adopt some method of inducing readers to examine the ad. pages. The modern monthly has evolved into a veritable sandwich, the middle por- tion of reading matter standing for the meat,' and as the other two-thirds is of but sec- ondary import to the reader it stands to rea- son that only a certain percentage of buyers look through the ads.—Ad Sense! Advertising is the key that opens the oth- erwise tightly barred door leading to success There is no mistaking this fact, as thousands of successful advertisers will testify. There are not a few men who attribute their success entirely to the liberal use of printers' ink. By the word "liberal" is not meant a waste of money, but a carefully planned and earnestly carried out line of advertising. You can not rub a lamp and expect the advertising genii to appear on the spot, and many an advertiser has learned this lesson through bitter experience: it takes time, money and brains to successfully conduct any business, be it small or large, and it is a woeful" mistake to think otherwise. Seek and ye shall find, was the command of old, and it is just as true to-day as it was when it was uttered. The old saying was. Fortune smiles but once on every man. but that this is not- borne out by fact is evidenced by the experience of some of the best adver- tisers of to-day,'who, a few years ago, were failures. The key of success is within reach of ev- eryone, but it must be sought, and by earn- est, persistent endeavor.—The Advisor. OFFICIAL CALL! The Ninth Annual Meeting of the.... - - OHIO BILL POSTERS' ASS'N will be held at Xenia, ©., MAY 8th and 9th. Every member is requested to be present, also any other Bill Poster in the country, as matters of great importance will come before this meeting. Yours truly, P. B. OLIVER, Pres't. W. G. TIRRIL.L, Sec'y. •IMUHMMflM* MMUHmiMMnmniimnmummiwunmiM; »•••••••••■•■•«•••«••• I * tGB^tfftT** 4th of July #^SfiSe-s2»r Printing i Mr EVERYTHING NECESSARY TO BILL A CELEBRATION. 0 i«n New One-Sheets. Everyone a Crackerjack. Printed in ;'i from 2 to 5 Colors. '**; Prices, including printing of advertising matter: „< S2 50 50 S3 50 xoo 85.30 200 S8.50 300 Si 1.00 500—.-$16.00 r.ooo $26.00 ■Mri •hree-Sheets, in Red and Blue. § ?*I 50 ~~J5-°o "» J7<» I*'I I r i Stands, Red and Blue Letters, Stars and Stripes Border. Any Size. 3 Cents per Sheet. Pictorial Dodgers and Hand-Bills. Samples on Application. Posters for Street and County Fairs. Send for Special Cata- logue. HENNEGAN& e©., POSTER PRINTERS, w*fh St.. near Main, CINCINNATI. OHIO. No matter what you may wa nt, an ad in The Billboard wi ll procure It. LIST OF FAIRS. S This list is revised and corrected week- V (B ly. Secretaries are urgently requested to W S send in thelrdates at the earliest possible V A moment after they are claimed, and to w 4b notify us promptly as to any change. y) A Rosters and dates are published abso- w ■S lutely Free of Charge. W £ Copyrighted 1900. All rights reserved. $ % fe€CCCCCCCCC«C€<CC<C<CC «P ARKANSAS. X.UXORA. ARK.—Carnival and Free Street Fair. June 28 to 30. Will A. Smith, mgr.. Lock Box 5. CALIFORNIA. FEKNDALfE, CAL.—Fcrndale Fair Associa- tion. Sept. 4 to 8. 1900. E. B. Carr, Fern- dale, CaU. pres.; \V. H. Roberts, Ferndale, Cal., secy. SACRAMENTO, CAL.—California. State Ag- ricultural Society. Sept. 3 to 15. A 3. Spreckels. San Francisco. Cal.. pres.; Peter J. Shields, Sacramento. C-al.. secy. WILLOWS. CAL.—Agricultural Association. July 30 to Aug. 4. 1900. COLORADO. LOVELAND, COL.—Loveland Free Street Fair and Northern Colorado Exposition. Last of September. W. C. Stiles, pre3.; G. H. Patterson, secy.; R. S. Coe, treas. COM mK'JriCU'i'. BRANFORD, CONN.—The Branford Agricul- tural and Horticultural Society. Sept. 18 to 20. E. Doolittle, pres.; J. P. Callahan, secy.; W. R. Foote, treas. DANBURV, CONN.—Danbury Agricultural Society. Oct. 1 to 6. 1900. S. H. Rundai, pres.; J. AV. Bacon, treas.; G. M. Rundai, secy. NANGATUCK, CONN. — Beacon Valley Grange Agricultural Society. Sept. 18 and 19. T. S. Truesdell, pres.; F. M. Cander, secy.; E. A. -Hotchkiss, treas. NEWTOWN, CONN.—The Newtown Agricul- tural Fair Company. Sept. 2S to 27, 1900. T. E. Piatt, Redding Ridge. Conn., pres.; S. J. Botsford, Newtown, Conn., vice pres.; H. G. Curtis. Sandy Hook, treas.; P. H. McCarthy, Newtown. Conn., secy. FLORIDA. DE FUNIAK, FLA.—De Funiak Street Fair Association. Sept. 30 and Oct. 1, 1900. W. L. Couthen, De Funiak, pres.: W. I. May, De Funiak, vice pres.; R. W. Stows, De *"•" Funiak. secy.-treas. GrJSORQIA. ATLANTA. GA.—Southern Interstate Fair. Oct. 10 to 27. T. H. Martin. ATLANTA CITY, GA.—Masonic Fair Associ- ation. May, 19C0. J. L. Mayson, pres.; Mrs.. J. S. Bigby. vice pres.; H. M. Wood, treas.; Porter King. secy. GAINSVILLE, GA.—The fourth annual ses- sion of The Gainsville Chatauqua. June 24 to July 6. A. W. Van Hoose, pres.; H- H. Dean. secy. MACON. GA.—Macon Street Fair and Carni- val. Sept. 26 to Oct. S. W. H. Nesbitt. ILLINOIS. ALEDO, ILL.—"Mercer County Agricultural Society. Sept. 18, 19, 20 and 21, 1900. G. W. Williams. Box 346. Aledo. I'.l.. secy. ATLANTA. ILL—Atlanta Union Fair. Sept. 4 to 7, 1900. Ed. Stubblefleid. McLean, 111., pres.; J. P. Hieronytmus, Atlanta, 111., treasii W. B. Strond, Jr., Atlanta, III., secy. AVON, ILL.—Avon Fair and Improvement As- sociation. Sept. 4 to 7, 1900. G. W. Shinkel. Avon, 111., pres.; E. C. Woods, Avon, 111., treas.; Julian Churchill. Avon. 111., secy. BATAVIA, ILL.—Kane County Fair. Aug. 28 to 31. 1900. H. T. Hunter, secy. BELLEVILLE, ILL.—Street Fair Committee, Belleville Commercial Club. Sept. 10 to 15. 1900. Albert Hucke, Belleville. 111., pres.; A. S. HaUtead. Belleville. 111., treas.; Ohas. P. Flfisrvhtilcn. Belleville. 111., secy. BELVEDERE, ILL.—Boone County Agricul- tural Society. Sept. 4 to 7. John Hannah, pres.; W. D. Swail, treas.; M. D. Perkins, secy. BUSHNELL. ILL.—The Bushnell Fair Asso- ciation. Aug. 28 to 31. 1900. C. C. Chain. Bushnell. 111., pres.; James Cole, Bushnell. 111., treas.; J. H. Johnson, Bushnell, 111., secy. CAMBRIDGE. ILL.—The Forty-third Annual Fair of the Henry County Agricultural So- ciety. Aug. 20 to 24. 1900. L. J. Wilkinson, pres.; Theo. Boltenstern, Becy. CARMI, ILL.—White Coupty Agricultural Board. Sept. 4 to 8, 1900. Elvis Stinnett, Carml, 111., pres.: J. W. McHenry, Carrai. 111., vice pres.; R. L. Organ, Carml, 111., secy. CHAMPAIGN; ILL.—Champaign County Ag- ricultural Board. Aug. 28 to 31. 1900. H. H. Harris, pres.; J. M. Clark, treas.; J. N. Beers, secy. CLINTON, ILL.—DeWitt County Agricultu- ral and Mechanical Association. Aug. 6 to 10. J. Fuller, pres.; Thoa. Ewing,. treas.: F. McCuddy, secy. DBLAVAN. ILL.—The Twenty-second Annual Fair of the Tazewell County Agricultural Board. Aug. 28 to 31, 1900. J. W. Crabb, ore».: J. O. .Tone*, secy BLMWOOD. ILL.—The Ehnwood Fair Asso- ciation, tenth annual fair. Aug. 21 to 24. ■M. R. Sturtevant secy. EL PASO. ILL.—The Twentieth Annual Fair, ' Woodford County Agricultural Board. Sept. 40 to 14. B. A. Ohllds. pres.; Geo: R. Cur- tis*, secy. FRHDPORT. ILL.—Northern Illinois Agri- cultural. Association. Sept. 11 to 14. J. E. Taggart. Rldott, 111., pres,; W. H. Foil, Frecport, 111., secy. THE BILLBOARD GALENA, ILL.—Jot. Daviess County Agricul- tural Society. Sept. 25 to 28. 1900. Wm. T. HodEon, Galena, 111., pres.: H. B. Ohetlaln, Galena, 111., vice pres.; Julra J. Gray, Ga- lena, 111., treas."; Wm. Barner, Galena, 111., secy. GRIGGSVILLE, ILL.—Illinois Valley Fair Association. Aug. 7 to 10. C. M. Simmons, pres.; J. S. Kelmley, treas.; J. F. Hatch, secy. 1 HOOPESTON. ILL.—Hoopeston District Ag- ricultural Society. Twenty-flfth Annual Fair. Aug. 20 to 24. Dale Wallace, secy. LA HARPE, ILL.—La Harpe. Fair Associa- tion. Aug. 20 to 24, 1900. E. A. Wilcox, Durham, 111., pres.; Geo. Coulson, La Harpe, 111., vice pres.; John R. Roberts, La Harpe. 111., secy.; C. H. lngraHam, La Harpe, 111., treas. LE ROY, ILL.—Le Roy Fair and Agricultural Association. Aug. 21 to 27 1900. John Bare-, more. Dawnes. 111., pres.; Ed. Langdon, Le Roy, III., secy. LIBERTYVIL.LE. ILL.—Lake County Agri- cultural Socitty. Sept. U to 14, 1900. W'm. E. Miller, Libertyvllle, 111., pres.; E. W. Parkh'urst, Libertyvllle, 111., treas.; O. E. Churchill, Libertyville, 111., secy. MACOMB, ILL.—McDonough Stock Agricul- tural Association. Aug. 13 to 17, 1900. W. O. Blaisdell, pres.; A. K. Lodge, vice pres.; Geo. Gadd, treas.; F. R. Kyle, secy. METROPOLIS, ILL.—Free Street Fair. Sept. 18 to 22, 1900. C P. Treat, pres.; W. A. Fitch, treas.; Frank Adams, vice pres. and secy. MONTrCELLO, ILL.—Piatt County Agricul- tural Socitty. Aug. 13 to 17, 1900. Wm. H. Kratz, Monticello, 111., pres.; C V. Lodge, Monticello, 111., vice pres.; C. A. Tatman, Monticello, 111., treas.. mgr. and secy. MT. CARMEL, ILL.—Carroll County Agri- cultural Board. Aug. 21 to 24. G. M. Wher- ritt, pres.; G. C. Kenyon, secy.; A. A. Fos- -MURPHSYBORO, ILL.—Jackson County Fair Association. Sept. 25 to 28. P. H. Eison- mayer, pres.; Willard Wall, treas.; J. J. Penny, secy. QUINCY, ILL.—Baldwin Park Driving Asso- ciation. July 17 to 20. T. S. Baldwin, mgr. ROCKFORD. ILL—Winnebago County Agri- cultural Society. Sept. 3 to 7, 1900. A. J. Lovejoy, Rnecoe, III., pres.; E. S. Barthol- omew, Rockford. 111., vice pres.; Chandler Stan, Rockford, 111., treas.; J. P. Whitehead, Rockfcrd, 111., mer. and secy. RUSHVILLE, ILL.—Schuyler County Agri- cultural Association. Sept. 3 to 7, 1900. Ohas. M. Doyle, Rustoville, pres.; J. E. Thompson, Rusbville, vice pres.; A. H. Clarke, Rush- ville, treas.; Jas. S. Oowen, Rushville, mgr.; Howard F.' Dyson, Rushville, secy. SAYBROOK, ILL.—McLean County Fair As- sociation. Aug. 21 to 24, 1900. W. W. Dut- law, Saybrook, 111., pres.; John Bouchrean. Saybrook, 111., vice pres.; C. P. Easterbrook, -Saybrook. 111., secy.; James Ruglers. Say- brook, 111., treas.; Jas. McKumey, Saybrook, 111., mgr. SPRINGFIELD. ILL.—Illinois State Fair. Sept. 24 to 29, 1900. W. C. Garrard, secy. SWANBETOWN. ILL.—Gallatin County Agri- cultural Board. Aug. 28 to Sept. 1. 1900. Charles Canoll. Swaneetown, HI., pres.; R. E. Lawler, Equality, 111., vice pres.; John McKelllgott, Swaneetown, 111., treas.; Mar- tin Doherty. Swaneetown. 111., mgr.; Marsh Wlscheart, Swaneetown. III., secy. WA/RREN. ILL.—Union Agricultural Society. Sept. 4 to 7, 1900. W. L. Gale, secy. WATSEKA. ILL.—Watseka Fair. Sept. 4 to 7, 1900. H. H. Hotaling. pres.; Thos. John, vice pres.; L. D. Watson, treas. WATSON, ILL.—Effingham County Agricul- tural Board. Sept. 11 to 14, 1900. W*n. Voelker, Aitamount, 111., pres.; W. M. Ab- raham, Watson, 111., treas.; L. p. Mantz, Elliotstown. 111., secy. WH'BATON, ILL—Dupage County Agricul- tural Society. Sept. 5 to 8. 1900. John Christie, Wheaton. 111., pres.; W'm. W. Steven. Wheaton. 111., treas.; N. E. Matter. Wheaton. 111., secy. WOODSTOCK. ILL.—McHenry County Fair. Aug. 28 to 31. M. Zimpleman, pres.; A. S. Wright, secy. INDIANA. BOURBON, IND.—Bourbon Fair Association. Oct. 2 to 5, 1900. Robert Erwin. Bourbon, Ind., pres.; L. Johnson. Bourbon, Ind., trees.; B. W. Parks. Bourbon, Ind., secy. BREMEN, IND.—Twelfth Annual Fair. Oct. 9 to 12, 1900. Bremen Agricultural Society. John Huff, pres.; John T. Weiss, treas.; Edward Heckman, seer. CHRISNEY, IND.—Spencer County Fair. Aug. 20 to 25. J. C. Haines. Lake. Ind.. pres.; J. P. Chrisney, Chrisney, Ind., secy.; F. Jones. Pigeon. Ind.. treas. CORYDON, IND.—Harrison County Agricul- tural Society. Aug. 27 to 31. J. W. Mc- Kinster, pres.; J. C. Sieg, treas.; B. S. Tuell, secy. CROWN POINT, IND.—Lake County Agricul- tural Society.. Aug. 2S to 31. A. A. Bibler, secy.. Crown Point, Ind. EAST ENTERPRISE, IND.—Switzerland and Ohio Counties Agricultural Society. Aug. 28 to 31. R. W. Galbreath, North, Ind., pres.; E. L. Turner, Bear Branch, treas.; J. R. Elder. Bear Branch, secy. ELWOOD. IND.—Elwood Driving Park and Fair Association. Aug. 21 to 24. N. J. Leisure, pres.: Frank E. DeHoritz, secy.; Jos. A. DeHoritz, treas. EVANSVILLE, IND.—Trl-State Fair. Sept. 17 to 21. W. M. Akin, pres.; W. L. Sworm- stedt. treas.; R. L. Akin. secy. FAIRMOUNT. IND.—Falrmount Fair. Aug. 6 to 10. Henry Davis, pres.; Wm. Lucas, secy.; J. B. Wright, treas. FLORA, IND.—Flora Agricultural and Hor- ticultural Association. Sept. 10 to 14. 1900. J. T. Olllam. pres.: Wm. R. Myer, treas.; Wm. H. Lesh. secv. FRANCESVILLE. IND.—Francesville Street Fair Association. Oct. 2 to 5. E. D. Knotts, pres.: Guy D. Brewer, secy.; J.W. Burgett, treas. FRANKLIN, IND.—Johnson County Agricul- tural, Horticultural and Park Association. Aug. 28 to Sept. 1. Wm. A. Bridges, Tra- falgar, pres.; Wm. S. Young, secy.; Samuel Harris, treas. HAGERSTOWN, IND.—Wayne County Fair Association. July 31 to Aug. 3. L. M. Pierce, pres.; L. S. Bowman, secy.; Knode Porter, treas. HUNTINGBUKG, IND.—The Fourteenth An- nual Dubois County Fair. Sept. 10 to 15, 190U. H. C. Rothert, secy. INDIANAPOLIS, IND.—Indiana State Fair. Sept. 17 to 21, 1900. Aaron Jones, pres.; Chas. Downing, Indianapolis, Ind., secy. LA PORTE, L\D.—La Porte County Agri- cultural Society. Sept. 11 to 14. J. Vene Dorland, La Porte, Ind., secy. LAWRBXCBBURG, IN'D. — Lawrenceburg Fair Association. Aug. 21 to 25. Wm. H. O'Brien, Lawrenceburg, Ind.: Victor Ohi- tine. Lawrenceburg, Ind.; H. L. Nowlin. Guilford, Ind. MARION, IND.—Elks Street Fair and Car- nival: June 4 to 9. E. L. Kinneman, chairman. MONTPELIBR, IND.—Morotpelier Street Fair Association. Aug. 15 to 18. Harry A. Dodge. Montpelier, Ind.. pres.; J.W. Crosbie, Mont- pelier, Ind., vice pres.; D. A. Bryson, Mont- pelier, Ind., treas.; C. L. Smith, Montpelier, Ind., mgr.; C. L. Smith, Montpelier, Ind., secy. ML'NCIB. IND.—Muncie, Ind.. Fair. Aug. 14 to 17. 1500. Wm. H. Wood, Muncie, Ind.. pres.; C. H. Anthony, Muncie, Ind., vice pres.; B. C. Bowman, Muncie, Ind., treas.; F. J. Claypool, Muncie, Ind., mgr.; M. S. Claypool. Muncie, Ind., secy. NEW ALBANY, IND.—Floyd County Live Stock and Driving Association Fair. Aug. 20 to 24. Geo. W. Strack, pres.; Louis Strack, secy.; Edward Sloerner, treas. NEW CARLISLE, IND.—St- Joseph County Agricultural Society. Sept. 19 to 21. L. C. Egbert, pres.; A. H. Compton, secy. NEW HARMONY, IND.—Posey County Agri- cultural Scciety. Aug. 22 to 25, 1900. Alfred Ribeyre, New Harmony, Ind., pres.; Henry Bailc-y, New Harmony, Ind.. vice pres.; W. W. Robb. New Harmony, Ind., treas.; Geo. C. Taylor, New Harmony, Ind., mgr.; Geo. C. Taylor. New Harmony, Ind.. secy. ROCHESTER, IND.—The Fulton County Ag- ricultural and Mechanical Association. Sept. 12 to 15. N. A. McClung, pres.; J. Dawson, treas.; F. F. Moore, secy. ROCKPORT, IND.—The RocKport Fair Asso- ciation. Aug. 14 to 18. B. F. Bridges, pres.; Jas. A. Payne, secy.; T. E. Snyder, treas. SHELBYVILLE, IND.—Shelby County Joint Stock Agricultural Association. Sept. 4 to 8, 1900. Sidney Conger, Flat Rock Island, pres.; Geo. H. Dunn, Shelbyville, treas.; C. E. Anred>en. Shelbyville. secy. STENDALLVILLE, IND.—Eastern Irfuiana Agricultural Association. Sept. 24 to 28. 0. F. Johnston, pres.; G. P. Alexander, secy.; John Mitchell, treas. SWAYZEE, IND.—The Swayzee Tri-County Agricultural Association. Aug. 14 to 17, 1900; Wm. Hartley, pree.; E. C. King, secy. VALPARAISO, IND.—Porter County Agricul- tural Society. Sept. 4 to 7. J. W. Halladay, Valparaiso. Ind., secy. VINCENNES, IND.—The Knox County Agri- cultural and Mechanical Society. Oct. 8 to 13. M. J. Niblack, pres.; J. M. House, secy.; H. A. Foulks, treas. WINCHESTER, IND.—Third Annual Greet- ing. Aug. 20 to 24. A. C. Green, pres.; Perry Lea veil, secy. IOWA. ALGONA, IA-—Kossutti County Agricultural Society. Sept. 25 to 28. 1900. C. A. Lewis, Algona, la., pres.; E. P. Keith, Algona, la., vice pres.: W. H. Bailey, Algona, la., treas.; G. F. Peek, Algona, la., secy. ATLANTIC, IA.—Agricultural Society of Case County. Sept. 3 to 6, 1900. C. R. Hunt. Atlantic, la., pres.; J. B. James. Atlantic, la.', vice pres.; S. Straight. Atlantic. la., secy.: F. H. Crombln. Atlantic. la., treas. AUDUBON, IA.—Audubon County Agricultu- ral Society. Sept. 18 to 21. G. W. Hoover, pres.; R. C. Spencer, secy.; H. W. Wilson, treas. AVOOA. IA.—The Pottawattamie County Fair Association of Avaco. la. Sept. 11 to 14. 1900. G. Drederick. Avoca, III., pres.; F. G. Hetzel, Avoca, la., vice pres.; J. H. Jenks. Avoca, la., treas.; Board of Direc- tors, mgrs.; Roscoe Barton, Avoca, la., secy. BELLE PLAINE. IA.—Big Four District As- sociation. Sept. 11 to 14. 1900. Sally Wer- theim. Belle Plaine, la., pres.; L. T. Sweet. Belle Plaine, la., treas.; C. Washburn, Belle Plaine. la., secy. BLOOMFIELD. IA.—Agricultural Society of Davis County. Sept. U to 14. D. O. Harris, pres.: J. C. Browhard, secy.; J. R. Sheaf- fer, treas. BRITT, IA.—Hancock Agricultural Society. Sept. 11 to 13. John Hammill, secy. CARROLL, IA.—Carroll Fair and Driving Park Association. Sept. 10 to 13. Wm. Trowbridge, pres.; Geo. Selzer, secy.; J. P. CEDAR RAPIDS. IA.—Carnival and Street Fair. Oct. 1 to 6. Geo. K. Barton, pres.: C. L. Miller, treas.; Alex. Charles, secy. CENTER VILLE. IA.— Appanoose County Fair. Sept. 18 to 21. 1900. R. M. Hicks, pres.; J. C. Ashby, treas.; H. A. Russell, secv. CENTRAL. IA.—Wapsie Valley Fair Associa- tion. Sept. 11 to 14. X. N. Kemp. •Marion, pres.: Fred. McLeod, treas.; P. O. Clark, secy. CLARION. IOWA.—Wrlsrht Countv Agricul- tural Society. Sept. 18 to 21. 1900. W. C. Brown. Clarion. Iowa. secy. I« 3 ( J 1 CLINTON, IA.—Clinton District Fair. SepfS 11 to 14, 1900. Hon. G. D. McDaid. pres.g ,t C. D. May, treas.; C. L. Root, secy. . 3'fl COLUMBUS JUNCTION, IA.—Columbus Disl J trict Fair Association. Aug. -28 to 3L O P. Wilcox, pres.; R. S. Johnson, secy. CRESCO. IA.—Howard County Agricultural! | : Society. Sept. 4 to 7, 1900. James McArf thur, Cresco, la., pres.; G. R. Story, Cresco; la., treas.; Jas. Me Art bur, Cresco, la., mgr.; A. C. Campbell, Cresco, la., secy. i!. DANBURY. IA.—Danbury Jockey Club. Mai 30 to June 1, 1900. J. H. Crilly, pres.; J;{<:i Conway, treas.; Dr. C. H. LeDuc, secy. ' DBS MOINES, IA.—Iowa State Fair. Aug. to 31. G. H. Van Houten, Des Moines, la. tecy. f DE WITT. IA.—Clinton County Agricultural' Society Fair. Sept U to 14, 1900. L. -S9 Harrington, secy. 8 DONNELLSON, IA.—Lee County Fair. Augg > 29 to 31. D. McCulloch, pres.; E. P. Arinm knecht, secy.; B. T. Ketcham, treas. G t ELDON, IA.—Big Four Fair. Sept. 4, 5. iyj, and 7, 1900. W. F. Reed, pres.; H. R. Bakf; J er. secy. -i-\ ELDORA, IA.—Hardin County Agricultura>!h. Society. Sept. 4 to 7, 1900. Robert Smiths!., f pres.; W. A. Doron, secy.; E. D. Robb^t treas. t%f\ ELKADAR, IA.—Elkadar Fair and Wack As|:lf sociation. Sept. 11 to 14. 1900. Joseph^; £ Lamm, Elkader, la., pres.; P. J. Cain, Elfe; leader. la., vice pres.; Chas. Johnsen, Elkaji'l der. la., treas.; J. D. Brownson, ElkaderJffL la., mer. and secy. ffj' EMMETSBURG, IA.—Palo Alto County Fairls;! Sept. 12 to 14. H. C. Sbadbolt, pres.; J. Cig? Bennett, secy.; M. L. Brown, treas. iSf FOREST CITY, I A.—Winnebago County Faiii'i and Agricultural Society. Sept. 11 to 13iV 1900. P. O. Koto, pres.; J. A. Peters, secy.it 1 W. Secor. treas. S.'j GREENFIELD, IA.—Adair County Fair As-flk sociation. Sept. 26 to 28, 1900. G. F. Morfl'f ris, pres.; D. Heaton. treas.; J. E. Brooke;S' J! secy. ■..*' ..."■.* HI HAMBURG. IOWA.—Hamburg Harvest Hom43< 4ne: 7 tn 10. 1900. M. F. PhiMlps. manager 3\ HOLSTEIN, IA.—Holstein Dist. Agricultural jp Society. Sept. 3 to 6. J. C. Kuchel. pres.iSS T. Indorf, treas.; W. F. Hutton. secy. }|f LA PORTE CITY. IA La Porte City Dis |< '-'" —- ■ ■ ■■ -.--_ i| trict Fair Association. Sept. 4 to 7. J. Hus-f man, pres.: L. H. Camp, treas.; H. G. Con ger. secy. MANCHESTER. IA.—Delavan County Agri- cultural Society. Sept. 25 to 28, 1900. A. S. Coon, Manchester, la., pres.; J. W. Reec tor, Oneida, la., vice pres.: L. J. Gates;| Manchester. la., treas.; E. J. Conger, Man 5 . |jj Chester. la., secy. ■** MAPLETON, IA.—Maple Valley Fair Assoc! ation. Sept. 4 to 6. F. Griffin, pres.; E; Quick, treas.; J. E. Jerome, secy. MONTICELLO, IA.—Jones County Fair. Aug! 7 to 10, 1900. E. G. Hicks, pres.; Geo. Dav-i idson, vice pres.; O. R. Ricker, secy.; H. Lf Bigley, treas. MT. PLEASANT, IA.—Henry County Agrl cultural Association. Sept. 4 to 7. J. Wj Palm, pres.; W. D. Worthington. treas.: W. H. Virden. secy.; J. D. Dugdale, prlvi-i lege mgr. * i eOSTCMESn II Theatrical costumes, wigs, beards, yreasiiit paints, tights, trimmings and accessories for al Plays, operas. Mardi Gras celebrations, etci for *»1e or hire. Costumes made to order 1 specialty. THE Wfl. BECK ft SONS CO.. Cincinnati, Ohio. FOURTH ANNUAL TOUR- Nebraska to the Atlantic Coast. Tbe lebraska Indian Base Ball Team Composed of Genuine Western Indians. * 1808—Won 81. loft xz. i?9o-Woa 108, lost 3; If you want dates. Write quick. j aVY W. GREEN. Lincoln. Neb, j Vl/II_l~ S. HECK'S Street Fair, Midway & Garniva COMPANIES -IHI Now booking for the Season of to<-o. Send fo-ltSI Booklet on STRKHT PAIRS. General Office and Headquarters: HECK'S WONDER WORLD BLOC 526 and 528 Viae St, CINCINNATI, Op Paducah, |(y., fail Qarniva WILL BE HKLD October 9,10 tod II. I Proposition from Shows Wantec for that week. \ Paduoah has a population of 25,000. and *- least five days can be put in well. Addiess al communications to ji GEO. 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