The billboard (Dec 1917)

Record Details:

Something wrong or inaccurate about this page? Let us Know!

Thanks for helping us continually improve the quality of the Lantern search engine for all of our users! We have millions of scanned pages, so user reports are incredibly helpful for us to identify places where we can improve and update the metadata.

Please describe the issue below, and click "Submit" to send your comments to our team! If you'd prefer, you can also send us an email to mhdl@commarts.wisc.edu with your comments.




We use Optical Character Recognition (OCR) during our scanning and processing workflow to make the content of each page searchable. You can view the automatically generated text below as well as copy and paste individual pieces of text to quote in your own work.

Text recognition is never 100% accurate. Many parts of the scanned page may not be reflected in the OCR text output, including: images, page layout, certain fonts or handwriting.

The Billboard $100.00 IN GOLD $100.00 WILE BE AWARDED, STAN EXPRESSION OF CUR APPRECIATION, TO THOSE PERFORMERS WHO ASSIST US IN MAKING SAMMY (Chas. A. Sweetland’s great song-tribute to .“‘the boys” in army and navy) The UNIVERSALLY MENTIONED SONG of the Hour AS IT DESERVES TO BE bauer UNDERSTAND US! 2,530 sogeres cosy ses practi when no living in-an age of Patriotic songs, at a time when all kinds of are eager to award space to comment regarding worthy offerings is a song that any and all performers are glad to use. It has the “swing” essential to the success < of a popular song and its lyric is a fine expression of the sentiment now in every true American h: BECAUSE WE KNOW THIS ftiytstai'sct'tad'smm sep ese ih they afford their audiences. that this is Commening iblicity. that should be menti BUT WE FEEL in phi Kind of publicat ion Reued “ee ie ea egean to the aes weekly newspaper everywhere. YOU CAN HELP US get the kind of publicity we want and need—and when you “show-us” we'll “show you” to the extent of $100.00 IN GOLD $100.00 (divided into three prizes) and in other. ways that will Be explained when you make formal entry into our GREAT CONT! Le eps WHICH NO FEES OF ANY KIND ARE CHARGED —and with which no form of obnoxious ‘“‘Red Tape” is identifi -THIS'IS NOT A LOTTERY, but a legitimate contest in charge of a Committee of prominent Music men, to sp decided on “points. ie eerfull; ained, BUT YOU T WRITE AT ONCE. Time is imCON DI TI ONS willbe cheerfully explaine ¢ th the prizes. wy Saas we ask of you is that you area Per in pot standing, a Musician in legitimate-or, Motion Picture: theatre or: in.a position to get some legitimate SAMMY Address CONTEST MANAGER, AMERICAN MUSIC PUBLISHERS 140 North Dearborn Street, CHICAGO former: publicity