The Billboard 1901-09-14: Vol 13 Iss 37 (1901-09-14)

THE BILLBOARD DAUBS. Join the association, and thereby lend your influence to the betterment of bill posting. L. H. Ramsey met President Chas. Bryan at Detroit, Mich., Sept. 2, for a business conference. Mr. L. A. Puilen, who for years conducted the bill board business at Webb City, Mo., has sold his plant to Mr. E. 8S. Brigham. Those people who have bill posting in California should not overlook G. A. J. Ronsse at Walnut Creek, or in distributing, at Butte, Mont. James Kk. Wood, the bill poster at Clarksville, Tenn., is erecting a number of new boards in his city, the fast increase in his work demanding this addition to his plant. L. H. Ramsey and President Bryan called on E. D. Stair, at Detroit, last week, to protst against the latter's giving his paper in Louisville to the opposition. The interview is said to have been satisfactory. It is said that the Consolidated Bill Posting Company at Louisville, Ky., will soon be thrown into the hands of a receiver as a means of settling the differences existing between Messrs. Ramsey and Whalen. The Arlington Syndicate, of Atkinson, N. H., Goodrich & Greenough, proprietors, have the only syndicate bill boards in that section. They also do a systematic distributing business, and to patronize them once will convince the advertise that their service is first class. The Newburgh (N. Y.) Bill Posting Company, under the management of H. R. Lydesker, is now in operation, and is giving the best of service, although in operation for less than thirty days. Mr. Lydecker is putting bill boards in all surrounding towns within a radius of forty miles, and gives country-route service excelled by none. Charleston, W. Va., certainly does need an association of bill posters. 'The Cincinnati Fall Festival paper was covered out after four days’ showing. Fisher & Carroll’s paper, thirty-six hours before the show reached town, was covered, and the Wallace Shows found Sipe paper on their listed locations when the first car arrived. Fred. R. Corbett, bill poster and distributor of Emporia, Kan., has issued a neat little pamphlet advertising his plant. In it he tells what he can do, and how he can do it, and publishes a few letters of recommendation from his regular patrons. Mr. Corbett is a hustler, and with the advertisers he has a reputation for first-class work in every respect. ‘ : Our friend, Harvey Hill, who posts bills at Wellington, Kan., furnishes us with the following news items: “If am putting out the paper for our Big Jubilee. Gentry’s Dog and Pony Show showed here Sept. 6 to a good business. Pawnee Bill’s Wild West Show shows here Sept. 21. Beach & Bowers’ Show shows at Wichita, Kan., Sept. 12. Ringling Bros. Show shows at Wichita, Ban., Oct. 1.” 5 The Flood City Bill Posting and Distributing Co., of Johnstown, Pa., of which our regular correspondent in that city, George Updegrave, is the manager, have an excellent plant, and do an extensive business with the advertisers. They have facilities for posting and distributing in thirty towns in a radius of thirty-five or forty miles, and are members of the I. A. of D., and register in Feister’s and all other reliable lists. The Paul Gallia Advertising Company, of Gainesville, Tex., are building 1,000 lineal feet of additional new boards, ten feet high. This agency only last February doubled the capacity of its plant, and since that time the business has grown at such a rapid pace that they now find it necessary to increase their facilities. They have posted more paper since the boards were increased than ever before in a like space of time, in the twenty years’ experience of Mr. Gallia. A most comprehensive estimate is that publish «d by Fred. Waikau, Jr., the city bill poster and distributor at Bloomington, Ind. Mr. Wolkau’s plant comprises 5,000 lineal feet of boards, with one hundred different locations, 26 six-sheet boards, 150 threesheet boards, 150 one-sheet boards, 10 foursheet boards, and extra locations for sniping and facilities for scattering 1,000 one-sheets. He e2lso owns a plant at Normal, Ill, comprising 600 lineal feet, with eleven different jocations, 10 three-sheet boards, 10 onesheet boards and extra locations for sniping 100 sheets. Mr. Walkau is a bonded member of the International and State Association of Bill Posters and also of the I. A. of D. We publish below an interesting letter from Mr. Archie B. Miller, the manager of the Rochester (Ind.) Bill Posting Company: “Does it pay to engage in advertising? was a question that baffled my mind for some time, till about two years ago I decided to try it. and see. With only a brush and a bucket of paste. I set to posting some local work on leased space for a thirty-day showing, and to-day I own and control enough space for ever 700 sheets of paper, from a one-sheet to a 100-sheet stand, together with a fine horse and wagon, with which to cover country ronte, which has been bought and paid for. and paid all expense save about $40. I now have my space well filled with local and mercantile paper, with more to post, and am receiving contracts for the distribution of advertising matter at our fair, which is to be held from Sept. 25 to 28. Have distributed over 100,000 pieces in the last year from the leading advertisers. I earnestly solicit advertisers to investigate my facilities and service for placing all kinds of advertising before the public. Rochester, Ind., is a beautiful country town | of 5,000 population, with a beautiful lake on | the east, to which hundreds of families come to spend the summer months, and on the north a beautiful river, which abounds with tine bass, which affords fine sport for fishermen. We bave two railroads and two } at Lancaster, | may be of interest to some o an excellent reputation for business acumen and fidelity to an obligation, and was well known by distributors throughout the United States. He is survived by three children, two sons and a daughter. His funeral as held at Carlisle, Sunday afternoon, Sept. 1, and was largely attended. The following letter has been received by “The Billboard’ from Mr. W. W. Faigeley, the advertising agent and distributor O., which we publish, as it our readers: Gentlemen—Business is good with me. I | have tacked 225 signs forS. R. Feil & Co., | 3,000 boks and 100 signs for J. H. Zelein & | Co., 1,009 folders for Smith, Kline & French proposed roads which are being located, one | steam and the other electric; with first-class schools, churches, normal university and an opera house that seats about 7,000, which was opened by Holden Bros., with comic opera, to a full house Aug. 24 with a play entitled “‘A Barrel of Money,’’ and being in a county that is unexcelled in agriculture, makes Rochester, Ind., a_ first-class town for advertising. I am a subscriber to ‘The Billboard,’ also the ‘Display-Advertiser,’ which are the best papers published to help a bill poster. I could not do without either of them. I advise any young man who wishes to get a start in this life with a little capital ($3 was all I had to start with) to engage in advertising in a good live town, however small, and you can not fail if you put forth a little effort and give good, honest and efficient service. I hope this little article may be the means of help ing some pocr, struggling soul to prosper| Aug DISTRIBUTORS’ NOTES. The Boston Medical Institute is distributing throughout the North and West. Did you ever pause to think that the first effort to get a photograph results in—a negative? Mrs. Chas. D. MeCoy and Kramer & Rinehart have applied for a franchise from the I. A. of D. at Carlisle, Pa. “Worth makes the man and want of it the chunip; To win, lay hold, hang on, and hump.” Do not ring door beils when you are making house-to-house distribution. This is a bad practice, and apt to irritate the residents. Mr. W. W. Faigeley, of Lancaster, O., desires to join the distributors association, and desires to know if two association members are allowed in one town. Never attempt to distribute on rainy days, or when walks are wet and muddy. You are apt to dirty the walks and steps and irritate the people. and consequently destroy the value of the advertising. Where it is impossible to place circulars into a house, under the door or in the letter box, they should be secured between the door and the casing. This should be done without crushing the article or folding it. The Howe Addressing Co., 208 S. Fourth street, Philadelphia, Pa., have a_ distributing department in connection with their business, and are prepared at all times to deliver samples, pamphlets, ete., with or without receipts. In ten days, Chas. Bernard, the Savannah hustler, handled two contracts for distributing, aggregating two carloads of booklets for house-to-house distribution, which were shipped to Savannah in bulk and re-shipped to various representatives in over 400 small towns in the Southeast. *. L. Clement, of the Pioneer Advertising Company, of Honolulu, has-sold his interest in that concern and has established the Hawaiian Advertising Company at Hilo, Hawaii, T. H. The new company will handle all classes of advertising, and expects to make distributing and posting a specialty. Mr. W. W. Faigeley, advertising agent and distributor at Lancaster, O., sends us a circular concerning his business, which is a model for neatness, conciseness, and is a lucid explanation of what he is capable of doing. Mr. Faigeley is the duly appointed representative of Will A. Molton and the Fiester Printing Co., at Laneaster, and is prepared at all times to give first-class and satisfactory service to those requiring his aid in that vicinity. Mr. Wm. M. Meloy. a charter member of the I. A. of D., died at Carlisle, Pa., on Ang. 30, from kidney and lung trouble. Mr. Meloy was well known throughout the section of the country where he lived, bore | ' Co., 2,000 Hands Medical Co., 2,000 for Giant Chemical Co., 4,500 over my county route and 2,000 in city for the Boston Medical Institute, 25 signs for the Zell Drug Co. I am building a modern bill posting plant, and would like for you to help me get in the N. B. A. and the Protective Co. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. W. W. F., Lancaster, O.—But one representative of a distributors’ association is permitted in each city or town. there are several associations, one of which you might join. (2) The I. A. of D. and the . D. A. have the largest following, and you probably may be able to get in one or | the other. J. M. G., Columbus.—Is it necessary to However, | } varnish gold leaf which will be exposed to | the weather? A.—Genuine gold leaf will not tarnish from exposure to weather, even salt air, and is better left unprotected by | @ | Festival. varnish for two good reasons. First, any varnish, no matter how pale and transpar| ent, will dim the luster of gold; and sec ond, varnish is sure to crack in a year or two, giving the gold an appearance of perishing, while when the gold leaf is left free from varnish, it will remain bright and lustrous for years, DECORATORS’ NOTES. Newkirk & Wood, the decorators of New York City and Jersey City, N. J., have dissolved partnership. The following are the officers elected at the annual convention of the New York State Directors’ Brotherhood, in session at Utica recently: President, Thos. A. Mor timer, of Utica; first vice president, John A. Goodwin, of Whiteside; second vice president, Thomas Casey, of New York: third vice president, James Finlayson, of Amster dam; fourth vice president, Geo. B. Deuell, of Fulton; fifth vice president, P. H. Hazelton, of Glens Falls: secretary and treasurer, C. B. Waite, of Albany. Albany was selected as the place for holding the next | convention. Henry Feige, an expert painter and deco | } rator, in the employ of the Scott Sign Co., | of Buffalo, N. Y., was drowned, Aug. 1, Lake Rousseau, Conn. TICKET SHARPS Have Invaded New Territory, and Al. | Field Sounds a Warning to Managers. Al. G. Field, the well-known minstrel manager, asks “‘The Billboard,’ from Danville, Va., to warn other managers to beware of the ticket speculating evil at Ashe ville, N.C. Mr. Field says: “The ticket speculator has made his appearance at many points where he has not been known heretofore. At Asheville, N. C., where the Al. G. Field company appeared on Labor Day, speculators reaped a harvest. It seems they bought up the major portion of the house. Tickets were sold by the speculators at prices never before heard of in that city. The complaint of the public was long and loud. The local manager and the manager of the minstrel company did all they could to prevent the public from — imposed upon, even announcing that | tickets bought from speculators would not Judging from the | be received at the door. tone of the Asheville press, theater-goers of that city will have a warm welcome for | ticket speculators the balance of this season at least.”’ NOTES FROM JABOUR ORIENTAL CARNIVAL COMPANY. En Route, Sept. 5, 1901. Editor “‘Billboard’’—It may be gratifying to you to know that “‘The Billboard” is rapidly growing in popularity throughout the far West. publie’s guide-board. ment enterprise can do business satisfactorIly without it. I particularly admire its Fair Lists because I am interested in that field. They are more complete and correct than those given by all other publications extant. They have been of great benefit to the Jabour Oriental Carnival, Circus and Menagerie, which is playing a phenomena! circuit of street fairs on the Pacific Coast. After a suecessful run at Butte, Great Falls, Missoula, Vancouver, B. C., Tacoma, Boise and other prosperous cities, the Jabour aggregation, consisting of 130 people of all nationalities, will begin an important engagement, Sept. 16, under the auspices of the Elks, at Salt Lake City. Here the Elks have chosen as their Queen of the Carnival Miss Mabel Snow, the charming daughter of the President of the Mormon Church. Twenty thousand dollars have been expended on this monster fair and carnival. It is popularly believed that the attendance will exceed 10,000 daily. The national conclave of Elks at Salt Lake City has given the fair a tremendous local | impetus. Geo. L. Hutchin, business man ager for the Jabour Shows, is arranging for | their appearance at Denver during the reign of the Mountain and Plain Festival, in Oc tober. From Denver the itinerary of the at) | Cooper ——— Jabour attractions will be in Texas Mexico and Southern California. _ o ELBERON LELAND. QUIETLY MARRIED. Arthur Kirker, a well-known and popular young clerk at the Burnet House, Cincinnati, and Miss Edna Delmar, a ballad singer at the Palms Concert Hall on Vine street, were quietly married in Newport, Ky., b Squire Donellan, a week ago, and “The Bill. board” is first to announce the fact, An effort was made to keep the uiirriage q secret, owing to expected opposition from the groom's parents, but the facts lenked out. The bride is young, pretty, and had a promising stage career, but she will retire from professional life at the end of her present engagement. IN THE CLOUDS. Among the noted aeronauts of this country, none is better known or can give aq better entertainment than Prof. James Ka. brich, whose ad. appears in this issue of “The Billboard,”’ ’rof. Kabrich numbers among his features a@ great torpedo act, a descent by parachute on a bicycle, a double uscension and parachute drop, man and may. and single ascension, with parachute rop. rhe directors of the Fall Festival, to be held in Cincinnati this month, have secured the famous war balloon which was used by the Ametican army at Santiago, and will use it captive as an attraction for the Fal] Paul Hague, a well-known aeronaut, made two bluff attempts at suicide at Springtield, O., after a quarrel with his wife. Both bad had falls from parachutes recently and narrowly escaed death. J. ©. Simmons, of Evansville, Ind., fel! 300 feet at Sterling, Ill, and was fatally injured. The balloon exploded and the parachute failed to open in time. A grand celebration was held at Lapeer, Mich., Aug. 28, the occasion being the opening of the new big stove and agricultural implement factory recently built in that town. During the festivities, Miss Letta Lee, an aeronaut who was giving an exhibition, suffered an accident on account of the insufficient inflation of her balloon, falling a distance of sixty feet to the ground and sustaining a fractured arm and severe bruises of her body. A French aeronaut, named Rose, tried a steerable balloon at Paris, on Thursday, and failed. The balloon having two cigarshaped gas bags proved too heavy, and rose only slightly. Roze will try again. BIRTHS. BARTELL—To Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kartell «nee Lethe Collins)—a gir. COOPER—To Mr. and Mrs. James BE. a daughter. Ww. KIPLING—To Mr. and Mrs. Edward Kip| ling—a son. | LAWMAN—To Mr. and Mrs. Gaylord | Lawman a boy. | DEATHS. | AMBLER—Harry Ambler, a well-known circus and privilege man, at Chicago, Sept. 1, from a complication of diseases. BRICK—Mrs. Florence Ricketts Brice, nee Lucile La Vergne, wife of John F. Brice, son of the deceased United States Senator, died at Cambridge, Mass. She was well known in the profession. CT. CLAIRE—Alice St. Claire, (of Kelly and St. Claire), at her home in Newark, O., aged 36 years, from a complication of dis eases. DAVENPORT--Louise Davenport, widow of Wm. E. Sheridan, a once well-known tragedian and a noted stage beauty, at San Francisco. FABRIS— George A. Fabris, at his home in Brooklyn, after a lingering illness. GIBBS—Clark McCabe Gibbs, a_ wellknown negro minstrel, at Trenton, N. J.. aged 68 years, from an abscess of the brain. HARLEY—Orlando Harley, a well-known American tenor, at Margate, England. He was 45 years old, and a native of Ohio. HESS—Wm. Hess, a well-known circus snare-drummer, aged 25 years, at Lebanon, from consumption. LISLE—Marion Lisle, a chorus girl, at the | Garden Theater, Cleveland, O. It is the showman’s Bible and the | No up-to-date amuse| | PAPE—Dr. MACK~-—Kitty Mack, of the team Charles and Kitty Mack, at the City Hospital, Cincinnati, O. , W. B. Pape, a well-known pianist, at Mobile, Ala., aged 51 years. RIVERS—Richard Rivers, a well-known circus manager and performer, aged years, at New York, from hemorrhage of the lungs. STODDARD—Lorimer Stoddard, a_ wellknown playwright and actor, aged 40 years. SAUTELLE—Mrs. Jessie A., aged 29 years, wife of Manager J. A. Sautelle, at her home in Rochester, N. Y., of typhoid fever. STONE—Richard Stone, a well-known English theatrical agent, suddenly, in Lon don. WELCH —Nellie Allen, a well-known variety performer, at her home in Chicago, from consumption. Florence Solomon, an employe of a North Side laundry, Cincinnatl, was granted a dl vorce recently from her husband, Isadore | Soloman, an athlete with the Wallace Show. Soloman, ‘so the application for divorce stated, very suddenly deserted his wife sev |} eral years ago, and she has not seen him | since.