Advertising as a force behind Barnum and Peats
A Detroit Free Press summary notes P T Barnum praised advertising's power after meeting Barnum and Bailey editors in Kansas City. It then recounts Peats wall paper’s rise from a Madison Street shop to a $15 million annual business through aggressive advertising and printer ink experiments, illustrating advertising’s arithmetic growth.
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P. T. Barnum
Kansas City
Barnum & Bailey Show
Bert Davis
Wall Paper
Peats
Madison Street
Chicago
Dragoned Express Tale Shows Dangers on Egyptian Rails
An English official recalls a 1882 Port Said to Ismailia journey where a European traveler faced potential attack. Arab passengers clashed when a dagger appeared, but a cunning ruse with a melon defused the threat until the train was halted and Europeans were killed.
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Port Said
Ismailia
Stoker
Kansas City
Box of chocolates falls from trolley man
A pretty girl watches a crowded trolley up a hill when an attractive swell drops a box from his pocket. She grabs the box as the car passes her house and discovers it contains a pound of chocolates. She muses it was meant for a pretty girl.
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Pittsburg Press
Give Him the Sack tale from Maxi milian II era
A historical anecdote describes Maximilian I ordering a mock combat where two nobles contend to win a marriage alliance by placing the rival in a sack. The German triumphs, sparking the origin of the phrase give him the sack. The clipping also includes curiosities about a clock valued at $20,000, a Vienna heirloom, and a Virginia regiment member.
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Maximilian II
Maximilian
Helena
Drewry
Vienna
Kensington Muselve
London
Twenty-ninth Virginia Regiment of Infantry
Atlanta Constitution
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