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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1911
Page
7
A spoof report from Bingville recounts a convention of advertising men with figures from Texas Georgia Illinois and New York. The piece centers on Dobbs Sawyer and the mock heavyweight bout between the Bingville Bugle and Sawyer as they promote Coca Cola and Farm Life while toasting delegates and local legends.
Advertisement from Rose to Alkali Pete Wills by EPHRAIM HINES in Bingville promotes a 1912 convention. Includes call to action and endorsement style typical of old political notices in small town papers.
A fragment attributed to Walt Whitman mocks the ad man in town. The poem portrays the ad man with a gleaming smile, eager to speak before preachers draw crowds, and notes that clients await the ad men on the street.
A comic tale follows an advertising man and Alkali Ike in Boston during a convention. Ike, a Dallas figure, jokes about Texas prospects while Wit and bravado clash with locals in Thompson's Spa. The spoof ends noting the convention’s leading figure from the Newspaper Representatives' Association.
Advertising men gathering in Boston anticipate a grand clam bake hosted by the Pilgrim Publicity Association. The event showcases a feast including clams olives corn chowder rock cod and steamed lobster with desserts and coffee.
Ohio and Kentucky delegates visiting Boston taste ocean water for the first time aboard an East Boston ferry. They remark on the saltiness as they tour Noddle Island, while the scene references P. S. Florea the Sweet Singer of Indianapolis and a Teddy poem about advertising copy.
An acrostic catches the eye among arrivals at the Ad Men's Convention. Names include Ernest Andrews of the Fort Worth Adv Men's Club S C Dobbs of Atlanta Coca Cola Co Robert J Virtue of Newspaper Representatives Assn W R Emery Agate Club Chicago William C Radcliffe Adcraft Club Detroit Francis W Tully chairman Retail Advertisers I H Sawyer St Louis Brown Shoe Co Frederick E Scotford Pacific Railways Ad Co David G Evans New York Success Magazine.
In a heated national presidential contest among Advertising Clubs candidates, Admiral C G Winningham of Detroit arrives with heavy delegate support from the Middle West. I H Sawyer and the Bugle editor consider a joint offensive as tensions rise and calls for reinforcement echo in Bingville.
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