Landing of the Pilgrims Hooray for the Hub and gasoline
Fragmentary verse praising the Hub and gasoline with cheers for White. The lines reference a late night quip about a new landing or arrival and celebrate local pride and an auto era.
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1911
Page
8
Bingville Ad Picnic Invites National Advertisers 1912
A narrative invites industry figures from Tennessee Ohio and Nebraska to Bingville for a 1912 advertising meeting. Speakers include Doc Bunting George Perry and K L Murray with a Maine gathering, Rail train arrivals, and a running gag about a barrel of cider. The piece blends comic local color with campaign-like hype for a convention in Boston and a climactic clambake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bingville
Doc Bunting
Chicago
George Perry
New York
K L. Murray
Jasper Hawkins
Bill Hepburn
Doc Livermore
Harve Hines
Crawford
Waco
Presbrey
Frisbie
Smith
Lippman
Maine
Investigation Demanded Into Boston Weather-Man Scandal
Towns allied with the Convention of Advertising Clubs call for inquiry into claims that the Boston weather man raised temperatures while Quebec boasted cooler conditions with Arkitch icebergs. Delegations from Dallas Richmond Baltimore St Paul note reciprocity concerns and intrigue in promotional circles. The piece ends with a quip on associates named Brown and Greene and a running joke about greeting by Young of Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Boston
Quebec Delegasion
Arkitch
Bingville
Dallas, Tex
Richmond, Va
Baltimore
St. Paul
Advertising Topics At Georgia Convention
A list of speakers and subjects presented includes Dr H. 5. Bunting on When Space and When Specialties, F J Merriam on A Square Deal, S R McKelvey on Getting Co operation, Louis H Flader on Engraving and Advertising, QO F Byxbee on Maximum Buying Power, Walter D Ross on Advertising’s Effect on Farmers, H$. Morgan on Lithograph Poster Printing, E C Donnelly on Outdoor Advertising, Rev G W Anderson on Nature Advertising and Human Nature, G B Sharp on Standpoint of the Dealer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. H. 5. Bunting
F. J. Merriam
Atlanta
S. R. McKelvey
Nebraska
Louis H. Flader
A. A. Christian
Philadelphia
F. Byxbee
Chicago
Walter D. Ross
H. $. Morgan
E. C. Donnelly
Boston
G. W. Anderson
D. D
Dealer
G. B. Sharp
Convention’s Best Man Debate Highlights Electric Prose
Chicago speaker Helen Mae Shaw-Thompson asks who is best at the convention. The editor in name calls Rev. George Wood Ander a fairly good man. Carroll Westall draws praise for his shocking specialty of prose songs, with electricity as his chief line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Mae Shaw-Thompson
Chicago
George Wood Ander
Carroll Westall
Special War Extra War News From Morocco
A satirical dispatch reports a mock war scene with a German fleet, a French admiral, and President Dobbs, while General Swan is humorously noted as absent at an Advertising Convention in Boston. The exchange ends with ordering no battle today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morocco
Dobbs
Carroll J. Swan
John Hall Jones on Boston and stamp trading humor
An interview with John Hall Jones of New York mockingly compares himself with historical figures and jokes about trading stamps. He comments on Boston as a city of lost opportunities and suggests using trading stamps to boost museum attendance and even decorate art exhibits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Handsum
John Hall Jones
New York
Old State House
Bunker Hill Monument
Dec Livermore's
Boston
Elect EP Hines Edditer and Prep Bingville Bugle
The monologue declares a comical campaign for ARPBe presidency in Bingville with Alkali Pete Wills as manager. It lists schemes, fake cities, and promises of cigars for supporters while lampooning rivals and noting planned gatherings and bylaws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boks
Pete Wills
Gamage
London
Wills
Pete
Mare McJunkin
Seth Brown
Tonite
Seth Dewberry
Binggill
Seth
Caucass
Dellyg8shuns
Early 1912 Activist George W Coleman Finishes Busy Day
George William Coleman rose at 4 AM to draft for the Christian Endeavor World and pledge support to President Taft for 1912. He penned a Ford Hall prospectus, hosted Ad men from St Paul, attended a Baptist Hospital directors meeting, lunched at Boston Baptist Social Union, welcomed Ad men for Pilgrim Publicity, and greeted 3496 visitors after seven committee sessions. He told Bingville Bugle he had nothing scheduled for tomorrow, calling it a lucky day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlestown
Bunker Hill
Allen Frost
Frost
Jenkins
Paul
Coleman
Ford Hall
George
Cabot Lodge
George William Coleman
Christian Endeavor World
Taft
Ad Men
St. Paul
The
Baptist Hospital
Boston Baptist Social Union
Pilgrim Publicity Association
Sabbath Protective League
Bingville Bugle
Publicity Glee Club Starred At Faneuil Hall Event
Mr D Arcy of St Louis arrived at Faneuil Hall carrying a Saratoga trunk filled with Coca Cola promotion copy and a rainbow sign reading There is hope. He made a noise at the doorway signaling the start of publicity stunts for President Dobbs' campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pilgrim Publicity Glee Club
D’ Arcy
St. Louis
Faneuil Hall
Saratoga
Dobbs
Coca-Cola
Sunshine D'Arcy Missing From St. Louis Town
A line of jostling publishers greet a returning figure as a glee club sings about Coca Cola copy and a sunless city. The piece laments D Arcy's absence, pleading for his return to restore brightness to St. Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Lenox hotel stenographer wears smoked glasses this week
A Lenox stenographer, praised for beauty, dons smoked glasses this week. The write up notes changes in hospitality for visitors, contrasting old New England tobacco and Medford juice with modern peps in gum and mineral water offerings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lenox
New England
Medford
Directory Opening Speech By W O Foote Of Atlanta
L D Gibbs of the Edison Electric Illuminating Company offers a hopeful remark about aiming to make the world brighter as the directory publication gathers speakers headed by W O Foote of Atlanta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. O. Foote
Atlanta
L. D. Gibbs
The
Edison Electric Illuminating Company
Clergyman Wonders If Advertising Man Can Be Truly Religious
A clergyman asks if a regular advertising man can be perfectly religious. He notes A. Christian from Gimbel Brothers in Philadelphia is present to discuss the matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Clergyman
A. Christian
iGimbel Brothers
Phila
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