Watermelon Fest for Ad Men in Copley Square Boston
Georgia and Toronto delegates picket Copley square for a watermelon cutting and pageant. The Atlanta Ad Men’s Club stages Southern songs and cake walks with Ty Cobb and Ed Lafitte among attendees. Officials praise the event as a historic use of the square.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Copley Square
Fred Houser
Atlanta Ad Men's Club
Ccos
Houser
Teel’s
Boston
Buck
Wing
Collins
Atlanta
Sullivan
Ed Lafitte
Detroit
Paul Pickens Reese
William F. Parkhurst
Winship Nunnally
Ray Taylor
St. Elmo Massengale
H. Lindsay Hopkins
James A. Ruddock
Dag Matthews
D. J. Voight
Texas
Fred McJunkin
Pilgrim Publicity Association
John Daniels
Walter BE
Anderton
Grass Triangle
Dartmouth and
Boylston
Toronto Ad Men's Club
Toronto
Toronto Ad
Joseph Wlatremonille
Campbell
Huntington Avenue
James Bennett
Dallas
St. Louis Ad Men’s Club
Boylston Street
Dobbs
Mr. Dobbs
Advertising Men Convene in Texas for Meetings and Socials
The second day of the advertising men's convention drew 2160 attendees and wives as meetings filled the morning and receptions, trips, and theater events dominated the afternoon and evening. Women visitors in a Texas delegation reception received a cotton boll from Charles P. Taft's ranch. Speakers from Merriam to Taylor highlighted advertising theory, trade publication reach, city promotion, and subscriber strategy. The Red Roosters of Chicago hosted 16 delegates at the Algonquin Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Westminster
Charles P. Taft
Department of Agricultural Publications
Gilbert Hall
F. J. Merriam
Atlanta
MacMartin
Minneapolis
Social Hall
Tremont Temple
Charles F. Jenkins
Farm Journal of
Philadelphia
F. W. Lovejoy
New York
Jenkins
A. W. McKeand
Chamber of Commerce
Charleston
Sl. C
Twentieth Century Club
O. F. Bixbee
Chicago
Wesleyan Hall
Charles H. Taylor
Boston Globe
Algonquin Club
Arnold Lawson Hosts Ad Men At Dreamwold Excursion
A large party of advertising men and women visited Thomas W. Lawson’s Dreamwold estate in Scituate. Arnold Lawson guided tours of the grounds, showed horses and yearlings, and featured Figgis Flying Fox the $15,000 bull. A five-car train lunch followed courtesy of H. B. Humphrey Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scituate
Thomas W. Lawson
Dreamwold Estate
Arnold Lawson
Mr. Lawson
Boralma
H. B. Humphrey Company
C. A. Chandler
J. J. Morgan
C. W. Wood
W. J. Scannell
Texas
Mr. Mann
Vanity Fair
Glorious Lonnie Lass
Bill
Teddy
Taft
Roosevelt
Dandy
Peter the Great
Lawson
Joseph M. Mann
Baltimore
Flying Fox
Egypt
The Thinness Myth Promotes Healthful Flesh Gain
A pamphlet argues that thinness is not normal and that five thousand subjects fed through the SARGOT method gained permanent flesh without diet or drugs. It claims lean men and women can become normal, healthy, happy individuals in weeks, inviting all to test the discovery free of charge for potential health benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alimentary
Sargol Company
Herald Bidg
Binghamton
N. Y
Sam
Chap who rode the bull stars in vaudeville tour
An account recalls the man who witnessed the Maine explosion being ceremoniously inducted as a chap who rode the bull. He joined R. W. Baldwin, A. J. Fink, and Howard Reese in a vaudeville show. Frank D. Ward of the Baltimore News sang, and Texas guests Johnston Andrews Craws ford McComb performed sketches. On return, cheers went up for Lawson and associates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph M. Mann
Foxy Grandpa
Baltimore
Figgis Flying Fox
Mr. Mann
Little Delostl. Hill
Atlanta, Ga
Boralma
Mr. Lawson
Transylvania
Arnold Lawson
Texas
Atlanta
Maine
R. W. Baldwin
A. J. Fink
Howard Reese
Frank D. Ward
Baltimore News
Fred
Johnston
Ernest Andrews
Fred Crawsford
John McComb
Arnold
J. B. Humphrey Company
Pilgrim Pubicity Association
Ad Men In Autos Visit North Shore Parade
A noon procession of about 150 autos carried visiting ad men from Commonwealth Avenue to the North Shore. The tour included Pride's Crossing with access to Henry Clay Frick's Eagle Rock gallery, Beverly to see President Taft's home, and return via Marblehead Swampscott and Lynn. Separate groups toured Waltham Watch Co and Dorchester plant with a brick ceremony and book gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth Avenue
Exeter Street
North Shore
Pride’s Crossing
Collins
Henry Clay Frick
Eagle Rock
Art Gallery
Beverly
Taft
Boston
Marblehead
Swampscott
Lynn
Waltham
Waltham Watch Company
Norumbega Park
Joe Mitchell Chapple
Dorchester
Waterloo
Iowa
Dorchester Avenue
Wexington
Ghapple
Two Men Vie For Presidency Of Advertising Clubs
The race for president of the Associated Advertising Clubs of America narrows to Herbert Houston and I H Sawyer with Houston gaining early support. Incumbent Dobbs and former Coleman deny candidacy while Dallas delegates claim strong backing to host the next convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Advertising Clubs of America
Herbert §. Houston
Association
I. H. Sawyer
Advertising Men's League of St. Louis
Houston
8. C. Dobbs
George W. Coleman
Pilgrim Publicity Association
Dallas
Gus W. Thomasson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dreamword
Ty Cobb
Cobb
Worcester
Young Dobbs
Samuel C. Dobbs
National Association of Ad Men
Samuel Dobbs
Hoke Smith
Pass
Sang Dixie
D. C
America
The
Sargel Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Sanfords
Reece Tsontel
Wer el Vest
Bruno Ant
AVG
Weta
Burke & Company
Merchant Tailors
School Street
Harvard Sq
Cambridge
Washington St
Main St
Andover
Mass
Hanover, N. H
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