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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1911
Page
9
A humorous account follows the Milwaukee delegation as we hear from Dockrell Candee Wellington and Emil Durr. The piece plays with wordplay on samples and a missing brewery reference while the editor ponders the meaning.
Police Commissioner O'Meara vows to stop a brutal crochet and knitting contest in Ford Hall. Participants include Young Dickinson from Good Housekeeping, Battling Crockety from Modern Priscilla, and Terrible Newhall from Priscillas. Protests came from Samuel Langford, Dr Sandy Ferguson, and Signor Porkando Flynn.
The Bingville Bugle editor reflects on attending the Advertising Men's Convention in Boston. He recalls meeting many industry figures, missing home life in Bingville, and the vibrant scene with Show Me badges, blanket badges, and colorful locals. He singles out Joseph H. Appel and Charles Jenkins, and frets about leaving fellow ad men and the travel memories behind.
A humorous reminiscence of Georgian delegates arriving with watermelons at Battery Wharf. The scene features J Hampton Rich of Atlanta and J T Hicks, with greetings in Southern dialect and a chorus of praise for Dixie. The tale ends with misplaced pride and souvenir handkerchiefs.
A Bingville scribe records a night of wandering impressions mixing satire and civic mix with figures like William Hall, Charlie Dorr, Arthur Crockett, Teddy, and Colonel Tilton Bell. The piece riffs on agitators, politicians, and local celebrity cameos in a dreamlike journal. We glimpse patrons of the Armory, the Atheneum, and Keith's, amid references to Common, Priscilla's Magazine, and Bingville’s flirtation with Dallas.
A visiting man from Philadelphia reads a Sunday Bingville Bugle in the Young Men's Christian Association rooms and laments how closely it resembles his own Pennsylvania newspapers. He calls it a comforting, peaceful reminder of home in the big city.
The editor of the Bingville Bugle seeks a morning meeting with BH. St. Elmo Lewis the advertising manager for Burroughs Adders between 4:30 and 5:15. He mentions a Maine snake bite cure brought for use if adders bite during a banquet in Pie Alley and suggests possible Bugle business.
The Bingville scribe visits Baltimore to lure the next convention, jokingly listing incentives like real estate and soft crabs while local editors and merchants weigh in with quips. If not first ballot, Bingville may shift support to Baltimore, as the city vies for the event.
A witty exchange recalls a New York delegation and the distinction between Tom Louis Wiley of the Times and Doctor Wiley who stands for pure food, contrasted with advertising. The speakers salute each other, noting differing public interests and wrestling with respect.
Correspondents debate a late night request and a puzzling entry on a hotel register. A Kentucky reader asks about an order ahead option while another guest questions the meaning of the letters M M M M on the page. Mister Mac Martin of Minneapolis may have the answer.
SCORE TO DATE HUMPHREY 46 194 DOBBS 46 192 The official score up to date in the advertising convention's glad hand con Henry B. Humphrey champion of the Pilgrim Publicity Association shakes. S C Dobbs champion of the AA Clubs of A shakes. Champion Dobbs claims he should be credited for kissing two babs which would tie the score but the referee has refused to accede and Dobbs appeals to The Hague arbitration court.
The third morning of a lengthy go as you please event pits Alkali Ike of Texas A G Carter of Fort Worth and Elbert Hubbard of East Aurora. William J Neal resigns as sporting editor of Country Life in America and leaves the hall while Douglas Graves erupts with a cigarette throw and a demand to stop the scrap.
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