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San Francisco Ad Scene Under Fire and Reform Drive
A San Francisco columnist attacks venereal and other shady advertising on papers and billboards, catalogs the owners and outlets involved, and lauds the local Advertising Club's revival. He notes aggressive value claims by department stores, calls for honest ads, and praises a cleaner ad climate driven by the revived Ad Club and its watchdog efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bulletin
Chronicle
San Francisco
Examiner
William R. Hearst
Market Street
Banco
Los Angeles
J. P. Burke
Burke
Ad Club
Board of Public Works
San Francisco Advertising Club
Brady
Tribune Bureau of Investigations
Newman Magnin
White House
Hale Brothers
Prussia
Foreman & Clark
Royal Shoe Company
O'Connor, Moffatt & Co
Emporium
The
Inquirer
Roos Brothers
Retail Drygoods Association
Liebes & Co
Livingston Bros
Marks Bros
Newman Magnin & Co
Prager
San Neisco
Clyde N. White
Brockhagen
White
Better Business Committee
Ias
Ad. Age
Associated Advertising Clubs
Urnee