The weekly examiner., 1901-08-03
A Word of Interest About -~-e ..GEER'S..
 Hartford City Directory.

aration of the Hartford City Directory in former years, that as we succeed an nually to the compilation of the work which he established we put forth our utmost exertion to produce as nearly as may be perfect directory, even though it takes more time to do so. We take great pleasure now in announcing to our public that the compilation of Geer's Dl- rectory for the present year was com pleted on Saturday.
 It will take nearly ten or more days to collect the odds and the ends that will have to be gathered up and toe finish the presswork and printing of the same.
 In the meanwhile let us impress upon your memory that the Errata is the last hopper that catches everything not in the alphabetical numerical order. Now this Errata is printed, let us take you into our confidence and say, the very last thing, only forty-eight hours before the completed book is bound and delivered.
 Because of this arrangement we are thus enabled to bring the information down to the very latest moment. And in this connection during this present week our canvassers will once more, and for the last time, visit all the houses stores and shops that have remained va cant since May 1, thus securing the names of the latest corners to town and the last removals from street to street
 We would urge upon every one, there fore who feels an interest in this cor rectness, and who contemplates removing or changing his house address, or busi- ness connections and location, to send us word at once, not later than the end of this week, either by postal card or personal call, and give us that late in formation.
 That every business man feels he must have copy of Geer's Directory in the shop or office goes without saying, even with those who borrow from their neigh Dor ssfor just a minute,' and there are , some who consider it judicious to with hold their order until some future time. Now this causes us anxiety, as you read fly will see
 To such ones, let us say, just inciden- tally, that we are printing 100 more copies this year than usual, and expect the good people will want to buy them, and I will tell you why. Now that your attention is called to this fact of our expectation, will you be so good to yourself, so kind and generous to us, as to say: Yes, Geer,> that is just what I have been intending to do and I will at once, this very day, send immediately an order by postal to deliver us a brand new copy of Geer's Hartford City Directory, No. GA, 1901, as soon as published.
 
 suggest to you, would it not be very generous to yourself and especially so to the family, the wife and the children, to add to the order an extra copy to be delivered al the house. I assure you this would make the publishers have broad grin and smile of satisfaction when that additional order comes in. The posses sion of this house copy of the Directory would give a pleasure and a delight in
 
 ligent information about people and things of this city than you have at the present lime any conception of. We speak thus confidently because of those who having the Directory in their homes and family say so. The cost of the Directory is merely nominal, as you will see, and while it has grown and increased in expenses, two and three times as many names and pages in the last twenty-one years, think of it, the price of the book has remained the same. Is that just fair to us?
 This price, let us say, t'cuts no ice'' really in your family expense account as sized up against it's usefulness. Now all such orders for copies as come to us in response to this reading notice or adyer- tisement before the binding, will be, if so requested, bound up especially in full cloth, making very neat and handsome binding for the center table and home. The fact that the binding will be done by the Case, Lockwood & Brainard Com pany is the guarantee of this assertion I might add, also, as another induce ment, that we shall have the illustra- tive feature of last year, which has been so well received and favorably comment ed upon, more fully amplified and with nearly double the number of half-tone photographs.
 The Department of Education will also be illustrated by half-tones of all those who stand at the head of their respective institutions and the principals of the schools.
 The product as we would express it in a commercial sense, and which is so ex- ceedingly difficult to measure and size up in a tangible form of our common and public High schools, will be here given and shown in a table or list of graduates: The name of each scholar will be identified with the name of his parent guardian, together with the street and number of the residence We feel very certain that this feature, which we first printed last year, of the School Department of our great city, will prove to be- of immense historic value, and fif1, Therefore referred e to to many times in the +a There ,i is one more item in which we
 
 We refer to the advertisements and the information contained therein. When this is not there, let me ask you in all serious ness to stop moment and consider. Have such an unrivaled opportunity to pass by and not improve it? The classification in the business portion and the alphabet with the reference, in all places to the folio or pages, is what makes it such an unrivaled medium. Nothing can approach unto it. And consider, also, that by our system of exchanging directories with United States and also with the great cities of foreign countries that that in formation is diffused all over the world! Are we not right in this statement? These exchange directories which we receive make a library of reference at your free disposal always. and then we send