The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-21


 An unusual opportunity is being of fered the citizens of Bridgeport to att fend reliable moving pictures and baseball games free by the new Adov- ing Picture Stamp Co., which has been organized in this city
 Fl. g. Osborne and Elijah Ho1brook both of this city and men vi nave been in the stamp business for 20 years and Samuel trucker Of New Jer- sey who has also had experience in the business for the past 10 years are the or1ginators Of the company
 The new company eccup1es beau tiful and spacious set Of offices in the Etratfeld building fronting on M ain street to which entrance is gained by way of Golden Hill street. These will be the home offices where the work will be done for all of the priIl- is planned to establish this new busi- hess. 4
 It is planned with . number of prominent merchants Of the city Ca list |of which will be found i,s the adver5 |tisement1 that for each ten cent pur4 CT will receive one stamp page |of these stamps entities him to a five Ecent admission to a moving picture |theater and two pages to q ten cent admission and so on. 4 book contain ing s90 stamps is worth g. and may De T6Q6G4S6 TOT AEtlc1SH tKOEL41 Lll11A III e4SS II money at the stores Of Lsaborde-tz
 man co. and Of George Clark & GO. The advantage Of fhis arrange ment is evident the I4aborde- Gel man CO carry drygoods, cloaks and suits ladies, furnishing goods and in fact everything in that line while at George B. Clark & Co.'S store will be found everything in the house fur Enfshing line Anyone having an ac- count at either of these stores can redeem the full book for it's value of g by having that amount snb- tracted from their account
 Even She men and boys are not to be left out of this splendid offer for arrangements have been made that moving picture stamps will be accepted games at Newde1d park. at the regu-s lar rate of i've cents for each page of 30 stamps
 Moving picture stamps will also be given with coal for which orders should be left at the office on Main. and Gold en Hi1 streets # 2
 The particular advantage of this arr rangement is that all of the money spent by the merchants for the stamps remain in the city going either to the moving picture theaters, the baseball games or to the local naerchants who redeem the stamps.
 In the list of merchants who give the stamps there are some TO grocery men and meat markets, besides bakery shops, shoe stores cigar, tobacco and nfectionery stores, furniture and house furnishing stores, gent cloth ling stores, coal companies hat and scap stores. hardware crockery and glassware stores. de1icatessen stores, jeweIry and millinery shops news- stores, leather stores, photograph stu Bdios, restaurants. fruit and vegetable stores. shoe repairing shops and drug stores will be seen that practical fly everything which the housewife which gives moving picture stamps. Fairfield and Southport are also each represented by two progressive stores which give the stamps to their cus- toners and Stratford by four.
 Already 15 young women are mak- ing a thorough canvass of the city, ex plaining to the housewives the value and practfbfiity of this new scheme. They are being favorably received Ieverywhere as everyone seems anxi- ous to learn as much as possible about the plan.
 The movies, which will receive the stamps fn the place Of money are the. Empire. Main street The Lyric, 1928.
 Main street The Bijou, PTS Fairfield a1enue The Arco. Broad street; The Pastirne, 1926 Main street. The Elite. 2s14 North Main street Lundss West End, State street The Studio. State, s rect The Oak Oak and George streets The South End. 40 Railroad ave niie: The Palace, e60 East Main strc #: The Imperial. 2s1 stratford ave-i Inue The Park City, 1176 Stratford aver The Roman. 515 Union ave nue The Elk, 1071 East Main street; The Maiestfc. Al Pembroke street; The Scenic. BIT East Main street, and the Star theater.