The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-18
HANCOCK COUNTY
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Billing Of Entire District Has Been
Accomplished and People Are
Talking About the
Celebration.
COMING OCTOBER 3 TO 7
Secretary Fulton is Getting Expert at
Picking Out Good Places
Barr Donates Use Of
EsteIIe.
COMING OCTOBER 3 TO Z

Hancock county, Illinois, will turn
considerable portion of it's popula-
ton into Keokuk the first week OF
October, according to the signs seen
by the men posting the placards tell
ing about KeOkuk's big fall celeDra-
ton, October 3 to Z.
Everywhere people mention the
fact that Keokuk's big public AFFAIRS
are always the best and of big quail
ity. Many speak of the original
street fairs held here with John Nagel
at the head OF the executive force
and the influence of that time years
ago is still perceptible when Keoklk
issues a general invitation for the
people of the three states to come
here to be entertained.
j. NJ. Fulton has been industrlousiy
posting muslin signs inviting the
reader to Keokuk- for the fall cele-
bration this year. And he is placing
the signs so that every passer by is
reader of them.
Every bend in the road has a sign
placed on both its ends so that any
traveller approaching the bend Is con-
fronted with Keokuk's invitation star
ing him in the face for the last
| quarter mile or so.
Every cross roads has the signs
SO placed as to show all four ways
prominently. The outskirts of every
town are specially billed so that no
body can 60 to town or leave town
without finding Keokuk's invitation
staring him in the face for some
distance The idea is that not the
number of placards, but the placing
of them. is the most part of the Work.
Make Circular Tour.
Saturday afternoon Secretary Full
ton made a circular tour through CEN
trail Hancock county The route in
cluded Elvaston, Adrian, Ferris, Burn
side and Carthage and number OF
important roads around these towns.
If the route turned at town, the
opposite side was billed also for a
half mile or so as to placard every
entrance to the town itself.
Mr.. Fulton has become an expert
at noticing effective positions and
places for the placards, many OF
which are SO placed as to be even
more visible and prominent at night
than in the daytime. DR.. G.. Walter
Barr is donating the use of Estelle,
his Ford de luxe, to take Secretary
Fulton on these billing tours which
now include surrounding Iowa, Mis-
souri, and Illinois except southern
Hancock county, which will be COW
cred this week by the billing party.
It is noticeable that merchants in all
the towns are very cordial in giving
permission to tack the signs on their
buildings as soon as they see what
they are about, for all are friendly
to Keokuk's fall celebration.
It seems evident to the tourists
with placards that the crowds here
the first week in October will be as
large as came to the original Keokuk
street fairs.
The entertainment is similar to that
of those first successes. The free at
fractions are of the highest class.
some from the state fair, there will
be street weddings and altogether
the attraction for the multitudes COM
ing will be great.
Charles Jones is out today with
Seibert's sales automobile billing the
country around Argyle, Bonaparte,
Pennington and KeosauQua.