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... ADVERTISING ... ... A DAY WITH THE CORONER VIVISECTION ... THE ENGLISH IN PARIS FOURTEEN YEARS AGO THE NEW HOTEL SYSTEM ... THE " TIMES " NEWSPAPER OF 1798 ... THE RESTORATION OF OUR SOIL THE UNDER - SEA RAILROAD ... ... PAGE I 14 22 28 ...
... ADVERTISING ... ... A DAY WITH THE CORONER VIVISECTION ... THE ENGLISH IN PARIS FOURTEEN YEARS AGO THE NEW HOTEL SYSTEM ... THE " TIMES " NEWSPAPER OF 1798 ... THE RESTORATION OF OUR SOIL THE UNDER - SEA RAILROAD ... ... PAGE I 14 22 28 ...
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... rent far higher , considering their accommodation , than his lordship and his class pay for their own houses in the comparatively pure air of the West End . ADVERTISING . It is high time that the art of RAILWAYS AND CITY POPULATION . 39.
... rent far higher , considering their accommodation , than his lordship and his class pay for their own houses in the comparatively pure air of the West End . ADVERTISING . It is high time that the art of RAILWAYS AND CITY POPULATION . 39.
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... advertising agent . Let us quote from his pen a familiar example : - " The trays used for taking in grogs , or the stouts , could be turned into an advertising medium by having a centre and several divisions , like the spokes of a wheel ...
... advertising agent . Let us quote from his pen a familiar example : - " The trays used for taking in grogs , or the stouts , could be turned into an advertising medium by having a centre and several divisions , like the spokes of a wheel ...
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... advertising impudence could no further go . Mr. Smith is great upon pictorial advertisements : he would have all tradesmen shape their trade - cards according to the form of the article they sell . The butcher should have his card of ...
... advertising impudence could no further go . Mr. Smith is great upon pictorial advertisements : he would have all tradesmen shape their trade - cards according to the form of the article they sell . The butcher should have his card of ...
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... Advertising , con- sidered as one of the fine arts , on the other hand , opens up a fine field to the mind . In this line of art the mere dull iteration of an advertiser gives place to fancy , curiosity , wonder , sometimes a sense of ...
... Advertising , con- sidered as one of the fine arts , on the other hand , opens up a fine field to the mind . In this line of art the mere dull iteration of an advertiser gives place to fancy , curiosity , wonder , sometimes a sense of ...
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