Democratic Sentinel, Volume 3, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 October 1879 — A $100 Ad. [ARTICLE]

A $100 Ad.

Apropos .of the coming circus, the agent of the company, while in this city, related his experience with a country publisher in lowa, whom he approached for the price of a column display advertisement. The piice was SIOO. “How much for two columns’” “One hundred dollars,” was the reply. “How much for a half-column? ” “One hundred dollars.” “That’s very singular,” said the agent. “How much fora single square?” “One hundred dollars,” replied the publisher,unmoved. “To tell yoit the truth,” he continued, “the day your show ge s here I’ve got a note for SIOO to meet in bank. I’ve been waiting for you to come along, and I see no other way to pay it. You can have the whole paper or a single inch, just as you like, but it will cost you just $100.” —Denver News.