showbills

He brought me large sheets of brown paper, and after two hours 'hard work I had half a dozen pictorial showbills done in gorgeous colours and striking designs.

Black Rock: a Tale of the Selkirks Ralph Connor 1898

Frozzler was himself the man who had given out the showbills, his regular agent having refused to work because his salary had remained unpaid for three weeks.

The Rover Boys on the River The Search for the Missing Houseboat Edward Stratemeyer 1896

He was seated on a buckboard and had behind him a box filled with showbills.

The Rover Boys on the River The Search for the Missing Houseboat Edward Stratemeyer 1896

"He certainly must be a one-horse fellow, or he wouldn't be throwing out his own showbills," said Sam, on hearing this.

The Rover Boys on the River The Search for the Missing Houseboat Edward Stratemeyer 1896

Scared by the sight of the showbills the horse made a plunge and then began to run away.

The Rover Boys on the River The Search for the Missing Houseboat Edward Stratemeyer 1896

"It is Frozzler's Grand Aggregation of Attractions," said Tom, looking over one of the showbills.

The Rover Boys on the River The Search for the Missing Houseboat Edward Stratemeyer 1896

The first chance we got the duke he had some showbills printed; and after that, for two or three days as we floated along, the raft was a most uncommon lively place, for there warn't nothing but sword fighting and rehearsing -- as the duke called it -- going on all the time.

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain 1872

The first chance we got the duke he had some showbills printed; and after that, for two or three days as we floated along, the raft was a most uncommon lively place, for there warn't nothing but sword fighting and rehearsing -- as the duke called it -- going on all the time.

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chapters 21 to 25 Mark Twain 1872

The first chance we got the duke he had some showbills printed; and after that, for two or three days as we floated along, the raft was a most uncommon lively place, for there warn’t nothing but sword fighting and rehearsing — as the duke called it — going on all the time.

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 2003

I do believe) that it didn't pay any longer to put up showbills; the money was better invested in newspaper advertising.

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