Handbill

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Handbill

A pamphlet one hands out to another, especially a stranger. Handbills are used in direct marketing, especially involving street canvassers. Handbills are known for their low response rates.

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John with the rare Beatles handbill So, dig out any items or schoolbooks with signatures in them and pop them in to our Auction Rooms in Liverpool or our Heswall Office (0151 342 2321) or North Wales on 01766 771 777, well in time for the Liverpool Beatles Auction, in August.

UNDER THE HAMMER

The handbill's contents, he said, were "amusing and interesting", the language "filthy, abusive and slanderous".

Oldest trick in the book

The handbill instructs the patients' bed linen should be soaked in the carbolic acid solution for an hour, before it was allowed to be taken from the sick room.

Past not so long ago in the c; The Glamorgan Archives in Leckwith, Cardiff, are a treasure trove of documents, photos and records relating to the history of South Wales. This week, we focus on how different life was for measles sufferers before the vaccine introduction in the late 1960s

* 7 February 1951, Town Hall, Chelsea, London Mozart Players, Harry Blech, Dennis Brain, Handbill

Dennis Brain: new-found unpublished holdings

The handbill, which was distributed between last August and October, included an inappropriate emphasis on the highest rate when deposit rates were extremely low, exerting serious influences on depositors and the market, the antimonopoly watchdog said.

LEAD: FTC orders Shinsei Bank to eliminate misleading ad

Returning to his handbill, it is clear that among other physical attributes, the size of his skull apparently provides compelling evidence for his genetic connection to non-human species, specifically the orangutan.

Freak shows, spectacles, and carnivals: reading Jonathan Demme's beloved

RQ1: Are there demographic differences between handbill acceptors and nonacceptors?

Perceptions of handbills as a promotional medium: an exploratory study

Following the reasoning in Lechmere, the Board held that the union was obliged to show that it had no reasonable way of communicating its message to Sears' customers other than the handbill campaign on the retailer's premises.

Access to customers

The stated purpose of the study was `to use the information gathered from handbill printing to shed new light on different aspects of the printing history of Quebec City' (p.

Printing of handbills in Quebec City, 1764-1800: a listing with critical introduction

In a modern ordinance closely resembling the anti-handbill law that the court upheld in 1942, Cincinnati's City Council had forbidden anyone to "hand out or distribute or sell any commercial handbill in any public place." Local officials said they were worried about the blight and safety hazards caused by the proliferating newsracks on city sidewalks, and decided to enforce the handbill ordinance through a new regulation that specifically banned commercial leaflets, flyers, circulars and publications from newsracks in Cincinnati.

A major victory for commercial speech

Unpublished photographs of The Beatles at the famous Cavern Club, a ticket for the staff dance at Lewis's in Liverpool and a handbill for Heswall Jazz Club are also for sale.

Macca's fab door for sale; Opportunity knocks for Beatles fans at auction SHOWBIZ EXCLUSIVE

21 -- President Mahinda Rajapaksa directed the Inspector General of Police Dr.Mahinda Balasuriya to discontinue the island wide arrests carried out on handbill distributors.