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Clark Street,.CHICAGO, ILL. »y^yiyiyiyiyiyiy;ifiyiyiyiy;yiyiyiyiy;y;y;yiyiyiyiyiy;yiyiyiyiyiyiyi^ BVFI0N5 Or innE On ArouseroeDt bifa azsa OKIES S) “Uncle ’ Dan McOar>. editor of the Houston (Texas) “Age,” was as Few people enjoy a clean opposition fight better than does General near the original In dress .snd In looks of Tim Murphy in the Texas Steer as Agent Ed. C. Knupp, of the Cole Brothers’ Shows. Sig. Sautelle, before it is possible to imagine any man. In addition, he was the best beloved of he retired from the business, used to boast that Knupp w'as the only one the entire press of Texas, as well as who ever stole a march on him, and of his own townsmen. Certain prom¬ while Sig. laughed when he told the inent citizens made it a rule to pay story, he did not laugh at the time of their annual subscriptions to the the occurrence. Knupp was giving “Age” every two months. In order Sautelle about as much as he could that “Uncle” Dan should not run handle, and while Sautelle was show¬ short. The daily circulation of the ing in Norristown one day, Knupp paper was about ten quires (250 cop¬ blew into town and went up to the ies). show lot to see what kind of business One day, in 1875, Bob DIngess, then the shov/ was doing. The show Knupp and until his retirement one of the was piloting was due to show the best circus agents, blew into Houston in advance of Sells Brothers and began town a week later and the second advertising car was in town. The pro¬ making his contracts. He finished up with the two principal papers, the grammers were busy and one of them strolled up to the show lot to pro¬ "Telegram” and the “Mercury,” and went to dinner. gram the crowd as it came out. As Knupp and Sautelle were talking, the This was a fatal mistake for the circus man. "Uncle” Dan was fond programmer came on the lot and seeing his general agent there called him of circuses and would have been ready to sign a contract at almost any to one side to ask him if it would be right to program the crowd on the lot. price provided the cuts were furnished and the tickets were freely given. He had his programs well concealed and when Knupp told him to “program But during that dinner hour, he had discovered that Dingess had made the audience” if he could, Sautelle walked up and asked if the young man very liberal contracts with the other papers, and the wlley “Daniel” decided wanted to see the show. General agent and programmer answered in the that he was going to have a part of the circus money or know the reason affirmative at once and Sautelle shouted over to the front door; “All right, why. Charlie,” and pointed to the programmer. “I’ll tell him,” volunteered Knupp The "Age” possessed a large press and several weekly papers that were and taking the programmer by the arm, led him over to the front door, not Justified in such extravagance were printed on this machine, among and to Charlie said: “The old man says to let this boy pass out a few cir¬ them being the “Volksblatt,” a German weekly with a circulation of several culars for some store down town.” thousand. It was the style in those days to print one side of the paper “Yes, I know, he Just ofTiced me,” replied Charlie, as the programmer early in the week and let it rest until later for the other side. The German passed inside and got busy. paper had been printed on one side and as the paper used was the same Not until the bundle of programs had been given out did the circus size a.s that of the “Age,” the latter’s paper was piled on top of the bigger people get wise, and then the programmer was down town, and Sautelle quantity for the German.