ALPHABETICAL LIST OF AMERICAN AND FOREIGN PERIODICALS.
SUPPLIED BY D.D. COTTRELL'S SUBSCRIPTION AGENCY, NORTH COHOCTON, N.Y.
THIS PRICE-LIST supersedes all previous ones; order from this after November 15th, 1904.
PRICES QUOTED in this list pay for yearly subscriptions, postage free to the subscriber. WE SEND RECEIPT FOR EACH REMITTANCE.
WE AUTHORIZE AND INVITE Agents, Newsdealers, Postmasters, Booksellers, Publishers, or any person receiving this list, to remit to us at our WHOLESALE PRICES.
FOREIGN PERIODICALS. We can furnish English, French, German, or any other periodicals published anywhere in any language. IF YOU DO NOT SEE WHAT YOU WANT IN THIS CATALOGUE, ASK FOR QUOTATIONS.
AGENT'S COMMISSION. The difference between price in second column and the price you charge customers will be your commission.
WE RECEIVE SUBSCRIPTIONS at any time in the year, and publications can in most cases, commence at any date desired.
WHOLESALE PRICES QUOTED to this list include the prepayment of postage to all parts of the United States, Mexico, Canada, Hawaiian Islands, Islands of Guam, Philippine Archipelago, Porto Rico, Tutulia, and Cuba and U. S. Postal district at Shanghaii, China.
FOREIGN POSTAGE. The amount following the letters "F.P." in this list gives the extra yearly cost for foreign postage when such periodical is sent to any other country except those mentioned in the paragraph above.
PRICES ARE THE SAME FOR RENEWALS AND NEW SUBSCRIPTIONS when not otherwise specified in the list.
NEW SUBSCRIPTIONS, "n" or "new," indicates price on NEW subscriptions ONLY.
ALL AMERICAN PERIODICALS are sent from the office of publication to subscribers. We do not handle the papers.
FOR THREE OR SIX MONTHS' SUBSCRIPTIONS add five cents to one-fourth or one-half of our wholesale price. Some daily papers charge more than this for short time subscriptions.
Weekly newspapers are designated by the letter "w" following the name;
Dailies, "6 issues." Daily and Sunday by "7 issues": Tri-Weeklies,
"t.w."; Semi-Weeklies, "s.w."; Monthlies, "m"; bi-monthlies, "bi-m.";
Quarterlies, "q."
PRICES SUBJECT TO PUBLISHERS' CHANGES
As this Catalogue will be received by many people to whom this Agency is entirely unknown, we give by permission the following names as
REFERENCES: GEO. W. HALLOCK—BANK BATH, N.Y. THE PUBLISHERS OF ANY LEADING PERIODICAL -OR- BRADSTREET'S OR DUN'S COMMERCIAL AGENCIES.
[Note that D. D. Cottrell company NO LONGER EXISTS!]
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TERMS AND INSTRUCTIONS.
RULE 1: HOW TO SEND MONEY,
1. BY ANY EXPRESS COMPANY'S MONEY ORDER.
2. BANK DRAFTS ON ANY CITY OR YOUR PERSONAL CHECK.
3. POST OFFICE MONEY ORDERS MADE PAYABLE AT NORTH COHOCTON,
N.Y. It is both a Domestic and International MONEY ORDER POST
OFFICE.
4. CHECKS ON COUNTRY BANKS WE ACCEPT WITHOUT ANY CHARGE FOR
COLLECTION. Most publishers and subscription agencies refuse to
accept personal checks at face value, but charge from 10 to 25
cents extra for collection fees. You save this extra charge by
sending your check and all your orders to us.
5. BILLS, SILVER OR STAMPS in ordinary letters are seldom
lost if properly sealed and addressed, but are ALWAYS AT SENDER'S
RISK.
RULE 2. DEPOSITS. Agents who wish can deposit $5.00 or more with us and then send in their orders by postal card as they are received. Any balance your due will be returned at any time on request.
RULE 3. CASH WITH ORDER. The subscription business is strictly a CASH BUSINESS. Publishers will not enter names for periodicals without payment in advance.
RULE 4. OUR PRICES LOWEST. We suppose our prices are lowest. Should any AGENCY OR PUBLISHER quote or advertise better or different offers, send your orders to us at their price.
RULE 5. NEW OR RENEWAL. Always state whether each subscription is new or renewal, in sending orders or asking for quotations. Mark new subs. "N" and renewal subs. "R"
RULE 6. WHEN TO BEGIN. Always give date or number with which you wish periodicals to begin.
RULE 7. CHANGES IN PRICE. Publishers change their terms occasionally. We reserve the right to do the same in such cases or return the money sent us free of expense to the sender. A corresponding change in our rates will be made at once.
RULE 8. COMPLAINTS. Should you have any reason to complain about any periodical, write us giving the following information.
1. Date of your order. 2. Date of our receipt for it. 3. Name of Periodical. 4. Name and address of subscriber. 5. Kind of remittance.
RULE 9. OUR RESPONSIBILITY. We hold ourselves responsible for all money received until we have paid publishers for the full time for which periodicals were reordered. If publishers fall or suspend, the subscriber loses just as he would have done had he ordered direct from the publisher.
RULE 10. SAMPLE COPIES. Most weekly papers costing $2 per year or less will send sample copies if requested by us to do so. Should you wish sample copies of such send us a 2 cent stamp for each one wanted, and we will ask the publishers to mail you a sample copy. For sample of weeklies costing over $2.00 a year send 1-50 of yearly subscription price. For all monthlies send 1-12 of yearly price. Quarterlies 1-4 yearly price. FOREIGN PERIODICALS CHARGE FULL PRICE FOR SAMPLE COPIES.
RULE 11. PREMIUMS, &C. Most publishers who give premiums, extra numbers, etc., will allow us to do the same at our wholesale price. If the publisher charges extra for these, add the extra amount to our wholesale price. A few publishers do not allow any discount on periodicals with premium.
RULE 12. PAPERS NOT IN OUR LIST. If you want any periodical not in our list, write us for terms, and we will quote you our wholesale price by return mail. Or if you have seen it quoted by some one else, send us that price, naming the one making it.
RULE 13. MISSING NUMBERS. For all such we would advise the subscribers to write direct to the publishers, (to save time) and they will nearly always send a duplicate, if they do not send it let us know.
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AGENTS' SUPPLIES.
CIRCULARS. NO. 1. These we mail to you for 5 cents per hundred which partly pays the cost of mailing. They are very neatly printed on fine quality of book paper and contain names and publisher's price only of about 200 of the leading periodicals, with a statement on first page that you can furnish any periodical desired at reasonable rates.
CIRCULARS NO. 2 contain combinations with a place for the agents' or newsdealers' name and address. This we mail prepaid for 5 cents per 100.
MIDGET SELF-INKER. We cannot print your name and address on the title page of circulars on account of the delay it would cause, but we will supply you a MIDGET SELF-INKING STAMP WITH INK for ONLY 50 CENTS, postpaid. This stamp will contain a three-line business card and retails generally for 1.00. It can be used for a great many purposes.
RUBBER STAMPS. We supply you a rubber stamp suitable for circulars, but not quite as convenient as the MIDGET SELF-INKER. Two lines, 25 cents; 3 lines, 35 cents; 4 lines, 45 cents: 5 lines, 55 cents, postpaid. We can furnish all kinds of rubber stamps, pads, etc., at very low prices.
POSTERS Upon request we will mail 5 posters FREE. These posters state that you take subscriptions for all AMERICAN and FOREIGN periodicals at lowest prices. A space is left on these posters for you to insert your name and address. By putting these up in public places you will largely increase your business.
SUBSCRIPTION REGISTER We have an agent's register with space for 300 names, ruled for entering all subscriptions. By using this register you always have a complete record of the names address, name of periodical, date sent, price received, etc., of all orders you send to us. No agent should be without one of these registers. We will mail one for only 10 cents, or one with space for 600 names for 15 cents.
RENEWAL NOTICES, we furnish postpaid for 10 cents per 100. They will be a great help in getting renewals from subscribers whose orders you have taken before. Advise your customers two or three weeks in advance of the expiration of their subscriptions and you will be very sure of receiving their renewals.
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