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Sep 1, 2017 - ... time for a general-interest magazine called the Youth's Companion, ... Schools would need to purchase flags for students to do so, according to pledge expert Shelley Lapkoff, and the magazine just happened to sell them.
Aug 1, 2014 - The campaign was massively successful. By the end of the year, the magazine had sold American flags to more than 26,000 schools across the nation -- at a hefty profit for The Youth's Companion. The pledge became a fixture in public schools; to this day, it is recited in tens of thousands of classrooms.
Jun 12, 2012 - The pledge story begins with Daniel Sharp Ford, publisher of a children's magazine called The Youth's Companion. In 1888, Ford's publication began selling American flags to public schools as a way to encourage subscription sales.
... of nearly two years of work at the Youth's Companion, the country's largest circulation magazine. In a marketing gimmick, the Companion offered U.S. flags to ...
It was the byproduct of a scheme to sell flags to public schools hatched by his employer, the Youth's Companion, the best-selling American magazine of the time.
Jun 6, 2010 - It was the byproduct of a scheme to sell flags to public schools hatched by Francis's employer. The Youth's Companion was the best-selling ...
The Youth's Companian piece is clearly dated September 8, 1892 (which was a ... Lastly, here's the page from the Youth's Companion, clearly (if minutely) ...
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Sep 8, 2016 - Socialists, a World's Fair, a scheme to sell flags, a zillion court decisions — the ... in the popular kiddie magazine The Youth's Companion.
Oct 8, 2017 - He was in charge of promoting the circulation of The Youth's Companion and part of his job was selling American flags, among other items.
Francis Julius Bellamy (May 18, 1855 – August 28, 1931) was a Christian socialist minister and ... In 1888, the Youth's Companion had begun a campaign to sell U.S. flags to public schools as a premium to solicit subscriptions. For Upham and ...