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Birth of Truth in Advertising

 

BIRTH OF TRUTH IN ADVERTISING 

The Associated Advertising Clubs 
of America met at Galt House, on
this site, for their firth annual
convention, 1909. Led by Samuel
C. Dobbs, the convention took
united action to challenge false
advertising. This stand began
the concept of  the Better Business
Bureau. By 1918, the Louisville
Better Business Bureau, third in
the nation, received its charter 

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