“Footprints of Fayette County”
The March 12, 1908, issue of the La Grange Journal contained the following news brief: “Buster Brown, a liliputian, representing the Brown Shoe Company of St. Louis, was the attraction at the mercantile establishment of the Von Rosenberg-Heintze Company last Thursday.
Buster’s coming had been advertised extensively, and a regular circus crowd was at the store by four o’clock Thursday afternoon. Tige, the dog friend, was also on hand. Buster explained the object of his visit, told the history of his life and commended the Blue Ribbon school shoe. After his talk, hundreds of lapel buttons and storybooks were distributed. The advertising feature, thus illustrated, will bring good results.”
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