No person or persons shall distribute, cast, throw or place in, upon or along any of the streets, alleys or public places in the village any samples, handbills, pamphlets, circulars, books or advertisements for the purpose or with the intent of advertising or making known in a general or promiscuous manner, any business, occupation, service, profession, medical treatment, medicine or anything whatsoever.
(1959 Code, § 27-9)