The Edison phonograph monthly (Mar 1904-Feb 1905)

EDISON PHONOGRAPH MONTHLY. MORE BUSINESS TO FOLLOW. We, also, wish to add our tribute to your Gold Moulded Records. To say that they are superb is putting it mildly. We, as you are well aware, have had an uphill row to hoe with machines and records on all sides being sold at any price to get rid of them, and of course many people buy who do not appreciate the difference between the sweet music produced by the Edison and the scratchy, noisy, so-called music produced by various other machines because they could be bought for little or nothing. However, we have done much missionary work and some business and looks like much more to follow, especially when your contemplated changes are made. Then, too, your method of protecting your agents is very commendatory. We always know that we are just as good as some one else. Each month's list seems to be a little improvement over the last. Right here we wish to suggest that "Rock of Ages," sung by Campbell and" Harrison, would seem to us to be a winner from the fact that the portion of this hymn sung in No. 8708 is the finest we have ever heard, and that is the sentiment of all who heard it. Smith & Moyer. Dixon, 111., June 13, 1904. ANOTHER ORIGINAL INVITATION. H. Schmidt & Son Co., Dealers at Muscatine, la., sends another bit of original printed matter in the shape of the following invitation to a Phonograph concert: SATURDAY IS "RECORD DAY." We cordially invite you to attend the concert given on that day by the world's most wonderful musician, "The Edison Phonograph." Our Record shelves are filled with "Edison's Gold Moulded Records," the only Records that embody "PERFECTION" and "LASTING QUALITIES," everything that is good, new and up-to-date, including the June selections. 2,500 Records in all have been received for this "Record Day." We trust that you will accept this invitation so that you may hear what the "Edison Phonograph, " with Gold Moulded Records" can do. It is the only playing machine that possesses lasting qualities and will furnish music and other amusement for years to come. Saturday is the day, don't forget it. H. Schmidt & Son Co. Muscatine, Iowa, June 9, 1904. BEST THEY EVER HEARD. I handle nothing but Edison machines and Records and have no trouble to get my price for them. I have had hundreds tell me that I have the best machine they ever heard. It's because I have nothing but new Records and they are the best. Leopold J. Schreiber. Plymouth, Mass., June 12, 1904. PRAYER VS. BENZINE. A. C. D. Loucks, manager for Douglas & Co., of New York, sends the following : The following story may interest readers of the Monthly. Some weeks since we received from a Brooklyn customer, a letter demanding the prompt attendance of one of our repair men to adjust his Triumph Phonograph. We sent the man, who, on his return, told the following story: The owner took him up into a second story room, uncovered the instrument and to demonstrate the requirements of the occasion, placed "Lead, Kindly Light" Record on the mandrel, but the light would not lead, nor the machine run. The owner then spread a paper in the center of the room, placed the instrument carefully 'thereon, and asked the repair man to kneel down, while he asked the blessing of the Great Spirit on their work. The prayer proveda lengthy one and the position an unaccustomed one to the visitor. After ten minutes of exhortation the latter stealthily removed his benzine and oil cans and applied their contents to the Phonograph. After five minutes more of exhortation it was found that the Phonograph operated without trouble. The owner stated that the sending of such a nice Christian man on the part of Douglas & Co. bespoke the standing of the house. The prompt answer to prayer was a perfect manifestation of the Spirit's power. The repair man being a somewhat wild youth, states he has an idea it was more the work of the Devil and a can of benzine. ANOTHER WAY TO DETERMINE SPEED. "I have tried several devices for determining the speed of Phonographs," writes J. A. Bedworth, a Dealer at South Boston, Mass., "but they do not give satisfaction. I have had great success with a little scheme of my own. I take any record or blank and make a mark from one end of the record to the other. By putting this record on the machine and standing -in front or any where near the horn, .1 find it much easier to count the required revolutions by hearing the click through the horn than to hold the finger on the set-screw. It also gives you the correct number of revolutions a machine makes in doing actual work. Most people retard the motion of the machine when putting their finger on the set-screw." WITH APOLOGIES TO ANANIAS. \ J Philadelphia, Pa., June 23. — [Special.] — A ' runaway horse attached to a sewing machine wagon on Park drive was stopped to-day at the Falls of the Schuylkill by a Phonograph playing at the window of Samuel MacWhinney's residence near the drive. The horse had run from Main street and Walnut lane, Manayunk, nearly two miles, when the Phonograph sang out through a megaphone attachment the old song : "Hey, Nellie, Hi, Nellie, listen unto me." The horse, which happened to be named Nellie, pricked up its ears and stopped and the driver soon arrived and took charge of it. — Chicago Tribune.