The Edison phonograph monthly (Mar 1904-Feb 1905)

EDISON PHONOGRAPH MONTHLY. WHEN AMERICAN TITLES OF EDISON GOLD MOULDED RECORDS WERE LISTED. The manufacture of Edison Records by the wax process was discontinued in 1902, being superseded at that time by the Gold Mould process now used. In the early part of the year catalogue No. 350 was issued, giving 678 selections made by the new process. In June, 1902. the first regular monthly list of Gold Moulded Records was issued. It began with 8004 and ended with 8033. In the same month announcement was made that five wax selections had been made over by the new process. In July, 1902, another regular list was issued, beginning at 8034 and ending at 8063. At the same time it was announced that a number of old style selections had been made over by the Gold Mould process and given new numbers. These ran from 8064 to 8076. Announcement was also made seven old style selections had been made over with no change in their numbers. The regular August list ran from 8077 to 8098; old style selections were made by the new process and given numbers from 8099 to 8109; and two old styles were made over with no change in numbers. The regular September list included numbers 81 10 to 8125 ; new numbers running from 8126 to 8158 were given to thirty-three old styles made over; and announcement was made of fiftytwo selections made over with no change in numbers. In October, 1902, only the regular list was issued, and this has continued in unbroken order up to the present, only regular lists being issued each month. The following table shows the numbers gotten out since the beginning of this regular system and the months in which they were listed : NOS. MONTHS ISSUED. 8159 to 8207 inclusive (49) October, 1902. 8208 to 8245 inclusive (38) November, 1902. 8246 to 8281 inclusive (36) December, 1902. 8282 to 8314 inclusive (33) January, 1903. 8315 to 8346 inclusive (32) February, 1903. S347 to 8376 inclusive (30) March, 1903. 8377 to 8391 inclusive (15) April, 1903. 8392 to 8403 inclusive (12) May, 1903. 8404 to 8423 inclusive (20) June, 1903. 8424 to 8448 inclusive (25) July, 1903. 8449 to 8473 inclusive (25) August, 1903. 8474 to 8498 inclusive (25) September, 1903. 8499 to 8523 inclusive (25) October, 1903. 8524 to 8548 inclusive (25) November, 1903. 8549 to 8573 inclusive (25) December, 1903. 8574 to 8598 inclusive (25) January, 1904. 8599 to 8623 inclusive (25) February, 1905. 8624 to 8648 inclusive (25) March, 1904. 8649 to 8673 inclusive (25) April, 1904. 8674 to 8698 inclusive (25) May, 1904. 8699 to 8723 inclusive (25) June, 1904. 8724 to 8748 inclusive (25) July, 1904. 8749 to 8773 inclusive (25) August, 1905. 8774 to 8799 inclusive (26) September, 1904 8800 to 8825 inclusive (26) October, 1904. 8826 to 8855 inclusive (30) Nov.-Dec, 1904. VALUE OF THREE ORIGINAL RECORDS. The question of what value can be placed upon a Phonographic record of a dead sister's voice will be the question to he decided by the Cherry Sisters, whose notoriously rank show has made a success solely for the reason that it is the most ludicrous attempt at acting ever put before the American people in sincerity. Manager Higley, of the Grand Theatre, received a communication from the Cherry Sisters, now at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, inquiring as to the identity of the party here who took the record of their little sister Jessie's voice. Manager Higley has learned that the party is a former attache of the Grand and now in the newspaper work here. The holder of the three records has opened negotiations with the sisters and has asked them to place a figure on the three records. He will hold them at $100, although advised to make the price $500, one man agreeing to take up the negotiations on a commission of all over $100. The records of little Jessie's voice are probably worthless to the present holder as far as their use is concerned, but to the Cherry sisters, who desire to hear once more the voice now stilled in death, they would be invaluable, hence the feeling on the part of the owner that they are worth at least $100. If the Cherry sisters have laid aside any of the good coin handed over by those who have laughed themselves sore at a performance intended to be serious, they may be in a position to meet the demands of the individual monopoly. While the mere mention of the name of the Cherry sisters and "Little Jessie" brings a smile to regular patrons of the theatre, there is an element of pathos in the desire to hear a dead sister's voice that cannot be ignored, and it is to be hoped that the milk of human kindness will not be soured in the progress of negotiations for the Phonographic records. The holder of these records says he has 110 desire to gouge the sisters, even though they haye b en doing that for the public for a number of years, and under such circumstances could not be expected to resort to poetic justice. — Portsmouth (Ohio) Daily Blade. Dealer: If you have not yet signed the new agreement and intend remaining in the Phonograph business, sign at once. It will save you trouble later.