The talking machine world (July-Sept 1921)

42 THE TALKING MACHINE WORLD August 15, 1921 Prince's Dance Orchestra keeps up the pace with two more sure-fire twelve-inch waltzes. "Peggy O'Neil" and "The Last Waltz" are just the music dance lovers are looking for. Make sure that they'll find it in your store. Order today. A-6188. Columbia Graphophone Co. NEW YORK AN ACTIVE BUNCH OF DEALERS IN DENVER TERRITORY Trip Through Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota and Northern Wyoming Gives Convincing Evidence That the Talking Machine Dealers in These States Are Going After Business Dkmvh moat!] i dealers pbelt Musi of the by Bean; 3rd, Neb. er Linde Under the i A, Hospc Co, of the store. It been made manage the rloqpc store in i season of tlx Victor dealer rushing bus in tourists ii In :ihli rom i ■ of iltc piano Omaha, Compton at Cliadron, Neb., reScal records. A condcniand for these highlit the faculty and stuSChool, located in Chadyear Sain Cliristcnscn, ii Hot Springs, S, D., ss, due to the presence Hot Springs, which is in the Black Hills. With the great Homeslakc Mine at Lead, D., working full time, the two Victor dealers that point, the Thorpe Piano Co. and the :arst Mercantile Co., are enjoying a good ii of business, Many employes of the mine io left during the war have returned to Lead, I the town shows every sign of prosperity, iner Thorpe is the aggressive talking machine »nr t men t manager of the Thorpe Piano Co., 1 N. C. Bell heads the talking machine detnient of the Hearst Mercantile Co. ictoi dealers who have not allowed business iression to discourage them or stop their sales The General Phonograph Mfg. Co. Model "E" Table Phonograph The Greatest Value on the Market IMMEDIATE DELIVERIES \ N Y QUANTITY Plays All Makes of Records Superior Tone Quality Write for our Proposition The General Phonograph Mfg. Co., Elyria, Ohio ; \V. B. Lown & Sons, of Spearfish, S. D, W. I£, Lown, manager of the talking machine department, believes in advertising, and has proved that it pays. Nick Nelson, manager of the talking machine department of (be A. L. Cummings Music Co., of Sheridan, Wyo., finds that outside work and advertising space in newspapers are the most satisfactory means for increasing his sales of Victrolas and Victor records. Mrs. Nelson is associated with her husband in the department, having charge of records, When W. C. Ball, of the W. C. Ball Furniture Co., Red Lodge, Mont., hears of a Victrola prospect he docs not wait for the would-be customer to come into his store, but goes directly to the prospect's home. This method has been instrumental in making a number of sales that otherwise probably would have been impossible to make. Tourists en route to Yellowstone Park swell the Summer business of O. F. Koenig, proprietor of the Postofficc Store in Cody, Wyo., who has sold the Victor line for a number of years, Mr. Koenig has erected signs along the roads leading into Cody, reminding automobile tourists that in his store they can purchase the latest Victor records, as well as portable Victrolas, to make Jheir stay in the famous National Park more enjoyable. The results obtained from these signs have been very gratifying Mr. Koenig recently distinguished himself by catching a twenty-pound trout with light tackle jn a mountain stream near Cody. The Powell Drug & Jewelry Co., under the management of T. A. Hoops, is placing the Victor line on the map in and around Powell, Wyo., by means of an aggressive advertising campaign. The ranks of Victor dealers in northern Wyoming have been strengthened by the addition of The Fisk Pharmacy, which a few weeks ago received its initial shipment. This concern plans a modern department, including booths and other up-to-date equipment. Walter Fisk, head of the concern, and H. C. Scarborough are in charge of the Victrola department. One of the most attractive Victrola shops tn the West is to be seen at Thcrmopolis, Wyo., in the music and jewelry store of H. E. Rothrock. Everything about the shop is modern, as arc the methods of the proprietor. Mr. Rothrock. in his advertising, uses some unusual road signs, which draw a considerable amount of automobile tourist trade. A recent report from G. E. Richter, head of the Richter Music Co., of Casper, Wyo., is to the effect that Summer Victrola business is highly satisfactory. This firm carries a large stock. Two booths have hecn installed by Daniels «■ Rogers, Victor dealers at Douglas, Wyo., to care for their talking machine customers. A balcony has been built by Dr. F. W Huffman, proprietor of the Pioneer Pharmacy, Victor dealer at Wheatland, Wyo., for the talking machine department. Mrs. Huffman is in charge of the record stock. Among the recently installed Victor dealers