The talking machine world (Jan-Dec 1908)

16 THE TALKING MACHINE WORLD. Mr. Jobber Get in touch with America's Oldest and Largest makers of Talking Machine Needles. All Styles. One Quality. Lowest Prices. W. H. BAGSHAW LOWELL, MASS. Established 1870 TRADE NOTES FROM INDIANAPOLIS. Jobbing Business in Indiana Shows Much Improvement— Columbia Co. Featuring "Waltz Dream" Records — Other Columbia News — Kipp-Link Co. Become Victor Distributors — Do Big Business — With the Moving Picture People. (Special to The Talking Machine World.) Indianapolis, Ind., Oct. 1, 1908. The talking machine business in Indiana, especially in the jobbing line, has shown considerable improvement within the last few days. A good rain toward the close of September helped things considerably and dealers are expecting a good business during the next month. The new four-minute record put out by the Edison people has helped business with the Edison dealers. The local store of the Columbia Co. is getting a good deal of valuable advertising out of a visit to Indianapolis by Miss Josie Sadler, who is appearing in the city in "A Waltz Dream." The store is featuring records by Miss Sadler and the fact that the popular comedienne is appearing here gives added interest to the records. The Columbia double disc records at 65 cents each are proving to be big sellers. Thomas Devine, manager of the Columbia store, says the only trouble he has experienced so far is that the demand is far in excess of the supply. The force of the Columbia Co. store is busily engaged at odd times in devising ways and means for taking care of the new Columbia indestructible records. Mr. Devine has a high opinion of these records. He says that such of his patrouns as he has spoken to in regard to them seem to think they will prove to be hot sellers. H. H. Myers, road representative of the Chicago Columbia house visited in Indianapolis during the state fair. Mr. Myers was all smiles due to the fact that he had succeeded in tying up several large wholesale concerns to nice juicy contracts. John J. Martindale & Co., real estate dealers, have found a new use for the Columbia Twentieth Century Graphophone. The Martindale people deal in Texas land, and work state fairs and other events. They had special records made calling the attention of the public to the Texas lands which they have for sale. They used these on the graphophone to great advantage during the Indiana state fair recently. They got excellent results. The Kipp-Link Co. have become distributors for the Victor machine as well as the Edison. They are the only jobbers in the state now distributing both lines. This is a distinct advantage. Heretofore many small dealers who handled both lines have bought their goods from houses in other cities because they chose to buy where they could get all their supplies from the same jobbing concern. The Kipp-Link Co. will now be able to supply this class of dealers with great convenience. Mr. Kipp, of the Kipp-Link Co., is well pleased with the new rule of the Edison people in which they set forth that they will not sell their goods to a new man in any town where there are already satisfactory representatives Mr. Kipp believes this effort to protect the dealers is an admirable one. The Kipp-Link Co. have been having an excellent jobbing business. One day last week five loaded wagons were lined up at the storage house of this company and these five wagons did not come near representing the day's shipping. The company have orders for ?5,000 or $6,000 for this month which they have not been able to fill because they were unable to get sufficient goods from the factory. Mr. Kipp attributes this increase partly to the new fourminute record which the Edison people have just put on the market. The Indiana Phongraph Co., who handle Edison machines, report a nice increase in the jobbing line. Most of this they believe is due to the Edison Araberol four-minute records, and the combination Edison machine which plays both the four-minute records and the records which last only two minutes. This new record and the new machine the managers of the Indiana company say, are in great demand. C. Koehring & Bro. on Virginia avenue are advertising their place as headquarters for the Victor talking machines and records, especially the Bryan and Taft records. They are also advertising. Calve, Eames, Nielsen and Lauder records. The moving pictures that are being used to illustrate life in the navy are shown by the recruiting station officers at Michigan street and Tremont avenue. Other shows are being given in different parts of the city. The first examination of operators of moving picture shows required by an ordinance passed recently by the city council was held recently in the oflice of the Board of Public Safety. The operators were examined on matters pertaining to the machines, the test consisting of questions submitted by Building Inspector Thomas Winterrowd. Fort H. Moore, electrical engineer, and William J. Neukom, president of the council. A license fee of $5 a year will be collected in the future from all operators of picture machines. The United States Amusement Co. have filed articles of incorporation at the office of the secretary of state. The capital stock is $100,000 and it is organized to buy or rent buildings for operating theatoriums, nickelodeons, airdomes and similar amusements. The incorporators are Charles W. Woodmansee, Springfield, 111.; William H. Forster, Columbus, O.; John A. Gertig, Cincinnati; H. H. Burnett, North Vernon, O.; and Thomas B. Foerster, Columbus, O. The Family Theater which incorporated recently is doing a nice businesss. The company have a place on Kentucky avenue. It is capitalized at $15,000. George F. Meyer, who is interested in one of the big coal companies here, is one of the incorporators. Thomas P. Stokes, who represents the Victor Talking Machine Co., Camden, N. J., in New York City, is doing effective work. HORTON^S Phonograph Attachment (Patented) Cut shows gage in position to drop lever so as to place the sapphire or point on the record in the proper place to get all the announcement to the record. There IS thus saved any injury to the sapphire from dropping it over the end of the record, for as the point is dragged up on to tlic record by the turning of the machine, it is liable to catch on rough places and be spoiled, and repairs would cost three times the amount asked for one of tliesc attachments. Every owner of a cylinder machine will want one of these attachments — a good profit for jobbers and dealers, retail for 50c. each. For particulars address W. G. 24 MAIN STREET, HORTON BRATTLEBORO, VT.