The talking machine world (Jan-June 1920)

16 THE TALKING MACHINE WORLD June 15, 1920 NEWLY ORGANIZED DES MOINES CO. HANDLES BRUNSWICK Des Moines Music Co., With $60,000 Capital, Arranges for Attractive Quarters — Miss Jardine Featuring Mickel System — Prepare for Iowa Victor Dealers' Convention — Des Moines News Des Moines, Ia., June 5. — An exclusive Brunswick shop,' under the name of the Des Moines Music Co., will shortly be opened in this city. It will be a $60,000 corporation owned by three Des Moines men, H. L. Woodward, Carl A. Dixon and J. C. Rockwell. The firm has secured the exclusive agency for the Brunswick line and will install one of the smartest shops in this section of the country. A fine location in the center of the shopping district has been leased and a complete Unico equipment consisting of six booths, counters and racks has been ordered. The store will be decorated by the Stoner-McCray System and the whole department will be carpeted with heavy green velvet carpet and attractively decorated. The store will be under the management of Mr. Woodward, who has had eleven years' experience in the talking machine industry. He entered the business with the Victor Co. and later became associated with the Chase & West Talking Machine Co., Des Moines, and the Chicago Talking Machine Co. A year ago he became manager of the phonograph department of the Gimbel Brothers' store at Milwaukee, severing that connection to become one of the owners of the Des Moines store. Mr. Dixon and Mr. Rockwell have been connected with the Des Moines Daily Capital and for the past two years they have been the active heads of DixonRockwell & Co., stocks and bonds. With E. McGuire they are also the owners of the Des Moines Stock Exchange. Miss Ma3-me A. Jardine, efficiency expert of Mickel Bros. Co., has been spending some little time among the dealers of the State, assisting them in installing various systems for the accurate keeping of records and for selling. She has installed the Mickel record stock card system in a number cf the larger stores. Her work as instructor in the Mickel school of Victor salesmanship has made her many friends among the dealers. The W. H. Massey Piano Co. has recently taken over the Edison agency formerly controlled by Harger & Blish, Edison distributors. Harger & Blish will move into their new threestory building and the Massey Co. will completely remodel the entire floor with modern equipment. The Massey Piano Co. was formerly a Pathe dealer. The Arnold Jewelry & Music Co., of Ottumwa, have recently placed an order for a complete Unico equipment consisting of booths, record racks and record counters. The firm sells Victrolas and Brunswicks and is managed by Carl Dalin, with Miss Nellie Kirkhart in charge of the records. The Ginsberg Furniture Co. has just completed negotiations for the exclusive agency of Aeolian-Vocalions in this city. The concern operates one of the finest seven-story furniture stores in the Middle West and is already handling Brunswicks and Columbias. The Gable Co., which reports unusual success in the placing of the Gable Entertainers, has recently moved its business to Twelfth and Grand avenue arid installed several booths and modern equipment to handle the Columbia line. Madam Aalrud Tillisch, Victor Norwegian artist, has returned to her home in this city after a visit to the Victor laboratories where she made several new recordings. The first of the new records to be issued will be "Carrie and Mary, Get Up" and "Calling the Cows Home" in the June supplement. P. G. Spitz, associated with the talking machine department of the Carpenter Paper Co., Omaha, Emerson jobbers, recently closed a deal with the Jones Piano Co., Des Moines, thereby disposing of their entire stock of Vitanolas. Mr. Spitz states that in the future their whole efforts will be behind the Emerson line of records and machines. Arrangements are being made for the fourth annual convention of the Iowa Victor Dealers' Association to be held in Des Moines August 3. The Association was the first of its kind formed for the purpose of furthering Victor interests and has a membership of 200. The program arranged for the convention is a most interesting one, and embraces a line of topics that will be both instructive and constructive. The Mickel Bros. Co. have arranged many entertainments for the members as well as their ladies during their visit to the city. NEW PATHE DEALERS IN BROOKLYN Two large retail houses have taken on the Pathe line in Brooklyn, the home of the Pathe Freres Phonograph Co. The city sales department of the latter company has opened accounts with H. Batterman & Co. and Sheilas & Chestnut. H. Batterman & Co. is a large department store of long and high standing in the eastern district of Brooklyn, and in full page display advertising, appearing in the local papers, proudly announce their acquisition of the Pathe line of phonographs and records. Initial displays were made during the company's anniversary week. Sheilas & Chestnut, also in the eastern district, have been established many years as a high-class furniture house, and have taken on the Pathe line as a fitting addition to their business. DESIRES AGENCY IN BELGIUM A commercial agent in Belgium desires an agency for the sale of talking machines, records -and accessories. Information on this trade opportunity may be had from the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce under file number 32780. MICA DIAPHRAGMS Absolutely Guaranteed Perfect We get the best India Mica directly. We supply the largest Phonograph Manufacturers. Ask for our quotations and samples before placing your order. , American Mica Works 47 West St, New York FISCHER PUBLICITY IN MILWAUKEE Milwaukee, Wis., June 5.— The C. W. Fischer Furniture Co., of this city, which occupies a handsome nine-story building, features to excellent advantage an attractive Sonora sign. The illustration herewith will give some idea of the effectiveness of this sign, which is visible for C. W. Fischer Co.'s Great Sign many blocks, and which constitutes splendid publicity for the Sonora line. This enterprising dealer has developed a fast growing clientele for Sonora product, and through the use of aggressive publicity methods has succeeded in making its store one of the most popular headquarters for Sonora instruments in this territory. OPERAPHONE SHOP IN WASHINGTON The Operaphone Shop has been opened in Washington, D. C, at 1423 B street, across from the United States Treasury Building. An intensive campaign will be launched by Manager Harrison on the Operaphone and records. "OH! BY JINGO" "THE WINNING COMBINATION" 'MAKE THAT TROMBONE LAUGH" (The Most Valuable Obtainable Agencies) "MELODIOUS JAZZ" 'ISLE OF GOLDEN DREAMS' QKsL Records HIGH CLASS CLEAN CUT PROFITABLE SUCCESSFUL The MASTER-TONE PHONOGRAPHS "VENETIAN MOON" "OLD FASHIONED GARDEN" OPPORTUNITY is knocking at YOUR door NOW ! Let us prove it to you Iroquois Sales Corporation 10-14 North Division Street, Buffalo, N. Y. Records "I'LL SEE YOU IN C-U-B-A" " SWANEE "