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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
SILAS A. WILDER, 20 Howard street, Cam-
bridgeport, Mass., committed suicide August
20th, while temporarily insane. Mr. Wilder
was 49 years old and was a cabinet maker, in
employ of the Mason & Hamlin Organ & Piano
Co.
OTTO TREFZ, the popular Superintendent of
the Lester Piano Co., Lester, Pa., has left the
city on an extended business trip to the West.
The Lester Piano Co. are enlarging their exten-
sive plant. The addition will be one story high
and 12x60 feet in dimensions.
WESTBORO, Mass., is to have a new piano
factory.
AN effort is being made to organize a band at
New Oxford, Md.
A NEW band has been organized at Westport,
Mass., Dr. H. P. Nottage, Hiram Reed and
others, members.
THE Clinton Organ factory, Canton, Ont,
has been burned with all machinery, stock and
tools. Loss, $5,000.
MACK RATHBURN, of the music house of
Lawshe & Rathburn, Atlanta, Ga., who so sudr
denly disappeared from his home recently, is not
demented as stated, but is suffering from a
severe attack of brain fever, due to overwork.
He left the city while delirious. Mr. Rathburn
is at present stopping with his brother.
EMPLOYEES of the Comstock, Cheney &
Company, of Ivoryton, living in the Company's
houses are lucky, as they have been notified
that no rent will be charged them during the
present depression.
O. C. KLOCK & Co. have leased for a term of
years the building at 81 East First street, Os-
wego, N. Y., where they will carry a full line of
pianos and organs and will do a general tuning
and repairing business.
'' Your husband is the editor of The Bugle, I
believe ? '' said the neighbor who had dropped
in to make a friendly call.
"Yes."
" And as you have no family, and have a good
deal of leisure on your hands, you assist him
now and then in his editorial work, I dare
say? "
"Oh, yes," answered the little wife of the
young newspaper man, hiding her strawberry-
stained fingers under her apron ; " I edit nearly
all his inside ' matter.' ''
YOU WANT
a newspaper that is
up with the progress-
ive tendencies of the times ? Certainly you
do ! No man is satisfied to do business
without a live modern, progressive paper.
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW is no stranger
to you. It is like the wind, going every-
where. You meet it in the office, in the
wareroom, on the road. It is always pre-
senting new features and the latest news in
a condensed form. The longer a subscriber
takes it the better he likes it. It never
presents stale news, never gives you that
"tired feeling."
WILLIAM J. SCHULTZ, the affable young man
who does the honors in the warerooms of John
O. Twichell, Chicago, has been passing a well
deserved vacation in the East. While here he
combined business with sightseeing. Mr.
THE Bollman-Drutnheller Music Co., of St. Schultz expressed himself in terms of warm ad-
Louis, Mo., has been incorporated with $25,- miration at the perfect system which prevailed
000 capital, H. H. Bollman, Chas. Drumheller at the factory of George Steck & Co., which
make of instruments his firm handle as leaders.
and W. C. Bragg, interested.
now-a-
He thought also that Gotham was a mighty
JAMES D. PETERSON, of W. J. Curtis' music pleasant town to live in, and how could it be
d a y s,
store, Schenectady, N. Y., is at present visiting otherwise when he was under the espionage of
and that is why we are going to make you
the World's Fair, where he will remain two that popular young member of the trade, George
a big, liberal offer, including a combination
weeks.
N. Grass ?
which covers business and home Just read
F. CHRISTIANER, dealer in pianos and organs,
this little offer. THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
will occupy a portion of W. G. Gilger's jewelry
costs four dollars to receive it every year.
f\ Successful Dealer.
store, 715 Second street, Seattle, Wash.
We've told you about that.
costs one dollar
THE Emerson Piano Co. generously donated
F. A. WINTER, OF ALTOONA, PA,.
and a half a year.
a piano used at a recent concert, given in aid of
the World " Sick Babies' Fund."
Some points regarding that ?—certainly ! It
•R.
F.
A.
WINTER,
of
Altoona,
Pa.,
moved
was started ten years ago, has an extensive
THE Brockport Piano manufacturing Co., of
into
his
handsome
new
warerooms
in
the
circulation among musicians everywhere.
Brockport, N. Y., is now located in its new fac-
Nicholson
block,
recently.
To
commemorate
It has lately come into our possession. We
tory on Spring street.
the opening, a grand piano recital was given by are greatly increasing its circulation in all
THE Wayland Cornet Band, of Wayland, N. Mr. Robert Tempest, and a large crowd of per- sections. Its literary features compare
Y., has been reorganized, H. V. Pratt, manager, sonal friends and the leading citizens and their favorably with any magazine published.
families came to inspect Mr. Winter's stock Some of its departments are Literary, Mus-
B. B. Goodno, President.
and headquarters, as well as to take in the
THE partnership heretofore existing between musical treat provided by Mr. Tempest. Mr. ical, Artistic, Church Choirs, Woman's
Caulfield & Keating, of South Manchester, Winter has been very successful. Fourteen World, the Drama, and all the news of musi-
Conn., for the sale of musical instruments has years ago, he first visited Altoona as a tuner, cians. It is not in the remotest sense a
been dissolved. Mr, Caulfield will continue the and he subsequently settled there. Six years trade paper.
business.
ago he began a business of his own in a modest
With every number
DURING a terrible thunder storm at Leomin- fashion,.and the outcome is now manifest in the
we give s e v e r a l
ster, Mass., last week, lightning struck F. G. position he occupies in the retail trade of Penn- pieces of music, which would cost from one
Smith's large piano factory, setting the factory sylvania. He represents some of the best to two dollars in any music store in the
on fire. There were 300 hands at work ; the houses. The Chickering piano is his leader.
land. The music alone is worth ten times
factory having an organized fire company, suc- He also handles the Kranich & Bach, Starr,
the
cost of the paper.
Jacob Bros., Malcolm Love and McCammon in-
ceeded in saving the building.
struments. Among his reed and specialty
is this : If you wish to
FIRE destroyed the building occupied by W. stock are the Mason & Risch vocalion church
avail yourself of the
J. Dyer & Bro., at St. Paul, Minn., causing a organ, the Wilcox & White self-playing organ
loss of $100,000. Insurance, $103,000. The firm and H. Lehr & Co. 's seven octave piano-organ. reduction, we will send you THE MUSIC
carried a large stock of musical instruments.
Mr. Winter enjoys the distinction of being the TRADE REVIEW and THE KEYNOTE for one
first dealer in Pennsylvania to introduce the year for four dollars. Of course this offer
HALLET & DAVIS pianos are used exclusively
last named instrument.
only holds good for a limited time.
at the Bay View Summer School, of the Detroit
1
'
Energy
and
tact,
coupled
with
the
musical
Conservatory of Music. Nine of these mag-
invest four dollars where
nificent instruments, including two concert knowledge which Mr. Winter possesses, has
it will be productive of
grands and seven uprights, are in daity use at made his business career in Altoona phenomen- greater results ? By this small outlay you
ally successful," says the Altoona Gazette. Pres-
the Assembly.
ent indications are that the real future of his supply yourself with business reading, home
THB employees of Steinway & Sons, piano business is just opening, for he is now for the reading, and your family will have from
manufacturers, held their annual picnic August first time in quarters up to his requirements fifteen to twenty dollars worth of music.
19th. There were 15,000 people present, Stein- and ideas. Mr. Winter is progressive, and the
EDWARD LYMAN BILL, Publisher,
way &Sons paying all expenses.
Nicholson building represents progression."
No. 3 East 14th street, New York.
THE Columbian Organ & Piano Co., Chicago,
111., has passed into the hands of a receiver.
Indebtedness $5,000, with assets of a smaller
amount.
A DOLLAR COUNTS
THE KEYNOTE
BUT LISTEN!
OUR OFFER
CAN YOU