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PRESTO-TIMES
NEW CLARK MUSIC
August Bulletin of the Clark Orchestra Roll
Company Has a Fascinating Collection of
Tunes Which Makes Every Roll a
Sure-Fire Money-Maker.
July 28, 1928
Granada, Dancing Tambourine, An Old Guitar and
Dolores. Ramona is a waltz.
No. 967 is "Service Stars," dedicated to the Amer-
ican Legion, and contains the songs that won the
war. This sure-fire money-maker contains the fol-
lowing: The American Legion, March; There's a
Long, Long- Trail; Hinky Dinky Parlay Voo; Pack
Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag; Over
There; It's a Long Way to Tipperary; The 7th Regi-
ment March; How Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down on the
Farm?; Madelon; Hail! Ha : l! The Gang's All Here.
TO MAKE THE ADRIANOLA
New Corporation Organized in Fond du Lac, Wis.,
to Manufacture Automatic Phonograph.
The Adrianola Corporation has been organized in
Fond du Lac, Wis., to manufacture automatic phono-
graphs for amusement places. The capital is given
as $100,000. A number of the machines have already
The August issue of rolls, foreign catalogue, Nel-
been made as samples. The corporation will have its
son-Wiggen specials, popular numbers, sacred hymns
manufacturing plant at 22 East Second street, with
and xylophone rolls, are included in the new August
offices in Milwaukee, according to announcement by
MCDONALD FINANCES EXPEDITION
bulletin of the Clark Orchestra Roll Company, De
Sylvester Adrian, inventor of the phonograph. The
The expedition which sets forth this week under corporation plans to sell or operate these machines on
Kalb, 111., issued this week.
The bulletin calls special attention to Roll No. 968, the auspices of the Milwaukee Public Museum, is a percentage basis throughout the country. A repre-
"Forward! March!" a group of the world's best financed by Commander E. F. McDonald, Jr., presi- sentative will be in charge of the machines in a terri-
marches. Also a "whizz" for calliaphones. The bulle- dent of the Zenith Radio Corporation, of Chicago, and tory and will change the records each week, it is said.
A feature of the "Adrianola" is that loud speakers
tin for August also announces "The Voice of Old B. A. Massey, vice-president of the Palm Olive Soap
Mex : co," an alluring dance roll special with a irresist- Company, Chicago. Heading the group of scientists may be attached to supply music to many rooms at
ible rhythm which carries the imagination to the land is George A. West, president and founder of the once from the one record. Two types of machine
of azure skies and dark-eyed senoritas. The roll, Wisconsin Archaeological Society and who is presi- will be made, one allowing the patron to pick out any
which is arranged for dance purposes for all styles of dent of the Milwaukee Public Museum. The expe- one of eight records, the other playing the records on
automatic pianos and orchestrions, contains the fol- dition is headed by the ship Naroca in charge of Com- both sides in succession. Both models are coin-oper-
mander McDonald, the ship Margo in charge of Com- ated.
lowing fox-trots:
mander Massy and the Swastika in charge of U. J.
La Rosita, Senorita. Marcheta, La Veeda, Rio Rita, Herrmann, Chicago. It is the contention of the
CHICAGO OPERA PLANS
scientists and the financiers that some men of pre-
Writing from Milan, Italy, Hcrvert M. Johnson,
historic age mined copper there ages before the
Indians and French are known to have inhabited manager of the Chicago Civic Opera Company, says:
"Maestro Polacco is. enthusiastic about the new
the island.
production of 'The Marriage of Figaro.' The Chi-
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RECOVERING
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