Music Trade Review
Issue: 1917 Vol. 65 N. 25 - Page 40
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THE MUSIC TRADE
40
REVIEW
Oregon
Thompson & Klingham have sold the Liberty Theatre
at Burns to C. B. Smith.
South Dakota
Louis Gits and Eugene Tripp have bought the Grand
Theatre of Noonan.
S. H. Cornell recently purchased the Fad Theatre at
Arlington.
Wisconsin
Warren Craig and Peter Wester have bought the moving
picture theatre at Cassville from Glen Ashlock.
C. W. Rice is making arrangements to reopen the Idle
Theatre at Phillips.
NEW FORM FOR EXPORTERS
WALTER KIPP AND WM. MAXWELL
War Trade Board Prepares New Form of Agree-
ment Which Is of Interest to Manufacturers
of Musical Instruments Who Are Exporting
Photographer Snaps Two Prominent Edison
Phonograph Men at Recent Convention
SELLING "TIPS" FOR DEALERS IN MOTION PICTURE PLAYERS
New Motion Picture Theatres, Churches, Hotels and Restaurants in Various Sections of the
Country That Will Require Orchestrions, Automatic Pianos and Other Musical Equipment
Opportunities to make sales of automatic
pianos and orchestrions will be found in this
column by piano dealers desirous of develop-
ing these prospects in the respective localities
mentioned:
California
The People's Theatre on Mission street, San Francisco,
has been closed for remodeling.
Architect Carl Werner has almost completed plans for
the theatre to be erected at Ninth and Clement streets
for the Colonial Theatre Co., San Francisco.
Delaware
The Capital City Theatre Co., Wilmington, has been in-
corporated by John J. Jolls, with a capital of $25,000.
The Maude Hamilton Amusement Co., Wilmington, has
been incorporated by A. M. Halloran.
Illinois
Fred Weiser has sold the Gem Theatre, of Stonington,
to G. E. Rodman.
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Zach are having Snyder & Snyder
remodel their building for the Dreamland Theatre at Mt.
Pulaski.
Iowa
J. II. Price has opened the Isis Theatre on the corner
of East Sixteenth street and Grand avenue, Des Moines-
The Isis is one of the finest houses in Des Moines.
Putnam and Morrow have purchased the opera house in
Barnes City from M. Johnson.
C. C. Ilahn has sold the Lyric Theatre in Wellman to
Messrs. Cook and Bell.
The house is closed at present
and the new owners are remodeling it.
The Princess Theatre at Montezuma, which was recently
badly damaged Dy fire, is being redecorated and remod-
eled by Fred Wasson, the manager, and will be opened
shortly.
Kansas
W. L. Norris has sold the Electric Theatre at Muscotah
to C. W. French.
The Grantham Building, of Baxter Springs, has been
rented by Messrs. Tindale and Margruder. They are go-
ing to remodel the building and make it up-to-date in every
respect.
The new theatre will be called the Elite.
Louisiana
Manager Frank R. Heiderich, Jr., expects to open the
Trocadcro Theatre on Adams street, New Orleans, very
soon, as the remodeling has been nearly finished.
Michigan
II. S. Logan, of Chicago, has reopened the Columbia
Theatre at Grand Rapids.
O. R. Sebring will be the
manager.
Missouri
The new opera house at Rosendale will probably be fully
completed within a week or so.
Nebraska
George Allgaier, Jr., has bought a moving picture the-
atre at Nelson.
Zed Oaks is now the manager of the Ideal Theatre at
Westpoint.
C. D. Wilcox has bought the Ong moving picture theatre
at Ong.
Ohio
McMahan & Jackson have bought the Carrel Theatre on
Eastern avenue, near Carrel street, Cincinnati, from
Shobcr Bros. The new owners intend to make extensive
improvements in the Carrel.
WASHINGTON, D. C, December 17.—The War
Trade Board has prepared a new form of agree-
ment for shippers exporting goods to their own
branches or agencies abroad to supersede all
previous forms. In issuing the form the board
warns shippers that the mere signing thereof
does not necessarily mean that licenses will be
granted.
Heretofore when the War Trade
Board granted a license to the shipper to ship
to his own branch it exercised no control over
what the branch might do with the goods on
their receipt.
The branch might sell such
goods to an enemy house.
Herewith is shown a photograph of Walter
Kipp, Edison jobber, of Indianapolis, Ind., but-
tonholing William Maxwell, vice-president of
It is therefore to make the bureau more ef-
fective and at the same time not to work hard-
ship to reputable shippers who have branch
houses in foreign countries that the new form
has been prepared.
DEATH OF HARRY L. COOPER
COLUMBUS, O., December 10.—Harry L. Cooper,
proprietor of a piano store at 745 North High
street, this city, died at his home here last
week from a stroke of apoplexy. He was thirty-
seven years old.
tfieBRAMBACH
BABY GRAND
The Largest and Only Exclusive
Producers of Baby Grands—
BRAMBACH PIANO COL
6 3 9 - 6 4 3 -WEST 4.9'h STREET
NEW YORK. CITY
Tmmw
BABY GRAND PIANO
Walter Kipp and William Maxwell
Thomas A. Edison, Inc., and manager of the
Musical Phonograph Division, on the occasion
of the Edison Dealers' Convention at Indian-
apolis recently.
BJUR BROS. CO.
THE
BEST
PROPOSITION
ESI \ BUSH l;D
IN THE
Pianos and Player-Pianos of Quality
MARKET
Lindeman#SonsPiano(&
s-
705-717 Whillock Avenue, N e w YOTk « «
45 a St. & 11 a Ave.. N ew York,
Always Reliable
Uniformly
PIANO
TRUCKS
PIANO
HOISTS
ROGART
PIANOS
BOGART PIANO CO.
9-11 Canal P l a c e
NEW YORK
in 9 Styles
Christman
Pianos
The most Artistic made for the Price
Exceptional in TONE a n d FINISH
Write for details.
"The first touch tells"
597 E. 137th Street, NEW YORK
The BEST Known
Ask about them
Self Lifting Piano Truck Co.
FISCHER
J. & C. Fischer
Established In 1840
New York
FINDLAY, OHIO
Stands for the best In
Player, Upright and Grand
Piano
THE MUSIC TRADE
40
REVIEW
Oregon
Thompson & Klingham have sold the Liberty Theatre
at Burns to C. B. Smith.
South Dakota
Louis Gits and Eugene Tripp have bought the Grand
Theatre of Noonan.
S. H. Cornell recently purchased the Fad Theatre at
Arlington.
Wisconsin
Warren Craig and Peter Wester have bought the moving
picture theatre at Cassville from Glen Ashlock.
C. W. Rice is making arrangements to reopen the Idle
Theatre at Phillips.
NEW FORM FOR EXPORTERS
WALTER KIPP AND WM. MAXWELL
War Trade Board Prepares New Form of Agree-
ment Which Is of Interest to Manufacturers
of Musical Instruments Who Are Exporting
Photographer Snaps Two Prominent Edison
Phonograph Men at Recent Convention
SELLING "TIPS" FOR DEALERS IN MOTION PICTURE PLAYERS
New Motion Picture Theatres, Churches, Hotels and Restaurants in Various Sections of the
Country That Will Require Orchestrions, Automatic Pianos and Other Musical Equipment
Opportunities to make sales of automatic
pianos and orchestrions will be found in this
column by piano dealers desirous of develop-
ing these prospects in the respective localities
mentioned:
California
The People's Theatre on Mission street, San Francisco,
has been closed for remodeling.
Architect Carl Werner has almost completed plans for
the theatre to be erected at Ninth and Clement streets
for the Colonial Theatre Co., San Francisco.
Delaware
The Capital City Theatre Co., Wilmington, has been in-
corporated by John J. Jolls, with a capital of $25,000.
The Maude Hamilton Amusement Co., Wilmington, has
been incorporated by A. M. Halloran.
Illinois
Fred Weiser has sold the Gem Theatre, of Stonington,
to G. E. Rodman.
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Zach are having Snyder & Snyder
remodel their building for the Dreamland Theatre at Mt.
Pulaski.
Iowa
J. II. Price has opened the Isis Theatre on the corner
of East Sixteenth street and Grand avenue, Des Moines-
The Isis is one of the finest houses in Des Moines.
Putnam and Morrow have purchased the opera house in
Barnes City from M. Johnson.
C. C. Ilahn has sold the Lyric Theatre in Wellman to
Messrs. Cook and Bell.
The house is closed at present
and the new owners are remodeling it.
The Princess Theatre at Montezuma, which was recently
badly damaged Dy fire, is being redecorated and remod-
eled by Fred Wasson, the manager, and will be opened
shortly.
Kansas
W. L. Norris has sold the Electric Theatre at Muscotah
to C. W. French.
The Grantham Building, of Baxter Springs, has been
rented by Messrs. Tindale and Margruder. They are go-
ing to remodel the building and make it up-to-date in every
respect.
The new theatre will be called the Elite.
Louisiana
Manager Frank R. Heiderich, Jr., expects to open the
Trocadcro Theatre on Adams street, New Orleans, very
soon, as the remodeling has been nearly finished.
Michigan
II. S. Logan, of Chicago, has reopened the Columbia
Theatre at Grand Rapids.
O. R. Sebring will be the
manager.
Missouri
The new opera house at Rosendale will probably be fully
completed within a week or so.
Nebraska
George Allgaier, Jr., has bought a moving picture the-
atre at Nelson.
Zed Oaks is now the manager of the Ideal Theatre at
Westpoint.
C. D. Wilcox has bought the Ong moving picture theatre
at Ong.
Ohio
McMahan & Jackson have bought the Carrel Theatre on
Eastern avenue, near Carrel street, Cincinnati, from
Shobcr Bros. The new owners intend to make extensive
improvements in the Carrel.
WASHINGTON, D. C, December 17.—The War
Trade Board has prepared a new form of agree-
ment for shippers exporting goods to their own
branches or agencies abroad to supersede all
previous forms. In issuing the form the board
warns shippers that the mere signing thereof
does not necessarily mean that licenses will be
granted.
Heretofore when the War Trade
Board granted a license to the shipper to ship
to his own branch it exercised no control over
what the branch might do with the goods on
their receipt.
The branch might sell such
goods to an enemy house.
Herewith is shown a photograph of Walter
Kipp, Edison jobber, of Indianapolis, Ind., but-
tonholing William Maxwell, vice-president of
It is therefore to make the bureau more ef-
fective and at the same time not to work hard-
ship to reputable shippers who have branch
houses in foreign countries that the new form
has been prepared.
DEATH OF HARRY L. COOPER
COLUMBUS, O., December 10.—Harry L. Cooper,
proprietor of a piano store at 745 North High
street, this city, died at his home here last
week from a stroke of apoplexy. He was thirty-
seven years old.
tfieBRAMBACH
BABY GRAND
The Largest and Only Exclusive
Producers of Baby Grands—
BRAMBACH PIANO COL
6 3 9 - 6 4 3 -WEST 4.9'h STREET
NEW YORK. CITY
Tmmw
BABY GRAND PIANO
Walter Kipp and William Maxwell
Thomas A. Edison, Inc., and manager of the
Musical Phonograph Division, on the occasion
of the Edison Dealers' Convention at Indian-
apolis recently.
BJUR BROS. CO.
THE
BEST
PROPOSITION
ESI \ BUSH l;D
IN THE
Pianos and Player-Pianos of Quality
MARKET
Lindeman#SonsPiano(&
s-
705-717 Whillock Avenue, N e w YOTk « «
45 a St. & 11 a Ave.. N ew York,
Always Reliable
Uniformly
PIANO
TRUCKS
PIANO
HOISTS
ROGART
PIANOS
BOGART PIANO CO.
9-11 Canal P l a c e
NEW YORK
in 9 Styles
Christman
Pianos
The most Artistic made for the Price
Exceptional in TONE a n d FINISH
Write for details.
"The first touch tells"
597 E. 137th Street, NEW YORK
The BEST Known
Ask about them
Self Lifting Piano Truck Co.
FISCHER
J. & C. Fischer
Established In 1840
New York
FINDLAY, OHIO
Stands for the best In
Player, Upright and Grand
Piano
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