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THE
JANUARY 5, 1924
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
New Stores and Changes Among Retail
Music Merchants During the Past Month
A Compilation of the New Stores Established and Changes in Ownership and Management
Among Retail Music Merchants for Benefit of the Manufacturer and the Traveler
Alabama
Montgomery, Ala.—The store of the Starr Piano Co.
suffered a considerable loss in the Post Office block
flre.
California
Vallejo, Cal.—Sherman, Clay & Co. have doubled the
capacity of their local store, which now includes
40(5-408 Virginia street.
Visalia, Cal.—The Hockett-Cowan Music Co. has held
its formal opening of its new quarters at Main
and Locust streets.
San Diego, Cal.—The newly remodeled quarters of
the Wiley B. Allen Music Co. at 1031 Fifth street
have been formally dedicated.
San Mateo, Cal.—Levy Bros, have just opened a new
music store here at 206 B street, carrying phono-
graphs, small goods and sheet music.
Richmond, Cal.—Carl L. Richard, proprietor of the
Richard Melody-) Shop, has purchased the Riess-
Rothlitf Music Co.
Compton, Cal.—Papers of incorporation have been
filed for the Compton Music Co., which will have
$25,000 capitalization.
Sonoma, Cal.—A branch of the Marlow Music Co., of
Santa Rosa, has been established here in Mason
Hall, carrying pianos, phonographs and radio.
Hollywodd, Cal.—T|he formal opening of the new
Monica Music Shoppe has bejen held at 4512 Sunset
boulevard.
Santa Barbara, Cal.—The Bailard-Cramer Music Co.
has formally opened its new warerooms.
Richmond, Cal.—J. C. Dunn, of Oakland, has opened
the Red Front Music & Radio Shoppe at 2228 Mac-
donald street here.
Sacramento, Cal.—The Diggles Music Co., Thirteenth
and J streets, holds formal opening.
Los Angeles, Cal.—Martin Music Co. holds formal
opening at 734 South Hill street.
Pasadena, Cal.—Hancock Music Co., 331 East Colo-
rado street, makes large addition to warerooms.
Connecticut
East Hartford, Conn.—A new music store has been
opened by L. H. Weber at 1257 Main street.
Winsted, Conn.—Bovee's Music Shop has opened in
new quarters at 524 Main street, three doors below
the former location.
New Haven, Conn.—The Miller Music Co. has taken
over an adjoining store, which has been consoli-
dated into a larger establishment.
New Haven, Conn.—The newly renovated store of
Wooley & More, 71 East Main street, has been
opened and carries the Brunswick line.
New Haven, Conn.—The new store of Blair & Bro-
drib, which carries the Brunswick phonograph
line, has been opened at 103 Orange street.
Bridgeport, Conn.—The new music store of H.
Piquette & Sons has been formally opened at 183
Fairfield avenue.
New Haven, Conn.—The Miller Music Shop, 144-146
Congress avenue, has enlarged its establishment by
leasing the adjacent store.
Delaware
Wilmington, Del.—John B. Wilson has opened a new
music store at 12 Orange street.
District of Columbia
Washington, D. C.—The phonograph repair shop of
T. W. Woodward has been moved to 813 H street,
Northwest, occupying larger quarters.
Washington, I). C.—Leonberger's Music Shop has
completed renovations in the new location at 926
New York avenue, Northwest.
Washington, I>. C.—The Brunswick Shop, formerly
at 1404 Park road, has moved to 3310 Fourteenth
street, Northwest.
Florida
Tampa, Fla.—Stanley Price and his sister, Miss
Edith Price, have purchased the Victor department
of Maas Bros.
Georgia
Atlanta, Ga.—The music house of Ludden & Bates
on North Pryor street has opened a sheet music
department, with Miss Pearl Nash as manager.
Idaho
Nampa, Idaho—Melody Shop opens in this city in the
E. R. Brace Building.
Illinois
Chicago, 111.—The Leader .Furniture & Phonograph
Co., Inc., has been dissolved.
Chicago, III.—The Bent Music Shop, Inc., is the new
name for the Music Shop, Inc., 214 South Wabash
avenue, which has $100,000 capital stock.
Oak Park, 111.—Miss Rose Mary Fick has purchased
the Oak Park Brunswick Shop, at 106 North Oak
Park avenue, from Harry Geise.
East St. Louis, III.—A piano department has been
added to the John A. Ryan Furniture Co., 122
Collinsville avenue.
Peoria, 111.—Incorporation papers have been filed for
the Daniel Miller Co., which will deal in musical
merchandise with $50,000 capital.
Havana, 111.—F. M. Castleberry has leased a small
building on Tonica street, which has been fitted up
as a music store.
Moline, 111.—A talking machine department has been
added to the Carlson Bros, store in the new Carbro
Building.
Chicago, 111.—Marshall, Field & Co. buy Rothschild
& Co. department store.
Chicago, 111.—Wiswell Music Co., 10534 Seeley ave-
nue, incorporated to deal in all musical instru-
ments.
Chicago, 111.—Manufacturers' Outlet Piano Store, 138
Milwaukee avenue, incorporated to deal in pianos,
organs and musical instruments.
Indiana
Muncie, Ind.—The Meskill Music Shop, 109 West
Jackson street, has held its formal opening, with
A. L. Huber as manager.
Terre Haute, Ind.—A second local Brunswick shop
has been opened hera. at Twelve Points recently
by Jensen Bros, and will carry a line.of pianos.
Indianapolis, Ind.—B. K. Traub has been made man-
ager of the piano department of the Carlin Music
Co. here.
Kokomo, Ind.—Miss Rebecca Frederick has opened
a department of violins and sheet music in the
' Lavender Gift Shop, 108 West Mulberry street.
Kansas
St. John, Kan.—A music and variety store lias been
opened at 20(i North Main street by M. F. Dough-'
erty and will handle pianos.
Kentucky
Lexington, Ky.—Spengler's Art & Music Shop, at 139
West Main street, carrying a line of pianos and
phonographs, has been opened.
Louisville, Ky.—Fifty pianos in the store of the
Krausgill Piano Co., 309 West W'alnut street, were
damaged to the extent of $2,000.
Louisiana
New Orleans, La.—The new quarters of the Junius
Hart Piano Co., at 123 Carondelet street, have been
formally opened.
Maryland
Baltimore, Md.—The Mazor Piano Co. has opened a
new branch in the Academy of Music Building,
making five local stores here.
Massachusetts
Boston, Mass.—The Daniel J. Sullivan Piano Co. has
been established in the quarters of the A. M.
McPhail Piaho Co. in the Walker Building.
Holyoke, Mass.—The new quarters of the John T.
Roy Co., at 54 Suffolk street, have been formally
opened.
Pittsfield, Mass.—Wood Bros, have opened their new
building at 421 North street.
Worcester, Mass.—A branch music store has been
opened in the new Jewell Building by Seder Bros.,
carrying phonographs and sheet music.
Boston, Mass.—The piano department of Henderson's
has been closed since the removal of that house
to a new address.
Brockton, Mass.—The C. A. Peabody Co., dealing in
pianos and musical instruments, has closed out its
business.
New Bedford, Mass.—Maurice Music Shop, Pleasant
and Spring streets, has been opened.
Carries
pianos, player-pianos, talking machines, etc. Mau-
rice Genensky, manager.
Michigan
Adrian, Mich.—Alterations in the local Grinnell Bros,
store have been completed.
Minnesota
Little Falls, Minn.—A. J. Hand has opened a new
music store in the old space of the Folsom Music
Co. in the First National Bank Building.
Dodge Center, Minn.—A new music store has been
established here by T. A. Hein.
••
Minneapolis, Minn.—Foster & Waldo, music mer-
chants at 811 Nicollet avenue, have leased a floor
at 22 East Grant street for storage.
Missouri
Cameron, Mo.—F. H. Ames has purchased the music
and jewelry business of S. J. Sloane, established
here since 1907.
St. Louis, Mo.—Arthur C. Thiebes, formerly proprie-
tor of the Thiebes Piano Co., has opened a new
music business at 1103 Olive street.
St. Louis, Mo.—The Fay-Buchanan Music Co. has
moved from Thirteenth and Olive streets to larger
quarters at 1227 Olive street.
11
Omaha, Neb.—The complete stock of the National
Music Supply Co. here has been purchased by the
Schmoller & Mueller Piano Co.
New Hampshire
Manchester, N. H.—J. T. LeBlanc has opened new
music warerooms at 860 Elm street, carrying
pianos and a full line of merchandise.
New York
Medina, N. Y.—A. E. Webb has bought the music
business of the Landauer Co., Inc.
Plattsburgh, N. Y.—Frank H. LaVoice has opened
his new music store at Margaret street and Pro-
tection avenue.
New York City—The local branch of the Vocalstyle
Music Co. has been opened at 32 West Fifteenth
street.
Buffalo, N. Y.—Gelia Bros, have taken over the Co-
lumbia store formerly owned by F. G. Vallone.
New York City—The Victrola department of G.
Schirmer, Inc., 3 East Forty-third street, has been
taken over by the Widener Shops.
Kenmore, N. Y.—M. Truda has opened a new music
store here, carrying a line of talking machines.
New Y r ork City—Incorporation papers have been
filed for the Success Music Shop, with $2,000 capi-
tal, to deal in musical instruments.
Buffalo, N. Y.—A branch of the McClellan Music
House has been opened at 1374 Hertle avenue, with
?
•^ William Boyle as manager.
'
• ' •• -'
Rochester, N. Y.—The Rochester Phonograph Co.,
Inc., has reduced its capital stock from $100,000 to
$20,000.
Buffalo, N. Y.—Max Friedman has opened a music
shop in the Main Central Market Arcade, carrying
sheet music, player rolls and records.
Rochester, N. Y.—Branches of the Marline Music
Shoppe have been established at 434 Ames street
and 50 Lake avenue, handling pianos.
Brooklyn, N. Y.—The Rockaway Music Shop has
filed corporation papers, with a capital stock of
$1,000.
Brooklyn, N. Y.—Brennan's Phonograph Shop, for-
merly at 866 Flatbush avenue, has moved to 856
Flatbush avenue.
Brooklyn, N. Y.—A new music store has been opened
at 1128 Broadway, called the Allied Piano Manu-
facturers, Inc.
Freeport, N. Y.—Brunswick Shop, 11 South Main
street, opens piano department.
Mt. Kisco, N. Y.—The Melody Shop, 15 Kisco avenue,
carrying all lines of musical instruments, opens.
North Carolina
Winston-Salem, N. C.—The storage wareroom of L.
C. Dula was partially destroyed by flre, damaging
$3,444 worth of pianos and phonographs.
Charlotte, N. C.—A new music house, called the
Knabe Warerooms, has been opened at 211 North
Tryon street, with Charles S. Andrews as man-
ager.
Henderson, N. C.—A full line of musical instruments
is carried in the new music store opened on Gar-
nett street by A. T. Barnes.
Ohio
Warren, O.—Stewart's Music House, formerly De
Forrest's, has been formally opened at 111-113
North Park avenue.
Canton, O.—The Strassner-Custer Music House, car-
rying pianos and phonographs, has been opened
upstairs at 209 Cleveland avenue.
Columbus, O.—C. E. Gaetz, small goods dealer, has
moved to 51 West Long street, where he will add
a line of pianos and phonographs.
Cleveland, O.—A separate branch of the Muehl-
hauser Bros. Piano Co. has been established near
the main store to trade in used pianos.
Akron, O.—The new music house of the Smith &
Mitten Co. on East Mill street has secured the
Edison and Vocation phonograph lines.
Steubenville, O.—The Nelson-Deever Music Co. has
remodeled a three-story building at 140-42 South
Fourth street for immediate occupancy.
Newark, O.—Fairall's Music House, at Fourth and
Main streets, has completed alterations almost
doubling its floor Space.
Middletown, O.—The McFarland Music Co. has re-
moved to a more central location at 408 East Third
street.
Alliance, O.—John Drake & Co. have opened a talk-
ing machine department in their new home fur-
nishing store at 35 East Main street.
Akron, O.—George S. Dales Co. opens musical mer-
chandise and sheet music departments.
Akron, O.—Extensive alterations completed in the
store of Earl Poling Music Co., Howard and Mill
streets.
Orrville, O.—Elmer Reider has purchased half in-
terest, in King Music Co.
Oregon
Marshfleld, Ore.—The L. L. Thomas Music Co. has
filed a charter of incorporation, with a capital
stock of $100,000.
Montana
Pennsylvania
Butte, Mont.—The Orton Bros. Co. has remodeled its
store to provide separate departments for pianos,
Victrolas and small goods.
Carlisle, Pa.—The D. N. Reeder Music Store has
moved to the building on North Hanover street,
formerly occupied by the J. H. Trou Music Store.
Williamsport, Pa.—The new phonograph store of M.
H. Housel & Co., at 141 West Fourth street, has
been opened.
Nebraska
Hemingford, Neb.—The Larson Music Co., of Sid-
ney, has established a branch here in the Shindelar
Building, with Chas. Larson as manager,
(Continued on page 12)
THE
JANUARY 5, 1924
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
New Stores and Changes Among Retail
Music Merchants During the Past Month
A Compilation of the New Stores Established and Changes in Ownership and Management
Among Retail Music Merchants for Benefit of the Manufacturer and the Traveler
Alabama
Montgomery, Ala.—The store of the Starr Piano Co.
suffered a considerable loss in the Post Office block
flre.
California
Vallejo, Cal.—Sherman, Clay & Co. have doubled the
capacity of their local store, which now includes
40(5-408 Virginia street.
Visalia, Cal.—The Hockett-Cowan Music Co. has held
its formal opening of its new quarters at Main
and Locust streets.
San Diego, Cal.—The newly remodeled quarters of
the Wiley B. Allen Music Co. at 1031 Fifth street
have been formally dedicated.
San Mateo, Cal.—Levy Bros, have just opened a new
music store here at 206 B street, carrying phono-
graphs, small goods and sheet music.
Richmond, Cal.—Carl L. Richard, proprietor of the
Richard Melody-) Shop, has purchased the Riess-
Rothlitf Music Co.
Compton, Cal.—Papers of incorporation have been
filed for the Compton Music Co., which will have
$25,000 capitalization.
Sonoma, Cal.—A branch of the Marlow Music Co., of
Santa Rosa, has been established here in Mason
Hall, carrying pianos, phonographs and radio.
Hollywodd, Cal.—T|he formal opening of the new
Monica Music Shoppe has bejen held at 4512 Sunset
boulevard.
Santa Barbara, Cal.—The Bailard-Cramer Music Co.
has formally opened its new warerooms.
Richmond, Cal.—J. C. Dunn, of Oakland, has opened
the Red Front Music & Radio Shoppe at 2228 Mac-
donald street here.
Sacramento, Cal.—The Diggles Music Co., Thirteenth
and J streets, holds formal opening.
Los Angeles, Cal.—Martin Music Co. holds formal
opening at 734 South Hill street.
Pasadena, Cal.—Hancock Music Co., 331 East Colo-
rado street, makes large addition to warerooms.
Connecticut
East Hartford, Conn.—A new music store has been
opened by L. H. Weber at 1257 Main street.
Winsted, Conn.—Bovee's Music Shop has opened in
new quarters at 524 Main street, three doors below
the former location.
New Haven, Conn.—The Miller Music Co. has taken
over an adjoining store, which has been consoli-
dated into a larger establishment.
New Haven, Conn.—The newly renovated store of
Wooley & More, 71 East Main street, has been
opened and carries the Brunswick line.
New Haven, Conn.—The new store of Blair & Bro-
drib, which carries the Brunswick phonograph
line, has been opened at 103 Orange street.
Bridgeport, Conn.—The new music store of H.
Piquette & Sons has been formally opened at 183
Fairfield avenue.
New Haven, Conn.—The Miller Music Shop, 144-146
Congress avenue, has enlarged its establishment by
leasing the adjacent store.
Delaware
Wilmington, Del.—John B. Wilson has opened a new
music store at 12 Orange street.
District of Columbia
Washington, D. C.—The phonograph repair shop of
T. W. Woodward has been moved to 813 H street,
Northwest, occupying larger quarters.
Washington, I). C.—Leonberger's Music Shop has
completed renovations in the new location at 926
New York avenue, Northwest.
Washington, I>. C.—The Brunswick Shop, formerly
at 1404 Park road, has moved to 3310 Fourteenth
street, Northwest.
Florida
Tampa, Fla.—Stanley Price and his sister, Miss
Edith Price, have purchased the Victor department
of Maas Bros.
Georgia
Atlanta, Ga.—The music house of Ludden & Bates
on North Pryor street has opened a sheet music
department, with Miss Pearl Nash as manager.
Idaho
Nampa, Idaho—Melody Shop opens in this city in the
E. R. Brace Building.
Illinois
Chicago, 111.—The Leader .Furniture & Phonograph
Co., Inc., has been dissolved.
Chicago, III.—The Bent Music Shop, Inc., is the new
name for the Music Shop, Inc., 214 South Wabash
avenue, which has $100,000 capital stock.
Oak Park, 111.—Miss Rose Mary Fick has purchased
the Oak Park Brunswick Shop, at 106 North Oak
Park avenue, from Harry Geise.
East St. Louis, III.—A piano department has been
added to the John A. Ryan Furniture Co., 122
Collinsville avenue.
Peoria, 111.—Incorporation papers have been filed for
the Daniel Miller Co., which will deal in musical
merchandise with $50,000 capital.
Havana, 111.—F. M. Castleberry has leased a small
building on Tonica street, which has been fitted up
as a music store.
Moline, 111.—A talking machine department has been
added to the Carlson Bros, store in the new Carbro
Building.
Chicago, 111.—Marshall, Field & Co. buy Rothschild
& Co. department store.
Chicago, 111.—Wiswell Music Co., 10534 Seeley ave-
nue, incorporated to deal in all musical instru-
ments.
Chicago, 111.—Manufacturers' Outlet Piano Store, 138
Milwaukee avenue, incorporated to deal in pianos,
organs and musical instruments.
Indiana
Muncie, Ind.—The Meskill Music Shop, 109 West
Jackson street, has held its formal opening, with
A. L. Huber as manager.
Terre Haute, Ind.—A second local Brunswick shop
has been opened hera. at Twelve Points recently
by Jensen Bros, and will carry a line.of pianos.
Indianapolis, Ind.—B. K. Traub has been made man-
ager of the piano department of the Carlin Music
Co. here.
Kokomo, Ind.—Miss Rebecca Frederick has opened
a department of violins and sheet music in the
' Lavender Gift Shop, 108 West Mulberry street.
Kansas
St. John, Kan.—A music and variety store lias been
opened at 20(i North Main street by M. F. Dough-'
erty and will handle pianos.
Kentucky
Lexington, Ky.—Spengler's Art & Music Shop, at 139
West Main street, carrying a line of pianos and
phonographs, has been opened.
Louisville, Ky.—Fifty pianos in the store of the
Krausgill Piano Co., 309 West W'alnut street, were
damaged to the extent of $2,000.
Louisiana
New Orleans, La.—The new quarters of the Junius
Hart Piano Co., at 123 Carondelet street, have been
formally opened.
Maryland
Baltimore, Md.—The Mazor Piano Co. has opened a
new branch in the Academy of Music Building,
making five local stores here.
Massachusetts
Boston, Mass.—The Daniel J. Sullivan Piano Co. has
been established in the quarters of the A. M.
McPhail Piaho Co. in the Walker Building.
Holyoke, Mass.—The new quarters of the John T.
Roy Co., at 54 Suffolk street, have been formally
opened.
Pittsfield, Mass.—Wood Bros, have opened their new
building at 421 North street.
Worcester, Mass.—A branch music store has been
opened in the new Jewell Building by Seder Bros.,
carrying phonographs and sheet music.
Boston, Mass.—The piano department of Henderson's
has been closed since the removal of that house
to a new address.
Brockton, Mass.—The C. A. Peabody Co., dealing in
pianos and musical instruments, has closed out its
business.
New Bedford, Mass.—Maurice Music Shop, Pleasant
and Spring streets, has been opened.
Carries
pianos, player-pianos, talking machines, etc. Mau-
rice Genensky, manager.
Michigan
Adrian, Mich.—Alterations in the local Grinnell Bros,
store have been completed.
Minnesota
Little Falls, Minn.—A. J. Hand has opened a new
music store in the old space of the Folsom Music
Co. in the First National Bank Building.
Dodge Center, Minn.—A new music store has been
established here by T. A. Hein.
••
Minneapolis, Minn.—Foster & Waldo, music mer-
chants at 811 Nicollet avenue, have leased a floor
at 22 East Grant street for storage.
Missouri
Cameron, Mo.—F. H. Ames has purchased the music
and jewelry business of S. J. Sloane, established
here since 1907.
St. Louis, Mo.—Arthur C. Thiebes, formerly proprie-
tor of the Thiebes Piano Co., has opened a new
music business at 1103 Olive street.
St. Louis, Mo.—The Fay-Buchanan Music Co. has
moved from Thirteenth and Olive streets to larger
quarters at 1227 Olive street.
11
Omaha, Neb.—The complete stock of the National
Music Supply Co. here has been purchased by the
Schmoller & Mueller Piano Co.
New Hampshire
Manchester, N. H.—J. T. LeBlanc has opened new
music warerooms at 860 Elm street, carrying
pianos and a full line of merchandise.
New York
Medina, N. Y.—A. E. Webb has bought the music
business of the Landauer Co., Inc.
Plattsburgh, N. Y.—Frank H. LaVoice has opened
his new music store at Margaret street and Pro-
tection avenue.
New York City—The local branch of the Vocalstyle
Music Co. has been opened at 32 West Fifteenth
street.
Buffalo, N. Y.—Gelia Bros, have taken over the Co-
lumbia store formerly owned by F. G. Vallone.
New York City—The Victrola department of G.
Schirmer, Inc., 3 East Forty-third street, has been
taken over by the Widener Shops.
Kenmore, N. Y.—M. Truda has opened a new music
store here, carrying a line of talking machines.
New Y r ork City—Incorporation papers have been
filed for the Success Music Shop, with $2,000 capi-
tal, to deal in musical instruments.
Buffalo, N. Y.—A branch of the McClellan Music
House has been opened at 1374 Hertle avenue, with
?
•^ William Boyle as manager.
'
• ' •• -'
Rochester, N. Y.—The Rochester Phonograph Co.,
Inc., has reduced its capital stock from $100,000 to
$20,000.
Buffalo, N. Y.—Max Friedman has opened a music
shop in the Main Central Market Arcade, carrying
sheet music, player rolls and records.
Rochester, N. Y.—Branches of the Marline Music
Shoppe have been established at 434 Ames street
and 50 Lake avenue, handling pianos.
Brooklyn, N. Y.—The Rockaway Music Shop has
filed corporation papers, with a capital stock of
$1,000.
Brooklyn, N. Y.—Brennan's Phonograph Shop, for-
merly at 866 Flatbush avenue, has moved to 856
Flatbush avenue.
Brooklyn, N. Y.—A new music store has been opened
at 1128 Broadway, called the Allied Piano Manu-
facturers, Inc.
Freeport, N. Y.—Brunswick Shop, 11 South Main
street, opens piano department.
Mt. Kisco, N. Y.—The Melody Shop, 15 Kisco avenue,
carrying all lines of musical instruments, opens.
North Carolina
Winston-Salem, N. C.—The storage wareroom of L.
C. Dula was partially destroyed by flre, damaging
$3,444 worth of pianos and phonographs.
Charlotte, N. C.—A new music house, called the
Knabe Warerooms, has been opened at 211 North
Tryon street, with Charles S. Andrews as man-
ager.
Henderson, N. C.—A full line of musical instruments
is carried in the new music store opened on Gar-
nett street by A. T. Barnes.
Ohio
Warren, O.—Stewart's Music House, formerly De
Forrest's, has been formally opened at 111-113
North Park avenue.
Canton, O.—The Strassner-Custer Music House, car-
rying pianos and phonographs, has been opened
upstairs at 209 Cleveland avenue.
Columbus, O.—C. E. Gaetz, small goods dealer, has
moved to 51 West Long street, where he will add
a line of pianos and phonographs.
Cleveland, O.—A separate branch of the Muehl-
hauser Bros. Piano Co. has been established near
the main store to trade in used pianos.
Akron, O.—The new music house of the Smith &
Mitten Co. on East Mill street has secured the
Edison and Vocation phonograph lines.
Steubenville, O.—The Nelson-Deever Music Co. has
remodeled a three-story building at 140-42 South
Fourth street for immediate occupancy.
Newark, O.—Fairall's Music House, at Fourth and
Main streets, has completed alterations almost
doubling its floor Space.
Middletown, O.—The McFarland Music Co. has re-
moved to a more central location at 408 East Third
street.
Alliance, O.—John Drake & Co. have opened a talk-
ing machine department in their new home fur-
nishing store at 35 East Main street.
Akron, O.—George S. Dales Co. opens musical mer-
chandise and sheet music departments.
Akron, O.—Extensive alterations completed in the
store of Earl Poling Music Co., Howard and Mill
streets.
Orrville, O.—Elmer Reider has purchased half in-
terest, in King Music Co.
Oregon
Marshfleld, Ore.—The L. L. Thomas Music Co. has
filed a charter of incorporation, with a capital
stock of $100,000.
Montana
Pennsylvania
Butte, Mont.—The Orton Bros. Co. has remodeled its
store to provide separate departments for pianos,
Victrolas and small goods.
Carlisle, Pa.—The D. N. Reeder Music Store has
moved to the building on North Hanover street,
formerly occupied by the J. H. Trou Music Store.
Williamsport, Pa.—The new phonograph store of M.
H. Housel & Co., at 141 West Fourth street, has
been opened.
Nebraska
Hemingford, Neb.—The Larson Music Co., of Sid-
ney, has established a branch here in the Shindelar
Building, with Chas. Larson as manager,
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