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PRESTO
June 5, 1920.
nographs into the Straits Settlements now amounts
to many thonsands of dollars each year, the ma- SOME BRIEF ITEMS
chines varying from the highest class to the older
OF A PERSONAL KIND
kinds and cheaper makes. Many retail firms in
Singapore handle them, and music houses regard
them as constituting an important part of their Varied Activities of the Men Who Sell Pianos Hera
U. S. Vice Consul at Singapore Tells of Opportuni-
trade.
and There Noted-
ties There for the Goods.
Byron Von Eisner, who for several years was
well known as a piano man, but who later has been
The U. S. vice consul at Singapore reports that
GLUE FOR CHINA.
in southern Indiana in the coal and oil business,
there is an excellent market in that city for certain
While unrefined glue and glue stocks are exten- was in Chicago on Monday of this week.
musical instruments and especially for the sale of
phonographs. These afford one of the most valued sively found in China, no effort has as yet been
W. C. Babb, of Wyman, Babb & Company, Re-
forms of amusements during the long tropical even- made to refine glue on any large scale, and a con- public Building, Chicago, has purchased a new Stude-
ings, and their popularity is increased hy the com- siderable quantity is still imported. Glue imports baker automobile, in which he rides when he goes
parative absence of the more highly organized kinds into China during 1917 amounted to 1,593,600 pounds, out to make calls on his suburban customers.
of entertainment. The vice consul says that the valued at $292,605. During 1918 the United States
Mr. Hewitt, traveler for the M. Schulz Company,
talking machines possess a fascination not only for exported to China 405,844 pounds of glue, valued is on a trip in Michigan.
at
$100,202.
European residents, but for the Indians and coolies
H. A. Stewart, of the Gulbransen-Dickinson Com-
in their tenement quarters and the dwellers in the
pany, Chicago, has been on jury duty at the Crimi-
jungle huts. They are considered as having marked
nal Court, Chicago, for the last two weeks.
TALK ON HONESTY.
advantages in the way of education and as furnish-
H. H. Bradley, Chicago wholesale manager of the
ing an inspiration toward advancement.
"A man is known by the way he keeps his word, .Chase-Hackley
Company, Republic Building,
In Singapore, with its mixed cosmopolitan popu- and so is a business," says the J. W. Jenkins Sons' has been on a Piano
trip through Minnesota. He says
lation, brought together from many nations and Music Co., Muskogee, Okla. This is added: "You crop
prospects look very promising in Minnesota.
races, it is found necessary to provide a great va- trust a man whom you know has always kept his
George L. Shaw, credit manager of the H. C. Bay
riety of records, in diverse language and appealing word, and exactly the same is true about a business
to the individual tastes of the purchasers. He states, house. The Jenkins' house has kept faith with the Company, 806 Republic Building, Chicago, has re-
for example, that the higher class of Chinese, al- people of the Southwest for more than forty years. turned from an outing at his old home in Paxton,
though they yielded to the attraction of the instru- You can rely on what is told you about piano values 111.
ment, did so only when music of their own national if you are at Jenkins'. We are always glad to place
type was procurable. European music, however, is cur knowledge of things musical and our long ex-
It is reported in Detroit that the Paige Motor Cat-
perience at your disposal. If you are in doubt about
often heard in districts surprising to the stranger.
Company is about to enter the talking machine in-
dustrv.
According to this report, the importation of pho- a musical instrument, come and see us."
POINTS TO MARKET FOR
AMERICAN PRODUCTS
THE
FINDLAY PIANO TRUCK
Nothing Else Like It
HAVE MONEY IN THEM FOR ANY RESPONSIBLE DEALER
They bear critical comparison with any others,
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Factory:
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The Findlay Truck
is a two-piece-end
truck with lifting
handles and is Self-
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to truck the piano.
You get more
than full value
for every dollar
invested in this
truck.
They are beautiful
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Manufacturers of
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PLAYER PIANOS
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15he TTLanualo
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MANUFACTURERS OF
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Bass Strings
1 S-2021 C L Y B O V R N AVENUE
Corner Lewis Street
CHICAGO
CINCINNATI CHICAGO
E offer exceptional ad-
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wish to push the Piano busi-
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124 W. Fourth St. *23S.WabashAve.
CHICAGO
CINCINNATI
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NEW YORK CHY
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Established 1873
MANUFACTURER OP
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