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• 1839 James W. York is born in Exeter, NH to musician father Ezekiel and wife Nancy (census)
• 1850 the York family is in Haverhill, MA (census)
• 1860 now in Biddeford, ME (census)
• 1861 James enlists in the army as a musician (CW records)
• 1863 James is discharged from the army
• 1867 James marries Josephine Swasey in Biddeford
• 1868 James is in Biddeford, ME; musician; son Frank Warren York is born on August 29th (birth record)
• 1872 James is working in Worcester, MA as a painter; son Charles Edwin York is born on December 2nd (birth record)
• 1870s despite numerous claims to York working for the Boston Musical Instrument Mfy., he is not found in any directory
• 1882 James moves to Grand Rapids, MI and opens a music store (1937 Grand Rapids Herald article says he started on lower Monroe Ave. where Heyman’s store now stands)
• 1883 York & Smith, #67 Canal St., James York & Christian J. Smith; music (dir) ¹
• 1885 opened factory with Frank Holton on Canal St. (NLI)
• 1886 York & Holton, #57 Canal St., with Frank E. Holton; music & musical goods; Newell L. Thomas, engraver & William S. Bronson are working for them (dir)
• 1887 In recognition of his infant son Charles E. York, he renamed the company York & Son
• 1888 Sanborn map of Canal St. shows #57 & #67 as tenements
• 1887 now J. W. York & Son with Frank (age 19); the earliest instruments found so far have ‘York & Son’
• 1888 Sanborn map has the second floor of #3 Ionia Ave. marked ‘Musical Instruments’
• 1889 J. W. York & Son, #3 North Ionia Ave., manufacturer of band instruments & music publisher; William Bronson is now listed as instrument maker (dir)
• 1890 York is described as a repair plant that makes a few cornets and trombones (Grand Rapids Herald, 1937) 1894 8 men working at the factory (MI Dept. of Labor report)
• 1898 Alfred Johnson is working as a finisher, age 17 (dir) 1898 now J. W. York & Sons with Frank & Charles, #3 N. Ionia (dir); branch office in Chicago (ad); a complete line of brass is now made (1937 Grand Rapids Herald article)
• 1902 Henry Martin Sr & Jr are working at the York factory; Henry Jr is superintendent of the factory; they are making a new valve trombone (Music Trades)
• 1903 York is to move to the Raniville building at the corner of Campau & Lyon Sts., 11,000 sf on the 2nd floor, currently 60 now employed at the #3-7 North Ionia St. factory (Music Trades, July)
• 1903 debut of ‘Professional’ model cornet with Bb/A slide (Music Trades, August) 1903 York is now in larger quarters; the first six years were in small quarters on Canal St. then the last sixteen years on N. Ionia (about 1887); they had purchased a factory site on S. Division St. some time ago but conditions have not been favorable to build yet (Music Trades, August) Here is the Raniville site mentioned in 1903. This view is from 1888 showing the Raniville Belt Factory. By the 1895 Sanborn map, we can see the large building on the corner of Campau & Lyon Streets that York moved to. 1903 York now fully in new factory; York’s ‘Musical Herald’ was just issued (Music Trades, November)
• 1904 York at #2-20 Lyon St.; George Jackson recently joined the company (Music Trades, April)
• 1905 York had to re-occupy the old Ionia factory to build cases and drums (Music Trades, March) 1905 York adds 7,000 sf to their factory which is devoted to brass and silverplate band instruments; they now have 100 employees (Music Trades, July)
• 1906 York is incorporated (Grand Rapids Herald, 1940)
• 1908 York moves into their new factory at #1600 S. Division St. (photo 1 at right); they have 130 employees making 300 instruments per month (Grand Rapids Press, December)
• 1909 Edward J. Butler is granted patent #916,530 with assignment to York & Sons; tubing bender machine
• 1910 Alfred Johnson is granted patent #963,768 with assignment to York & Sons, High/Low pitch slide; Frank W. York is secretary & treasurer of York; Charles is listed as band instrument manufacturer (census)
• 1911 the Grand Rapids Band Instrument Co. is established, same owners and address as York (1917 Michigan factory inspection report); James pres, Charles vp, Frank sec. (dir). The Grand Rapids Band Instrument Company, a subsidiary of York, had its own serial number sequence and are not consistent with those of York from the same time period.
• 1912 Alfred Johnson is granted design patent #42,919 with the assignment to York & Sons, cornet design (photo 2) (photos 3 & 6 are similar and often labeled as ‘Perfectone’)
• 1913 Edwin S. Conrad & Charles P. Shepherd are granted patent #1,055,445 with the assignment to Grand Rapids Band Inst. Co., valve spring design 1913 Alfred Johnson is granted design patent #45,091 with the assignment to York & Sons, Al-Tru cornet design (photo 4) 1913 York announces that by May they have made 60,000 instruments since their beginning (The Metronome); they also show the ‘Metropolitan’ trumpet in an ad 1913 John & James Duffy along with Alfred Johnson form a stockholding company and purchase York & Sons
• 1914-1916 E. A. Couturier is a consultant in cornet design (photo 5 is the Couturier model)
• 1916 James York is still listed as a band inst. manuf.; James Duffy is York president, John Duffy tres, James F. Campbell sec. (dir)
• 1917 James York retires and moves to California. Up to this time, York specialized in Cornets and Trombones. 1917 the Michigan factory inspection lists York & Sons with 118 total workers & established in 1882; Grand Rapids Band Inst. Co. has 22 workers & established in 1911
• 1919 the Michigan factory inspection lists York & Sons with 245 workers, 69 of whom are women
• 1920 the Michigan factory inspection lists York & Sons with 283 total workers, 86 of whom are women; Charles York is listed as Violin factory president in GR (census)
• 1922 York and Grand Rapids Band Inst. Co. share the same address (dir)
• 1923 still listed as J. W. York & Sons
• 1924 Ross Hickernell patents a trumpet design and has them produced by York; serial numbers are in the 3300 to 3800 range so do not match with regular numbers
• 1926 now listed as York Band Instrument Co. after York family relinquishes all interest; this name change comes between January and October (patents)
• 1927 James York dies in LA on August 2nd
• 1928 Alfred Johnson is granted patent #1,674,398 with the assignment to York & Sons for valve design (photo 1); he is also granted patent #1,673,195 for a sax tone hole
• 1929 Johnson is granted patent #1,735,576 for sax key stop
• 1930 Grand Rapids Band Inst. Co. no longer appears in the city directory
• 1931 Johnson is granted patent #1,789,589 with the assignment to York Band Inst. Co. for trombone slide; Johnson granted patent #1,821,641 for a spiral valve design (photo 2); also granted #1,826,077 for drawing tubing
• 1933 Johnson is granted patent #1,922,685 for valve design
• 1937 Karl B. Shrinkman is pres & treas, Alfred Johnson is vice-pres, L. E. Butler is sec. (Grand Rapids Herald)
• 1940 Johnson is granted design patent #119,755 for the York Air Flow trumpet ² (drawing & photos at right); Charles York is retired and living in Ft. Lauderdale, FL (census). York is sold to Carl Fischer Musical Instruments in December for $300,000, they currently have 90 workers and plans are to double capacity (Grand Rapids Herald). Johnson left the company. During World War II the company manufactured munitions. After the war, York produced student-line instruments.
• 1951 York now has 120 workers (Grand Rapids Press, 1971)
• 1953 serial #186549 is sold
• 1956-1959 York makes 75th anniversary models
• 1970 York is sold to Tolchin Instrument Co. and the factory is closed (Grand Rapids Press, 1971)
• 1972 the York office moves from 1600 N. Division to #615 Griswold St., Detroit
• 1973 now York Musical Instrument Co. Inc., #55 Marcus Drive, Melville, NY
• 1976 York is sold to Boosey & Hawkes
• 1998, the York name was acquired by the Brook Mays Music Company of Dallas, Texas. And, although, they advertised that the instruments were off-shore manufactured for them to precise standards.
• 2006 York filed for bankruptcy in July and closed in August

Inventor & Superintendent Alfred Johnson:

• 1882 born in Grand Rapids in March (census) 1898 finisher, York & Sons (dir)
• 1900 musician (census)
• 1902 instrument maker, York & Sons (dir)
• 1903 horn maker, York & Sons (dir)
• 1905 musician (marriage form)
• 1910 musician for musical industry (census)
• 1911 Alfred W. Johnson, musician (dir) (This is a bit of a mystery as the directories have ‘W’ yet the patents all have ‘J’ for his middle initial starting in 1912. ‘W’ would sound more likely since his nickname was Bill.’
• 1916 & 1919 Superintendent (dir)
• 1930 Superintendent band factory (census)
• 1940 same (census in April)
• 1972 died December 23rd

Personal Timeline for James Warren York:

1850 Census information: in Haverhill, Essex cnty, MA

1860 Census information: in Biddeford, York cnty, MA

1883 Grand Rapids Directory (RL Polk)

(categorized business listing:)

• York & Smith - music & musical merchandise @ 67 Canal (p745)
• Crist J Smith - resides @ 109 California (York&Smith) (p483)
• James W York - resides @ 67 Canal (York&Smith) (p582)
• York & Smith - music&musical merchandise @ 67 Canal

1886-87 Grand Rapids Directory (RL Polk)

(categorized business listing:)

• York & Holton - music & musical merchandise @ 3 N Ionia (p745)
• Isabella C Thomson bds @ 220 Ransom - clerk York&Holton
• Wm S Bronson rms @ 104 Canal - works J W York&Son
• Frank E Holton resides @ 57 Canal (York&Holton) (p317)
• James W York resides @ 57 Canal (York&Holton) (p704)
• Frank W York boards @ 57 Canal - Engraver for York&Holton
• York&Holton - music&musical goods @ 57 Canal

1889-90 Grand Rapids Directory (RL Polk)

(categorized business listing:)

• J W York & Son - music & musical merchandise @ 3 N Ionia (p1099)
• J W York & Son - music publishers @ 3 N Ionia
• York’s Musical Journal - monthly - terms: $.50/yr
• Louis Benz rms @ 67 Canal - lithographer J W York&Son
• Adelburt Burr rms @ 32 W Bridge - bookbinder J W York&Son
• U Grant Clark resides @ 416 N Front - printer J W York&Son
• Frank J Graulich bds @ 103 Gold - printer J W York&Son
• William Leichner bds @ 67 Canal - clerk J W York&Son
• Edwin H Shaw resides @ 118 Scribner - bookkeeper J W York&Son
• Wm S Bronson rms @ 57 Canal - instrument maker J W York&Son
• (Chester Bronson @ 57 Canal - musician - bro? )
• Newell L Thomas home @ 11 N Front - instrument maker - J W York&Son
• Charles L Wilkinson resides @ 41 W Bridge - engraver J W York&Sons
• Frank W York boards @ 130 Fountain (York&Son) (p1019)
• James W York resides @ 130 Fountain (York&Son)
• J W York & Son - mnfrs of band instruments
• & music publishers
• - advertisement (p1053)

1891 Grand Rapids Directory (RL Polk)

(categorized business listing:)

• J W York & Son - music & musical merchandise @ 3 N Ionia (p1296)
• J W York&Son - music publishers @ 3 N Ionia
• Perry R Willsey bds @ 112 S Division - music engraver
• Ralph Wood bds @ 22 Alabama - music printer J W York & Son
• Mrs Lizzie B Crater rms @ 28 Pearl - typewriter J W York & Son
• Frank J Graulich bds @ 103 Gold - burnisher J W York & Son
• Newell L Thomas home @ 11 N Front - cornet maker - J W York & Son
• Charles L Wilkinson resides @ 39 Calder - plater J W York & Son
• Frank W York bds @ 130 Fountain (York & Son) (p1233)
• James W York resides @ 130 Fountain (York & Son)
• J W York & Son - (James W & Frank W) mnfrs of band instruments
• & music publishers
• Wm S Bronson resides @ 122 Canal - instrument maker J A J Friedrich
• (Chester Bronson @ 57 Canal - musician - bro? )

1895 Grand Rapids Directory (RL Polk)

(categorized business listing:)

• J W York & Son - band instruments manufacturers @ 3 N Ionia (p1244)
• (employees of J W York & Son)
• John E Grace bds @ 80 Canal - helper
• Leon E Taylor bds @ 211 Ann - brassworker
• Louis L Thomas home @ 11 N Front - cornet maker (typo? - really Newell-?)
• Ralph Van der Wood home @ 80 Canal - burnisher
• Charles L Wilkinson home @ 132 Veto - plater
• Lizzie B Sylvester home @ 28 Pearl - stenographer J W York & Son
• Charles E York bds @ 130 Fountain - plater York & Son
• Frank W York bds @ 130 Fountain (York & Son) (p1232)
• James W York resides @ 130 Fountain (York & Son)
• J W York & Son - (James W & Frank W) band instruments mnfrs
• (Walter Goble listed as musician w/Milton a glasscutter)
• (Alfred Johnson (Bill) as machinist hd - home @ 445 2nd)

1902 Grand Rapids Directory (RL Polk)

(categorized business listing:)

J W York & Sons - musical instruments manufacturers @ 3 N Ionia (p1623) Postal Telegraph-Cable Co - branch office w/ J W York & Sons

(employees of J W York & Sons)

• Charles Ames home @ 32 W Fulton - polisher
• Charles L Ball jr home @ 50 Dayton - hornmaker
• Henry J Barritt home @216 N Ottawa - bellmaker
• Charles M Bowen home @275 N Union - hornmaker
• Frederick Braxmaier bds @ 394 Ionia - casemaker
• Eugene L Brown bds @ 50 Lake ave - machinist
• Harry Clink bds 226 Hastings - machinist hd
• Edwin S Conrad home @ 681 S Division - valvemaker
• James Q Curran bds 139 Sheldon - plater
• Floyd J Finch bds @ 1032 Hall - plater
• George C Fitzsimmons jr bds @ 152 Ionia - bellmaker
• Charles Gaff bds @ 139 Sheldon - burnisher
• George P Haines bds @ 182 9th ave - hornmaker
• Herbert C Hier bds @ 234 S Division - hornmaker
• Elmer E Hobbs bds @ 218 N Lafayette - hornmaker
• Alfred Johnson (Bill) bds @ 329 N College - instrument maker
• Herman C Johnson bds @329 N College - hornmaker
• Bailey J Mackey home @ 21 W Fulton - machinist hd
• Charles D McDonald bds 226 Hastings - burnisher
• Henry C Martin home 184 S Commerce - foreman
• James F Miller home @358 Butterworth ave - finisher
• Guy H Moon bds 269 W Broadway - hornmaker
• George Phillips home @ 101 6ht ave - finisher
• Stephen B Putman bds 59 S Ottawa - polisher
• Foster A Reynolds bds @296 Watson - brace maker
• Henry A Rowe home @ 177 Prescott - plater
• Ernest Schmiedicke bds @ 48 Straight - tubemaker
• Frank H Simmer bds @ 247 7th - spinner
• Rudolph P Skusa home @ 177 2nd - hornmaker
• Earle B Stephonson bds @ 921 N College ave - engraver
• Henry Swartz home @ 95 Gold - hornmaker
• Edward H Ten Hopen bds @ 185 S Fuller - valvemaker
• Ulysses S Valentine home @ 164 Livingston - engraver
• Jeremiah Van Dam home @ 492 N Ottawa - hornmaker
• Arthur J Yuncker bds @ 244 Bowery - pumpmaker
• Ellis Brooks rms @143 LaGrave - manager music dept
• J Wesley Lafferty rms @ 14 The Hermitage - clerk
• John J Lindsay bds @ 326 Butterworth ave - printer
• Fletcher H Mason home @ 313 Paris ave - bookkeeper
• May P Moriarty bds @ 139 Taylor - stenographer
• Lizzie B Sylvester home @ 91 S Division - stenographer
• Lena E Wardy bds @ 239 Goodrich - stenographer
• Charles E York home @ 139 Sheldon (York & Sons) (p1520)
• Frank W York home @ 42 S Division (York & Sons)
• James W York home @ 42 S Division (York & Sons)
• J W York & Sons - band instruments @3 N Ionia

1916 Grand Rapids Directory (RL Polk) (categorized business listing:)
J W York & Sons @ 1600 Division ave S
-Band Instrument Manufacturers
-Music Instrument Manufacturers

_ _ _ (employees of J W York & Sons)

• Elmer D Abbey home @ 617 Spencer - machine hand
• Fred S Adams @ 125 Burton SE - polisher
• Frederick J H Arthur bds 431 Gilbert - valvemaker
• Homer Avis home @ 1242 Randolph ave - bellmaker
• John J Baker home @ 6 Andre ave - polisher
• Louis L Ball home @ 1248 Salem - foreman
• George L Bandfield home @ 224 Hall SW - plater
• Frank Bennett bds @ 1013 Quarry ave - bellmaker
• George Berger bds @ 309 Valley ave NW - bender
• Carl W Bergstrom home @ 254 Dean NE - toolmaker
• Vern Billings home @ 2035 Michigan ave - polisher
• Daniel D Blakely bds @ 1037 Langdon ave SE - slidemaker
• Thomas Bolen bds @ 714 Sheldon ave - stockkeeper
• Harley F Boughner bds @ 451 Hall SE - valvemaker
• Thomas Brandt bds @ 2038 Horton ave - hornmaker
• Louis H Brooks home @ 850 Division S - bender
• Charles W Burdick home @ 119 Delaware SE - foreman
• Richard Burgwald bds @ 1061 Sheridan - polisher
• John Bustraan home @ 1141 Ionia ave SW - burnisher
• Arnott Buys home @ 1335 Fulton E - hornmaker
• Earl Calkins bds @ 413 Sheldon ave - hornmaker
• Charles A Chicklan home @ 1431 Turner ave - repairer
• Alvin B Clemens home @ 1941 Division S - foreman
• Fred Cole home @ 1403 Cass ave - drummaker
• George Cutler home @ 1231 Boston - hornmaker
• Earl Davis resides @ Grandville MI - bellmaker
• Murray Davis resides @ Ivanrest - valvemaker
• Frank M Decker home @ 57 Griggs SW - department manager
• Cornelius B DeKorne bds @ 44 Grove - polisher
• Benjamin F Dixon home @ 921 Underhill ave - polisher
• Frederick Druse home @ 2039 Horton ave - polisher
• Myron L Fay home @ 1245 Salem - leadman
• Jacob Fisher bds @ 851 9th - valvemaker
• William W Fitzsimons home @ 111 Fair - foreman
• R L Frost home @ 2057 - plater
• Alexander C Fyfe jr bds @ 703 Innes - valvemaker
• Robert Gietzen home @ 414 6th - inspector
• Floyd S Goodsell home @ 627 Scribner ave - hornmaker
• Anthon Gudaitis bds @ 302 Bridge - hornmaker
• Delbert Hansen bds @ 2013 Buchanan ave - bellmaker
• Bert Haverkamp home @ 362 Diamond ave NE - polisher
• Floyd P Hendershott home @ 65 Elm - toolmaker
• Leon C Hickok home @ 440 Henry - hornmaker
• Edward Hockberg roomers @ 754 Colt ave - assembler
• John Hoekstra bds @ 1807 Horton ave - burnisher
• Carl Holmes home @ 830 Sherman - polisher
• Delbert Howard home @ 131 Antoine - polisher
• Herman P Hunt home @ 410 Dickinson - hornmaker
• Alfred W (Bill) Johnson home @ 637 Innes - superintendant
• Herman C Johnson bds @ 523 College ave NE - foreman
• Louis C Jones home @ 1630 Horton ave - foreman
• Anthony F King home @ 1429 Quarry ave - engraver
• Charles D Klotz home @ 37 Elm - hornmaker
• Peter Korf bds @ 5 Euclid ave SW - casemaker
• Albert Ladewig bds @ 1145 Lincoln - bracemaker
• Albert A Laman home @ 1754 Jefferson ave - corr (?)
• Edward D Lawton home @ 213 Central ave (Wyoming Park) - stockkeeper
• Ralph E Lester home @ 26 Elm - valvemaker
• Alvah B Lipscomb home @ 863 Sutton ave - valvemaker
• Lloyd G Marshall bds @ 2 1/2 Alma pl - assembler
• Duvillo A Mate home @ 208 Dickinson - polisher
• Malvin Mate bds @ 311 Montgomery - polisher
• Michael Mertes bds @ 218 Brown - valvemaker
• Frederick M Morris bds @ 512 Howard - machinist
• Emil Munsch home @ 117 Griggs SE - foreman
• Bernard M Noel home @ 9 Joosten ave - burnisher
• George H Paulson bds @ 700 Bates - hornmaker
• Edward B Peacock bds @ 852 Dunham - bellmaker
• Frank L Peck home @ 744 Adams - hornmaker
• Marron Peck bds @ 1056 Division ave S - polisher
• John W Phelan bds @ 194 Thomas ave - bellmaker
• Edward Pixley home @ 126 Albany - casemaker
• Lewis L Pond home @ 311 4th - bellmaker
• August Posner bds @ 917 Ionia ave NW - hornmaker
• Clark Ralya bds @ 1121 Baxter - engraver
• Vern F Rykert home @ 325 Griggs SE - burnisher
• Earl W Sanders home @ _337 Montgomery - engraver
• Ira Sanford home @ 540 Naylor - machine hand
• Phillip E Sanford bds @ 128 Home SE - bellmaker
• Ernest A Schaffer bds @ 1186 Walker - hornmaker
• Frank W Schrader home @ 1347 Butler ave - toolmaker
• Frederick Schregardus home @ 2025 Buchanan ave - foreman
• Paul D Schultze home @ 40 McConnell - repairer
• Walter Shannon bds @ 1246 Euclid ave SE - burnisher
• Karl B Shinkman home @ 1412 Terrace ave - department manager
• Hugh R Sides ome @ 1146 Eastern ave SE - bracemaker
• Christopher Slebers bds @ 1051 Sheridan ave - polisher
• William A Simmer bds @ 634 3rd - assembler
• Conrad M Skoglund bds @ 1853 Gardner ave - bellmaker
• Martin Smith bds @ 808 Ionia ave NW - burnisher
• Robert Sorenson bds @ 130 Fair - hornmaker
• Gideon G Spink home @ 41 Elm - burnisher
• Ray F Squires home @ 2234 Lake dr - machinist hand
• William Stokkers bds @ 933 Chatham - bender
• Frank Stulgatt bds @ 522 Crosby ave - bellmaker
• E B Sullivan bds @ 104 Hall SE - bellmaker
• Leroy J Tallmadge bds @ 1311 Ionia ave SW - burnisher
• Edward H TenHopen home @ 309 Norwood ave - valvemaker
• Alfred G Thompson home @ 341 Henry ave - polisher
• Wallace Tiffany bds @ Beals rd (SGR) - bellmaker
• John VanKoevering home @ 540 A SW - polisher
• Fred H VanOeveren home @ 821 Sheldon - hornmaker
• John VanOeveren bds @ 540 A SW - polisher
• Joseph G Walters home @ 33 Franklin SE - bellmaker
• Charles Watznauer bds @ 1239 Turner ave - hornmaker
• LeRoy H Webster home @ 42 Burton SW - polisher
• Thomas Welmers bds @ 1121 Caulfield ave - valvemaker
• Michael P White home @ 36 Elm - valvemaker
• Duncan B Whittam home @ 1220 1/2 Division ave S - bellmaker
• Frederick Wickwire bds @ 965 Kirtland ave - valvemaker
• Jasper D Williams bds @ 1245 Euclid ave - machinist hand
• Arthur J Yuncker resides @ Grandville MI - valvemaker
• John W Zeller bds 1315 College ave NE - burnisher
• _ _ _ clerical, office, facility care & general business
• Frank M Bliss home @ 1719 Russell ave - sweeper
• J Francis Campbell home @ 826 Fairmount - secretary
• Oscar G Clement home @ 817 Fairmont - shipping clerk
• Ethel M Comstock bds @ 1741 Colt ave - stenographer
• Lee H Currey home @ 959 Baylis ave - advertising manager
• Glen A Davis bds @ 534 Lafayetter ave NE - shipping clerk
• Jeannette DeLange bds @ 108 Dale NE - clerk
• Anna Haan bds @ 741 Delaware SE - stenographer
• Nicholas E Hager home @ 714 Woodworth - bookkeeper
• Lina B Hartman bds @ 111 Fair - stenographer
• Margaret Hellem bds @ 2044 Gardner ave - stenographer
• Elizabeth A Hilden (widow Charles) home @ 1812 Buchanan - clerk
• William E Johnson home @ 1909 Place - employee
• Lena A Minar (Mrs) home @ 1204 Division ave S - clerk
• Arthur G Oelker resides @ Lamont MI - bookkeeper
• Nora Scheiern bds @ 1401 Jefferson - stenographer
• Blanche Schillinger bds @ 125 Garden - clerk
• Edward T Schneider home @ 1155 Marshall - employee
• Mary Scholma bds 1210 Sherman - stenographer
• Margaret J Sherk bds 1805 Division ave S - stenographer
• John Starr home @ 14 LaBelle SW - elevator operator
• Fern Sweezy bds @ 1239 Fron ave NW - employee
• Nellie E Winchester bds @ 731 Lafayetter ave SE - clerk
• lillian bds @ 150 Straight ave SW - clerk
• Hiram Verhaar bds @ 2114 Division av S - employee
• Martin Verhaar bds @ 2114 Division av S - watchman
• Hulda Youngquist bds @ 156 Griggs SW - stenographer
• J W York & Sons @ 1600 Division ave S
• - Band Instrument Mfrs & Music Publishers
• -Telegraphs/telephone: Citz 32453, Bell S 163
• James Duffy pres, J Francis Campbell sec, John Duffy treas
• C W McKeown asst treas, F Vernon Blakely asst sec,
• _ _ _ Company officials
• F Vernon Blakely home @ 1037 Lafayetter ave SE - asst secretary
• James Duffy home @ 220 Cherry SE - pres J W York & Sons
• (only John Duffy home @ 20 Gay ave - pres GR Hardware Co - same one?)
• Clair W McKeown home @ 132 Griggs SW - asst treasurer
• _ _ _
• Charles E York home 211 Delaware SE - salesman (no co listed)
• Frank W York home 22 Fair - (no other info)

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