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LOS ANGELES CHINESEPHONOGRAPH CRAZYLos Angeles. Juno Cl.-^UJnntoKn has K\no phonograph crazy.. \\ hen tho rncLo was first IntJO'lwcd »nrttalked American. *h**thought it was a devil and refuseid_tohave It In ihclr quarter. A salesman in a local muslo house Hit on tho idea of procuring records oC Chinese Instrumental music: and prevailed upon thum io listen to it.Xow, as one passes along tn© streets in Chinatown anywhere from darkto .nWnlal.1 ho can hoar tho weird music, which falls upon tho American ear like a discord,reeled off on phonographs In ncnrl cverv store. The Chinese merchants havo recognized It as a business proposition. Where there ts music the men will congrcgalo and where there nro men, some one will buy tobaccoor srwect-mcats.
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Salt Lake City InterMountain Republican

Salt Lake City, Utah, US

Mon, Jun 22, 1908

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