Shearer & Son

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Who knew there were so many kinds of coal? (Ad from Hobart Gazette 14 Jan. 1921.)


From the Hobart News 24 Feb. 1921.

Paul Emery, as you may remember, married Bliss Shearer in 1915, so the firm had been, in effect, Shearer & Son-in-Law. It was just losing the "in-law."


The competition.
(Ad from the Hobart Gazette 4 Feb. 1921.)

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Speaking of things that are almost indistinguishable, the Gem Theater would be hosting an ambitious demonstration — live music v. recording.


From the Hobart News 24 Feb. 1921.

Could an audience of 1921 really not hear any difference between a live performance and an Edison Chippendale phonograph?

(The "Mr. Tilford" who was kind enough to lend his phonograph for the occasion was probably Thomas Tilford, described in the 1920 Census as a 56-year-old railroad lineman.)