Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-02-26
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PRENTIS ERICKSON'S !
HEAD MASSAGE IDEA
FAyORABLY RECEIVED
Grand Forks Mans Machine
Will Soon Be Found in
Every Barber Shop
NORTH DAKOTANS
\ LEND ASSISTANCE
Company is Being Financed
By Citizens Of Inventors
Home State

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lien in promoting any proposition Of
real merit, Il brought to the fore
once again in the splendid respdnss
Prentis Erickson Of Grand Forks
has had<to his efforts to interest 9TH
ers in ! placing theS Erickson head
massage machine in barber shops-of
this aud other states. Although there
has been no concerted drive made to
interest people in the Prentis Erick-
son Manufacturing Co., manufactur-
ers and distributors Of the Erickson
head massage machine. and whole
sale barber supplies. como two hum
dred residents OF Grand Forks have
acquired substantial interests in the
company and the otncss OF the con-
Germ In Grand FORKS are s. receiving
inquiries daily from other parts Of
the state.
Erickson's head massage. machine,
invented and perfected BY Prehtis
Erickson, for years one OF Grand
Forks leading BARRIERS. has been
tried out with unusual suecess in
Mr.. Erickson's shop in the Frederick
Hotel at Grand Forks for a number
of years. Grand Forks citizens have
become acquainted with this ma
chine and the benefits derived from
Its me and their appreciation Of It
accounts for the readi-
ness with which they accepted the
to become interested In
the concern manufacturing the ma
chine in large numbers and placing
1t on every barber chair in the c0un-
try. 4
AIDS SCALP Ills. Il
While performing his daily duties,
incident to his position as proprietor
Of a barber shop, Mr.. Erickson be-
came impressed with. the universally
conceded fact that men become bald
and lose their hair because Of lack
the roots Of the hair. The more he
studied the Of many ills Of the
hair, the moro determined he be-
came to devise some means by which
the blood circulation ia that portion
Of the human body could be improv-
While pursuing these studies
he conceived the application okS tho
principle Of the massage to tho hair
and invented and procared i; basic
patent upon an apparatus- for q
steady. rapid. continuous vibration Of
the scalp and blood vessels of the
top OF the head. which @uper-induc-
es free and rapid circulation Of the
blood through the scalp and through
the various organs Of the head.
With tho enthusiasm Of ali young
Mr.. Erickson I. continued
his studies and e~pertneut until he
made by hand the first head massage
machine in the world. This machine
soon followed by another and
the two were placed in. his barber
shop. Tho regular customers OF the
shop were induced to try the appli-
cations given BY the head massage
machines and Il oon developed that
the treatments induced sfrser circu-
coming ills of the scalp. sueh a.
badness and dandru6. st~rengthsnNed
the y and made its visaQn moro
clear and relieved catarrhal trouble
and congestion about tho cara. var
tous phases OF h~ay-fever Were bene-
hted By Applications and .ervods
headaches arfstng from maRy causes
were almost Immediately relieved.
By caiMng q stimulation o. the
nerve V9nUefU QOO8t the Drain, the
entire nervous system u strengthen
ed and benefited. which, OF course,
adds to the health and the life Of
those who s the treatments. x
ON ROYALTY BASIS
The fame Of the Erickson head
massage machine soon spread and
before long Mr.. Erickson received
many dattering offers for his patent.
He had, however, been assisted and
encouraged By enthusias site friends in
his home city and he decided that
any arrangement made for putting
the machine on the market must nee
essarily take are Of his loyal
friends. He conferred with many Of
them and finally decided I organize
the Prentis Erickson Manufacturing
Co.. with a capitalization Of one MIL
lion dollars. locate factory ia some
industrial center whore labor and
material could be easily found, and
establish = head ONES and dSstrtbut-
ing department In Grand FofkA.s II
WAS decided that thu best method Of
placing the mschine va TO pnf II in
barber shops On = royalty baSas, the
customer paying twenty-five cents
for eAch application. the barter shop.
receiving twenty cents and the com-
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