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Get This Phonograph
For almost three years I have been making the most liberal phonograph offer ever known 1 I have given hosts of people
the opportunity of hearing the genuine Edison Phonograph right in their own homes without a cent of cost to them.
Think o f i t ! Thousands and thousands and thousands o f people have been given the opportunity to hear in their own parlors concerts and entertainments hy
world famous musicians, just such entertainments as the greatest metropolitan theatres are producing.
So far you have missed all this. W hy? Possibly you don’t quite understand my offer yet. Listen—
I will srnd you this Genuine Edison Standard Outfit (the newest model) com
plete with one dozen Edison Gold Moulded Records, for an absolutely free trial.
I don't ask any money down or in advance. There are no C. O. D. shipments;
no leases or mortgages on the outfit ; n o papers of any sort to sign. Absolutely
nothing but a plain out-and-out offer to ship you this phonograph together with a dozen r e c o r d s o f y o u r own selection on a free trial so that
you can hear it and play it in your own home. I can’t make this offer any plainer, any clearer, any better than it fs. There Is no catch about it anywhere.
stop and think just a moment, you w ill realize that the high standing of this concern would absolutely prohibit auythlng except a straightforward offer.
I f you will
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I know that there are thousands and thousands o f people who have never beard the
Genuine Edl.vcn Phonograph. N early e v e ry o n e is fam iliar with the screechy, un
natural sounds produced by the Imitation machines (.some of which though inferior are very
expensive». After Pouring the <-Id stylo and imitation machines people become prejudiced
against all kinds o f ' Talking Machines.’ ’ Now, there’s only ono way to convince these
people that tho Kdison is superior, and that is to let the people actually see and bear this
I can’t t o ll you one-twentieth of tho wonders o f tlie Kdison. Nothing I cun say or
write will make you actually h o a r the grand, full beauty o f its tones. No words
can b e g in to describe tho Lender, delicate sweetness with which the genuine
new style Kdison reproduces the soft,, pleading notes of tho flute, or the
thunderous, crashing harmony of u full brass band selection. Tho wonders
of the new style Kdison defy the power o f any pen to describe. Neither
will I trvto tell you how. when you’ re tired, nervousand blue, the Edison
will soothe you, comfort and rest you, and give you new strength to
take up the burdens o f lifo afresh. The only way to make you
actually realize these things fo r yourself is to loan uou a Genuine
Edison Phonograoh free and let you try it-
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A ll I ask you to do is to invite as many as
possible of your friends to hear this won
derful new style Edison. You will want to do that anyway, because you will be giving
them genuine pleasure. I feel absolutely certain that out of the number of your friends
who wiil hear your machine there will be at least one and probably more who will want
an Edison of their own. If they don’ t, if not a single one of them orders a Phonograph
(and this sometimes happens) I won’ t blame you in the slightest. I shall feel that you
have done your part when you have given these free concerts. You won’t be asked
to act as our agent or even assist in the sale of a singlo instrument. In fact we appoint
no such agents and at the rock-bottom price on this wonderful new outfit we could
not allow any commission to anyone.
The Phonorfrnph—that is if you wish to mate
the Phonograph your own, you may do so. but
it is not compulsory. This is a free trial. You may send it back at our expense if you
wish. I won’ t be surprised, however, if you wish to keep the machine after having it
in your own home. If you do wish to keep if. cither remit us the price in full, or if yon
prefer, we will allow you to pay for it on the easiest kind of payments.
Just sign your name and address on this
There are so many people who really
coupon now. and mail it to us. 1 will
want a phonograph but who do not
--- send you our superbly illustrated Edi
son Phonograph Catalog, the very latest list of
have the ready cash to pay for it all at once that I have
Edison Gold Moulded Records (over 1,500
decided on an easy payment plan that gives you absolute
of them) and our Free Trial Certificate
use of the phonograph while paying for it. |2.00 a month
entitling you to this grand offer.
pays for an outfit. There is absolutely no lease or
Sign this coupon or send pos
mortgage of any kind, no guarantee from a third
tal or letter now. No obli
party, no going before a notary public, in fact, no
gations, just get the cata
publicity of any kind, and the payments are so
logs.
This Trade-Mark appears on each machine
very small, and our terms so liberal
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that you never notice the payments.
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BI8S0N, Edison Phon. Oistrib'rs, Edison Block,
Dept 2 2 0 8 CHICAGO