836 
November 9, 1907. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
Fun and Amusement For All—The Editor Tells 
You How You Can Always Have An En¬ 
tertainer at Your Command. 
The Editor has told the readers of this paper 
month after month how necessary it is to have 
rest and recreation—that in order to break the 
monotony and drive away dull care and get the 
most out of life we must relax from work and for¬ 
get business. 
How do you enjoy yourself after the day’s work 
is finished, the chores and odd jobs taken care off 
Then you are ready for something to amuse, 
please and instruct as well. The old and young 
alike must have rest and recreation for we all 
know that “all work and no play makes Jack a 
dull boy." „ „ , 
Music for Your Homel 
Can you imagine anything from which you could 
derive more pleasure, more fun and actual rest 
and recreation than from a Genuine Edison Phon¬ 
ograph? I do not mean the old. raspy, choky, 
so atchy kind of talking machine so commonly 
heard, but a Genuine Edison—the very latest im¬ 
proved Outfit No. 5 that reproduces to perfect ex¬ 
actness the finest music in the world. 
Just think of having in your own home such a 
marvelous instrument—an entertainer always at 
your command, one that needs no coaxing, never 
tires and never disappoints. At any time during 
the day or the long evenings you can sit on your 
own porch or in your own parlor and listen to the 
sweet voice of some world-famed singer—a song 
sung by a voice so beautiful and brilliant that 
thousands have sat in rapt wonderment drinking 
in the very sweetness of the song. 
You, too, can hear the very song that thousands 
have paid $5.00 to $10.00 a seat to hear, and when 
the song is finished all you need to do is to move 
the reproducer to the beginning and you will hear 
the song again in all its sweetness. 
ninstrel Shows and Opera! 
And that is not all; the greatest bands and or¬ 
chestras of the world will play for you—waltzes, 
marches, two-steps, overtures, concert pieces, all 
the old master classics as well as the latest min¬ 
strel shows and comic opera music. The very 
same minstrels that amuse packed houses in the 
large cities night after night will make you laugh 
at their comic songs and funny jokes. 
A Concert At Any Time. 
You and your family, your friends and neigh¬ 
bors can have a concert, musicale, dance or song 
as often and as much as you like. You can sit 
in your own parlor or on your own porch and 
listen to a program like this: 
8838—“Feast of ban terns Overture”.Orchestra 
ill 13—“Courtship of Barney and Eileen”.Recitation 
8809—“Wllbelmlna Waltzes”.Orchestra 
9072—“Mississippi Minstrels”.Minstrel Show 
7590—“Holy City”.Violin Solo 
pi tit—■“Even body Works But Father”. .. ..Band 
8!W2—“Virginia Reel”.•■>••• 
9008—“Chimes From Normandy”.Band 
8854—“Ring the Bells of Heaven”.Church Chimes 
8128—“Wedding of the Winds”.. Waltz 
9(.t9_“Have You Seen My Henry Brown”.Coon Song 
5019—“Abide With Me”.Baritone Solo 
8994 —“Thoroughbred” (Two-Step)..Band 
7422—“Man Behind The Gun”—(Sousa).Band 
You have hundreds of other pieces to choose 
from and can make up a program to suit your own 
taste. The great value of the Edison concerts is 
that there is no end to what you can hear and 
enjoy. Your own boys and girls and the boys and 
girls of the neighborhood would rather listen to 
the Edison Phonograph than seek pleasure else¬ 
where—pleasures that may not be as enjoyable 
or as elevating as this. 
The Editor knows that this wonderful Instru¬ 
ment can now be had on free trial and urges you 
to sign the coupon and get an Edison catalog free. 
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¥ AAI/ at this haonv home scene—all enjoying the Edison phonograph. The Edison has indeed been rightly ca y ed the 
LOOK h olilP if vou Rave heard only the old style machines or the rasping, scratching imitation machines heard at county fairs and the like, you 
cannot imagine what a* treasure^^of good ^cheer,what endless entertainment the new improved genuine Edison phonograph can giv e to all your family 
MR. EDISON 
B "I Want to See a PhonographinJEvery 
1 American Home.” >— > 
The phonograph, as the reader may know, is the wizard s hobby. Ldtftffft- 
A New Style Edison Phonograph The Parlor Grand 
Outfit No. 5! The latest perfected product of Mr. Edison’s 
factory. The new outfit No. 5! Latest improvements^new feat- 
ures — exclusive points of superiority. 
See It—Hear It! Get this remarkable instrument in your own home—then you will see how far superior this 
is to any ordinary talking machine—far superior even to the finest Edison Machines you have heard heretofore. 
FREE TRIAL 
While this offer lasts every respon¬ 
sible person can get on absolutely free 
trial of this wonderful Parlor Grand 
Outfit No. 5. This outfit will be sent 
direct to your own home without paying us a single cent in advance—you make no deposit- 
pay us no C. O. D.—no guarantee. The New OutfitNo. 5 is sent you on absolute free trial 
in your own home. We allow from forty-eight hours to a week’s trial in your own home; 
then if you do not wish to keep the instrument—if you do not think it is the clearest and 
most beautiful phonograph you ever heard, return it to us at our expense and we will 
not charge you one cent for the trial. 
Try the instrument in your own home, play the stirring waltzes, the two-steps, marches, concert 
pieces, both grand and comic opera—hear the greatest hands and orchestras in the world, listen to 
the songs of the world-famed singers, laugh at the funny minstrel sketches, coon songs and comic 
recitations. Play all these and the many other wonderful pieces you can hear through the Edison 
Phonograph—the New Outfit No. 5. The trial is FREE, and you may return the instrument at our 
expense if you don’t wish to keep it. If you decide to keep this Parlor Grand Outfit No. 5 you may 
send cash in full or pay on easiest terms, just as you prefer. 
/\/\ £| Allf'ii'ifI) now buys a genuine new style Edison outfit including 
IflUlHII one dozen highly finished genuine Edison records. The 
finest improved model Edison outfit only $3.50 a month. And at ROCK-BOTTOM 
PRICE, no matter whether you send cash in full or pay on our easiest terms. Sur 
prising rock-bottom prices on the finest im- . f or 
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proved Edison outfits. One-third and one-half 
the price of inferior imitations 
For Cash in Full we cannot allow any 
The price we ask is the very lowest possible 
and is exactly the same whether you pay 
cash in full or in small installments. Get 
the outfit on free trial any way—then you 
can decide. 
Catalog 
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Sign this coupon and get the great Edison catalogs, 
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Edison records; also the magnificent circular of our 
new Edison Parlor Grand outfit No. 5. You will be 
surprised at the rock-bottom prices on the 
. finest kind of talking machines. Get all these 
catalogs free, prepaid, and select the machine 
you want to try on free trial offer. 
responsible reader of this paper should sign 
this coupon. You need not bother 
with a letter, just write your name 
and address plainly on the coupon and 
. _ . mail in an envelope. Sign Coupon NOW, 
^ ’• ^ or send postal or letter. 
FREDERICK BABS0N 
Vice-President 
EDISON PHONOGRAPH DISTRIBUTORS 
Edison Building, Suite 3588 
CHICAGO 
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and Mail 
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NO LETTER NECESSARY; THE COUPON WILL DO 
The New Parlor Grand Outfit 
No 5 * s so far su P erior t0 tiie ordinary talk- 
--— ing machines that there is absolutely 
no comparison. 
Even the old Edison Outfit No. 5, the peer of 
all outfits, is now eclipsed. This new No. 5 is 
equipped with the brand new style Floral Horn, 
a type of horn that is now being produced for 
the first time. It is a much larger horn than 
that used on the old outfit No. 5; it is the most 
handsome horn ever put out, being hand decor¬ 
ated with beautiful flowers in many tasty colors. 
But the real reason we chose this extra large 
Floral horn is because of its acoustic prop¬ 
erties ; the reproduction of sound from this 
horn is simply perfect, giving the largest pos¬ 
sible volume the finest tonal shading, every 
instrument of a brass band, every whisper of a 
recitation being e*ven full value in the most 
natural manner conceivable. 
Among other exclusive features, this New 
Style Outfit No. 5 is equipped with: (1) A con- 
necto. (2) An automatic stop. (3) An auto¬ 
matic brush. (4) A tone modifier. (5) Various 
equipments and extras not given heretofore 
with any phonograph outfit, all extras the value 
and importance of which you will quickly 
appreciate when you get the Parlor Grand 
outfit on free trial. The modifier, with which 
you can in an instant Increase or decrease the 
volume of sound, itself makes this machine 
worth much more than any other outfit. All 
the superior points of this new Parlor Grand 
No. 5 outfit are explained in the Edison books 
which are sent you free on request. 
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