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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
January 14, 1911 
Don’t Send Us One Cent! 
The editor of this paper unre¬ 
servedly recommends that you take 
advantage of this free loan offer, as he 
is familiar with the Edison phonograph 
and knows of nothing which will add 
more cheer, entertainment and pleas¬ 
ure to the home life than one of these 
wonderful machines. 
Keep your money in your pocket. Don't send us a penny. We simply 
want you to see for yourself, and prove to your own satisfaction that the new 
styie Edison Phonograph is the greatest entertainer ever invented, that the long 
winter evenings may be made so enjoyable that your sons and daughters, and even 
your neighbors, will look forward every day to 4 'evening time” when you can all gather round the 
cheerful fire and play all the new as well as old songs, and join in the singing of them, 
latest minstrel jokes, orchestra and band selections, funny stories, and the dozens 
things included in our list of thousands of records. 
If I could just walk into your home this evening 
and hear 
of other 
the 
good 
will really do. 
and shake hands with each member of the family and then, 
after a few minutes’ pleasant chat, place my latest model phono¬ 
graph on your table and play “Way Dow?i Upon the Suxcanee River with 
its beautiful orchestra accompaniment, have you all join in and sing the second 
verse—your daughters’, your sons’ and your own voices blending in sweet har¬ 
mony, a thrill of genuine contentment and an almost new interest in life would 
take possession of you, and under the emotional influence of that grandest of 
God's gifts to man—music—you would take me by the hand and thank me from 
the bottom of your heart for having come into your home and gladdened you all 
with a practical demonstration of what this wonderful Edison Phonograph 
But I cannot possibly visit the hundreds of thousands of homes throughout this vast country, yet I can loan you the machine and records. 
and this is 
to fill out the coupon below and cut it out and mail it right away. 
what I propose to do, and without asking you to send or deposit one penny. All you have to "do is 
Don't fail to send for our handsome Free Edison Catalog and list of records, 
so you can select just the machine and the records you want. You may take your 
choice of any machine you like, also your choice of records. Remember, there is no 
obligation on you. You do not risk a penny. Just fill out the coupon and mail it to 
us at once. There is no “catch” to this offer. We will do just as we say. 
I want you to just satisfy yourself what a great addition to your home the 
phonograph will make. If I were a farmer, and only had enough money with 
which to pay my actual living expenses, and a little more, I would take 
advantage of such an offer as is made herewith, as I would feel that ray wife and 
family as well as myself had a right to some of the pleasures of life. 
ROOSEVELT SAYS: 
F. K. 
BABSON, XJpporZn^ 
and the disposition to put off doing things until tomorrow, which 
unhappiness, more failures and more lost 
done today causes 
than any one 
more 
error 
to which humanity is prone.’ 
Edison Phonograph 
Distributers 
SUITE 3581 
EDISON BLOCK, 
CHICAGO, ILL. 
So don’t delay. Don’t procrastinate. 
Fill in this Coupon at once, NOW, today, 
and send for our generous free loan offer. Enjoy the 
Without any cost to me, please 
\ 
send me your Great Edison Catalog, 
free and prepaid, and full explanation of 
your Free Loan Phonograph Tidal Offer. 
our 
free concerts. Use it in the sick room, the nursery, 
a “Barn Dance,” play it for the old folks, the baby, 
the family. Learn all the new songs and hear the new 
records.” Don’t pass this great free trial offer by. 
Have 
for all 
‘funny 
Mail Coupon to us at once 
My reasons for making this 
free loan offer: By loaning a few 
people these wonderful new style 
Edison machines, letting them play them 
for their friends, I will quickly acquaint 
everybody with the superiority of the latest 
style Edison. Many, many people will hear 
the free concerts and then some at least 
will want to buy an Edison—especially as 
the finest instruments may be had for $2.00 
a month. But if nobody who hears the 
concerts at your home happens to buy, 
there’s no harm done. I am just as glad 
that I sent you the phonograph on the free 
loan and thus got your help in advertising 
the machine by means of the free concerts. 
Name.... \ 
Address. 
F. K. Babsoii, Edison Phonograph Distributers 
iusi fm out this coupon. No totter neccessary. 
SUITE 3581 EDISON BLOCK, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 
CANADIAN OFFICE: WESTERN OFFICE: 
335 Portage Ave., Winnipeg, Manitoba 
65 Post St., San Francisco, Cal. 
MR. EDISON 
■ **1 want, to see a Phonograph 
in every American Home . ” 
The phonograph is the result of years of experiment, 
it is Mr. Edison’s pet and hobby, and is considered by 
him his greatest invention. It his ambition to have one 
of these wonderful entertainers in every home in the 
land. 
I do not ask for one cent. 
No deposit. No payment of any kind. 
All S want is that you let me 
loan you one of my new Style Phono¬ 
graphs in your home and use it absolutelv 
FREE. I want to loan you this wonderful ma¬ 
chine. I want you to take it right to your own 
home and treat it just as if it were your own and give it a thorough trial. 
I want you to call the family together and invite in your neighbors and 
have some free concerts, and hear the latest songs, the newest “rag-time 
music. I want you to hear "Sousa’s great band of sixty pieces, I want you 
to hear the great Grand Opera singers, the best ballad vocalists of the age. 
OFFER 
REMEMBER, we do not ask you to take one cent risk, you are under no obligation to keep 
the phonograph in any way. We simply want you to try it and have your neighbors hear it. Then when you are through with the free concerts send 
back the outfit at our expense. I have a particular reason for wishing to ship you this wonderful phonograph on free loan offer, note these reasons given below. 
I MEAN EVERY WORD 
OF THIS REMARKABLE 
