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THE RURAL, NEW-YORKER 
November 30, 1912. 
Edison 
Shipped 
Write today for our new 
Edison Catalog that tells you all 
about the wonderful new model Edi¬ 
son with Mr. Edison’s new model R 
Reproducer and the new parlor grand 
equipment. With this catalog we 
also send full explanation of our free 
shipment offer. 
Mr. Edison says 
**/ want to see a phonograph 
in Every American Home. ** 
Mr. Edison’s 
Pet and Hobby 
He realizes the wonderful value of his 
phonograph as a ceraenter of home ties and 
as a maker of happy homes. And for this 
reason he worked for years striving to 
produce the most perfect phonograph. 
At last he has produced this new model, and 
his friends have induced him to take the first 
vacation he has had in over a quarter of a 
century. Just think of it; over twenty-five 
years of unremitting work on many 
new inventions —then his pet hobby per¬ 
fected—then a vacation 
Read th *s remarkable—FREE 
• —SHIPMENT offer on the 
first lot of the new style Edison 
ma — mm We will Phonographs—these new Phono- 
The Offer s t ndyou «&M;ir d free ° n this 
■ the new 
model Edison Phonograph and your choice of over a thousand records 
on an absolutely free loan. We want you to have all the waltzes, 
two steps, vaudeville, minstrels, grand operas, also the sacred music, 
etc., etc., by the world’s greatest artists. Entertain your family and 
your friends. Give plays and concerts right in your own 
parlor. Hear the songs, solos, duets, and quartettes, the pealing 
organs, the brass bands, the symphony orchestras, the choirs of 
Europe’s greatest cathedrals, the piano and violin concerts, virtuoso 
— all these we want you to hear free as reproduced on the new 
Edison. Then, when you are through with the outfit, you may 
send it back to us. 
The Reason 
Why should we make such an ultra-liberal offer ? Why should 
we go to all this expense and trouble just so you can have all of these free 
concerts? Well, we’ll tell you. We are tremendously proud of this mag¬ 
nificent new instrument. When you get it in your town we know everybody will say that nothing like it has ever 
been heard—so wonderful, so grand, so beautiful, such a king of entertainers—so we are pretty sure that at least some 
one, if not you, then somebody else, will want to buy one of these new style Edisons (especially as they are 
being offered now at the most astounding rock-bottom price and on easy terms, as low as $2 a 
month). But even if nobody buys, there is no obligation, and we’ll be just as glad anyway that we sent you the New Edison on our free 
loan; for that is our way of advertising quickly everywhere the wonderful superiority of the New Edison. But don’t delay sending coupon today. 
FREE COUPON 
BABSON BROS., Edison Phonograph Distributers I 
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I FREE Our New Edison Catalog 
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Department 4298 , Edison Block, Chicago, III. 
Dear Sir: Please send me your New Edison Catalog and full particulars 
of your free trial offer on the first lot of the new model Edison Phonograph. 
Write today for our New Edison Catalog and 
learn all about the wonderful New Edison. Learn how thousands 
of people are entertaining their friends by giving Edison concerts— 
learn how the boys and giris are kept at home and all 
B the family made happy by the wonderful Edison. No obligations 
Name. I whatsoever in asking for this Magnificently Illustrated Catalog, 
| so send the free coupon now—today. 
Address.., 
RARCON RK$f)C Edison Phonograph Distributers 
Dept. 4298 Edison Blk., Chicago 
Western Office 
65 Post St., San Francisco, Cal. 
Canadian Office 
355 Portage Ave., Winnipeg, Canada 
