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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
October 29, 1910. 
This Edison 
Fireside Model Phonograph 
Shipped 
FREE! 
Read This 
Great New 
Offer 
The Great New 1910 Offer on the Genuine Edison. 
The most marvelous offer—the offer which eclipses all others. 
This offer is for everyone who has not yet heard our Edison in their own home. This offer is for YOU. For you to hear concerts 
and entertainments by world famous musicians—just such entertainments as the metropolitan theatres are producing. 
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> I will send you this Genuine Edison Fireside Outfit (the newest 
) model) complete with one dozen Edison Gold Moulded and 
Amberol Records, for an absolutely free loan. I don’t ask any 
money down or in advance. There are no C. O. D. shipments; no leases or mortgages on the outfit; no papers 
of any sort to sign. Absolutely nothing but a plain out-and-out offer to ship you this phonograph together with 
a dozen records of your own selection on a free loan 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 is. There is no catch about it anywhere. If you will just stop and think 
a moment, you will realize that the high standing of this concern would absolutely prohibit anything except a straightforward offer. 
Why I Want to Lend You this Phonograph: 
X know that there are thousands and thousands of people who have never heard the 
Genuine Edison Phonograph. Nearly everyone is familiar with the screechy, un¬ 
natural sounds produced by the Imitation machines (some of which though inferior are very 
expensive). After hearing the old style and imitation machines people become prejudiced 
against all kinds of “Talking Machines.” Now, there’s only one way to convince these 
people that the Edison is superior, and that is to let the people actually see and hear this 
remarkable instrument for themselves. That is why I am making this oiler. 
I can’t tell you one-twentieth of the wonders of the Edison. Nothing I can say or 
write will make you actually hear the grand, full beauty of its tones. No words 
can begin to describe the tender, delicate sweetness with which the genuine 
Fireside Edison reproduces the soft, pleading notes of the flute, or the 
thunderous, crashing harmony of a full brass band selection. The wonders 
of the Fireside Edison defy the power of any pen to describe. Neither 
will I try to tell vou how, when you’ re tired, nervous and blue, the Edison 
will soothe vou. comfort and rest you, and give you new strength to 
take up the burdens of life afresh. The only way to make you 
actually realize these things for yourself is to loan you a Genuine 
Edison Phonograph free and let you try it- 
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Get the LATEST EDISON CATALOGS 
Just sign your name and address on this 
coupon now, and mail it to us. I will 
send you our superbly illustrated Edi¬ 
son Phonograph Catalog, the very latest list 
of Edison Gold Moulded and Amberol Records 
(over 1.500 of them) and our Free Trial 
Certificate entitling you to thisgrand offer. 
Sign this coupon or send postal or letter 
now. No obligations, just get the 
^ ^ catalogs. Write now—today—sure. 
All You Need Do: 
If You Want to Keep 
All I ask you to do is to invite as many aa 
possible of your friends to hear this won¬ 
derful Fireside 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 will 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 single 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 Phonograph — that is if you wish to make 
J 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 it, either remit us the price in full, or if you 
prefer, we will allow you to pay for it on the easiest kind of payments. 
Alin Fncv Pnvmonf pinn So many people really want a phonograph who 
”U1 haoj * Oj Itlclll Ilall cannot pay all cash that I have decided on au 
easy payment plan that gives you absolute use of the phonograph while paying for It. *2.00 a month 
pays for an outfit. There is absolutely no lease or mortgage of any kind, no guarantee from a third 
party.no going before a notary public, in fact, no publicity of any kind, and the payments are so very 
small, and our terms so Uberal that you never notice the payments. 
owners of Sdlscns, New Fireside Model Now Roadyi All those who already own an 
Edison phonograph can wonderfully improve their old machines, making them almost like the new 
Fireside, and can also get the SUPEEB new 1911 Edison Amberol records, the loudest, clearest, 
most beautiful records ever made, playing TWICE AS LONG as any of the records heretofore made. 
Owners of Edlsons—urritc for FilEE circular AA, describing all this.—F. K. BAUSON, Manager. 
F. K£. BABSON, Edison Phonograph Distributers, Edison Block, Dept 3587, Chicago 
CANADIAN OFFICE. 355 PORTAGE AVE.. WINNIPEG, CANADA 
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