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Rent 10 Months Then It’s Yours This is the Offer That Has As tounded the Typewriter World! A stupendous and far - reaching in ducement to encourage the use of type writers. THE FAMOUS MODEL No. 3 OLIVER Visible Writer—just as fully equipped, just as perfect as though you paid cash —you get every perfection, every device which ever went out with this model at the regular price—you get all the extras, metal case, base board, tools, instruction book. A perfect machine guaranteed against defective material or workman ship. Typewriters' Distributing Syndicate, 159 AIA N. State St., Chicago. Gentlemen: You may ship me an Oliver typewriter Model No. 3 with complete standard equip ment on examination. If the typewriter is entirely satisfactory, 1 agree to send you $5.00 within five days from date I receive it, as the advanced payment for one month’s rent, and thereafter for each month that I retain the typewriter, I will remit $5.00 in advance. It is understood if the typewriter is not satisfactory, I will reutrn it to you at the end of five days at your expense. It is further understood when I have paid $55.00 the typewriter will become my property. Until that time the title remaining in you. Name . Address . Room for references. The Oliver is the machine with the type bars that strike downward — the principle that has made the “Write-in sight” principle mechanically practical. It is so simple that children learn to operate it in ten minutes. It is faster than the fastest expert. It possesses phenomenal strength and durability. It has a wonderful record. It has the features that you will want in a type writer, visible writing, universal key board, automatic line spacing, double type bar, down stroke, feed escapement, light, elastic key touch, perfect paper feed, left hand carriage return, con venient release key, type facing upward for cleaning, light running carriage, great manifolding power, writing in colors, and above all, it is simple in construction, having about one-third the usual number of parts. It is strong, sturdy, trouble proof. The kind of typewriter that will last you without repairs for a lifetime. The model we sell is of standard size, taking a paper nine inches wide. In learning typesetting as an occupa tion, the Oliver should be chosen be cause Oliver operators are in greatest demand, and demand the highest wages. If you want a typewriter for your own use exclusively, the Oliver No. 3 will prove the best, because it is the most easily learned, and the easiest to take care of. It is a wonderfully efficient machine for making out bills, statements, writing on labels or cards, and it is not so heavy but k can be moved about easily. Our inviting methods and wonderful offer have been taken advantage of by over six thousand people during the last few months. Coupon Price $55.00. The coupon makes the $55.00 price possible. If we had to sell this same typewriter through salesmen we would have to charge $100.00. YOU PAY NO CASH UNTIL YOU SEE IT—until you try it in your home or office, then you make your decision. No salesman to influence or hurry you. If you decide to keep it, you pay only one month’s rent down. It will earn its own way thereafter. You make the test yourself. You are your own salesman, and the saving of the usual selling expenses is yours, and it amounts to $45.00. YOU STOP PAYING IN TEN MONTHS —then the typewriter is your' . We charge no interest, take no chattel mortgage, employ no collectors, there is no publicity, no delay. Positively the best typewriter value that has ever been given, the best typewriter selling plan ever devised. Doing business on this plan not only saves you almost half of the regular purchase price, but the trial offer protects you absolutely. You try it for five- days before you pay us any monev, then at the end of any rental period if the machine is not entirely satisfac tory, or if you find any make or model that you like better, or if for any reason you do not wish to keep up the contract, you can re turn the typewriter, and you will be under no further obl'gation. There will be no delay, no formality. The typewriter will be shipped promptly. There is no use in sending for catalog or further information, the typewriter is its own best argument. If it don’t satisfy you, send it back at our expense. You will be under no obligation. Cut the coupon on the dotted l:ne, fill it in (a lead pencil will do) and he sure to mail it today. Typewriters Distributing Syndicate CHICAGO