The Argosy for March 1909 — page 14: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

THE ARGOSY—ADVERTISING SECTION. SOLD —for 17 Cents a Day Our plan of selling Oliver Typewriters for ‘‘ 17-Cents-a-Day”’ certainly a hummer. Making things hum at our General Offices, “ where our private wires converge For the wires are humming with “hurry- ’ messages from our agents throughout the world Until even the Factory hums the tune of ‘‘17-Cents-a-Day. If we had any doubts of the plan’s suc- cess, they have all been swept by the flood of Oliver orders—at ‘17-Cents- a-Day.”’ We struck a mighty popular chord, in such a vigorous way that the sales reach more stupendous totals with each succeeding day. A small cash payment brings the machine. ‘The balance you can pay in regular monthly remittances—at ‘‘17-Cents-a-Day.”’ up’ a \ \ » \S EQUA ne Aw > \ \ s LAH ANY @ ©) yf | ge | il i a § ass iyp meet er The Standard Visible Writer The Oliver writes in a whisper, with an action as smooth as oil. Its working parts move in swift response to the play of the fingers on the keyboard, with far more speed than you’ll ever need, and strength to withstand the endurance test of Twentieth Century strain. It carries no ‘‘excess baggage’’ in the form of unnecessary wires and springs, having 7,000 to 1,500 less parts than other standard machines. Do you wonder that the Oliver Typewriter is a prodigy in performance ? The splendid merit of the Oliver has carried it fast and far, until today it leads in sales and stands supreme in service. A $100 Typewriter for 17 Cents a Day The zudividuality of the Oliver is reflected in its unique and practical design. It follows ‘‘the line of least resistance’’ and is first to arrive at vesudts. s And the same straight line has led us to the new selling plan, which has augmented the prestige and popularity of the Oliver tremendously by bringing the world’s best $100 machine mn within the reach of everybody. See the nearest Oliver agent or write direct to the General Offices of THE OLIVER TYPEWRITER CO., Oliver Typewriter Bldg., 45 Dearborn St., Chicago In answering this advertisement it is desirable that you mention THE ARGOSY. (E(0)