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ADVENTURE I The Oliver Typewriter Company an- nounces a further reduction in price of the latest and improved Oliver No. 9— formerly $100—lately $64. The price alone is changed—not the standard model that has won such fame. Over 900,000 have been sold. This offer is based on the fact that the Oliver has proven that it sells itself. We ship it direct from the factory to you, saving you the cost of selling. If any typewriter is worth $100, it is this sturdy, proven Oliver—the finest, the = costliest Oliver we have ever built. FREE TRIAL The new reduction is due solely to our simplified method of selling. It created a sensation when intrqduced in 1917. To abandon the standard price of $100 won the approval of the public. We now make a further reduction, anticipating lowered costs of production. This standard $100 Oliver now sells for $49.50 cash or $55 on installments. The coupon brings the Oliver to you for five days’ free trial Be your own salesman. If you agree that it is the finest typewriter that any price can buy, you can save yourself half the usual price. When it arrives, put it through every test and comparison with other $100 standard typewriters. Then if you want to buy it, send $49.50 in cash. Or if you wish to take advantage of the installment plan, send us $3, then $4 per month until the $55 is paid. Tf you decide against it, ship it back at our expense. You do not risk a penny. Remember, this is a brand new Oliver—not second hand, not rebuilt. Do not let the remark- ably low price confuse you. This is the stand- ard $100 typewriter, but sold direct from the factory to the user. You do not have to pay for an enormous army of salesmen nor for a costly chain of branch houses in 50 cities. Installment Price $55 Cash Price You get exactly what $100 or more brings the usual way. And you are Money Merely mail the coupon below for a Free Trial Oliver or for further information. Check which. The method has been in use for 4 years. Thousands have taken advantage of it. Why should you pay double, when double cannot bring you more? This announcement is bound® to bring a flood of orders. Mail your coupon NOW, so your order can be filled promptly. The OLIVER Typewriter Gmpany 738 Oliver Typewriter Bldg., Chicago, III. 50 a THE OLIYER TYPEWRITER COMPANY, 738 Oliver ‘Typewriter Bldg., Chicago, Hl. Ship.-me a new Oliver No. 9 Typewriter for five days’ free inspection. If I keep it I will pay $55 as follows: $3 at the end of trial period and then at the raie of $4 per month. The title to remain in you -until:fully paid for. If I make cash settlement at end of trial period I am to deduct ten per cent and remit to you $49.50. If I decide not to keep it, I will ship it back at your expense at the end of five days. My shipping point iS... eect teeccesecccnesecccsccceccescecesoece Do not send a machine until I order it. Mail me your book—“The High Cost of Type- writers—The Reason and the Remedy,’’ your de luxe catalog and further information. Occupation or Business ...............0......ssssccescocsscssssccsscace ne ee ene es es es ld ADVENTURE Nov. 30th, 1921 City. Published three times a month by The Ridgway Company at Spring and Macdougal Sts., New York Yearly subscription $6.00 in advance; single copy 25 cents. matter Oct. 1, 1910, at the post-office at New York. N. Y., under the act of March 3, 1879. Volume 31 Number 6 Entered as second-class CO NOOKS CO@