Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 7, Number 132, Decatur, Adams County, 3 June 1909 — Page 4

32500 PIANOS!! 3 Most Stupendous Plan Ever Attempted in the History of Advertising No Fake Schemes! No Certificates! No Prizes! Just a Big, Straight, Out and Out Business Proposition reSSi9n an ? colossal undertakings. I propose to accomplish in ONE YEAR. I I what the makers of other nigh grade pianos have taken 50 YEARS to do! I will make the “Oakland” | he be£t Rnown piano in Lie World if it costs ($1,000,000.00) One Million Dollars to do it. JJ I ere ’ s positively the rriost wonderful piano buying opportunity you ever had or ever will have. We stand ready to sn y c over SIOO in good, hard cash, if you act quickly—immediately. You can’t afford to delay a single minute— iwe’ll '° U W h y * et tO ° ur store at once just us soon as you read this ad. The time is short and stock limited. V"n- Ve se^ Jre d le exclusive agency in this territory for the high-grade ‘Oakland ' pianos, made by the OakfSßSf A iuno Company of Chicago. We knuu there is no better piano made than the “Oakland”. The manufac!rerS n °? V !t to ,° ar, d . to l et U ou , now an d every other man, woman and child in the United States know it, jMM ./O' the} will set aside sacrifice 2500 pianos—half their 1909 output. Think of it 2500 pianos to be sold Ct f }inoil t a cent of profit to anybody. We have taken a solid car-load all we could get — because the ■"nuitacturers wnl only sell one car-load in each locality. These pianos are to be distributed for adwrtls*n9 purposes. In other words, sold at the most astonishing prices you ever dreamed of. 1 hat sw h> \ou should start for our store the moment you see this ad. No matter if you never {z? oi buying a piano before, you can’t afford to miss this opportunity. At the prices v. weare putting on this car-load of pianos, it’s like buying gold dollars for fifty-cents. /fs a piano and sell it anv time for twice what we will ask uou ut y° u n ,nust act The stock is limited!! It can’t last at such prices only a few days. Be one of the lucky ones and get in first! M ri ?l S Wii l imr pediately ADVANCE at the close of this sale, n et the genttemanly representative from the Oakland factories. GREAT PIANO CO'S \ J The Manufacturers are Determined to Make wem> pun nlifi ain dla nn 0 Oakland Piano Company P 'V7^^khnd-- fa e t orv ma „ is he r e. UHII L H U I IMil II A Determined to Make , He wan « to tell you more .bout .Ct BB "* *■ ■ “ I I fl| I V U Their Piano Best this wonderful advertising plan. The Best known U ad Known in • e w a nts to . dem °nstrace the “Oakland” e oest Known and Most Popular in the World! Wor] d. Come in and look things over-you won’t These pianos will be distributed in C^loii - on ly one^cart^ i hc ,QO9 r UtpUt,) be urged to buy. ' of the countr .v- The Oakland Piano Co. will send KnL /otd/^~in .the best musical centers thfto PT AM r-v- Fvprv n- kj . tell you all about the “Oakland” pianos Th °-" n re P{. es L ent<,tlves to demonstrate and EIR PLAN EXPLAINED in ' > is brand new. right fresh from the factory costs to build them. No freight c P harneh \\ C P* anos . w *h he sold at practically what it DETAIL latest, up-to-date 1909 styles. expense! proofs to anufeodu/"onhnrnfi f ° C j m u llSSlo r S! No P rizes! No advertising Early buyers get the choicest selections. > will come inter—because every piano in th ! Cc ir in T‘ C -j/T ls °* the Oakland Piano Co. The “Orland” lOyear guarantee, direct ’SwVk OaWund pianos tor years to come. To see and hear t'S adver f isen^ t for p C t h h r|Vo f n u X? frOm the manufacturers ABSOLUTELY acc omphshed musician can resist it’s rich, powerful mfllow rl P’*™ * tO M ’ ° r "° PROTECTS YOU. lotZ take the P rofits get the adtCrt ’ tOne ' Remem her, only at this sale can you get such price® 11 v ' k a - v ~ the sensible wav of introducing -I -ru Jt ’-he one best chance of a life time so happyZ sell you others. Then we will ask p P ‘X Easytermsofn—• J P 0?’ 1 y° u s *« *t a glance what a IJ'U n 1 a t „ h d el u: te ; m b^ I Te a ?°k r to a5 5 <e f ms oi pay ment if desired dcn y yourself andtmii p ? un^ ' 7/s? Can you afford to F~ - In 311 youl e ± f X7L7 n, T cnt .°! a P ianoa^/o^r ' T T , J again. * never had a chance like this and you never i.°g: 1 2 n 5 0 t 0 he p i 1 a a n n o d s. » YOU Y® ° n y immediate ™oney= m aker by /_ se^ano c s '’%n a i lf b e a cite^buted this sale. Our profits and the manufacture f F' ers all go to you-every single cent. This IF ( BFeat Sale iS PUFe,y and ao,el y«« introductory adver- “ 1 tising proposition. You pay no profits to \ advertisement in 4ich . „ , P Y DO P rOllt S to any One. . i \ ls to We sell you a piano at factory cost. You will find it YOU V/ \ the best piano you ever saw-you will tell your friends A rtQL T / about it-your neighbors will see it, they will want one BCt Vl ' ' \ ognlze true merit, and are shrew I enough buyers to patronize the company nC 11 an «* COme tO US. Your oilnn will one T TM-TtW \ that offers the beat values, whether In .j piano Will De OUT stanch- ’ll! / h ■ ' ' “ A* <?.’ a 5» * ng that’s all this sale is for-to pay (lUlCklv! A4 ■ \ for Oakland quality that ad wo ! uid <;I tak' I I you a dvertise the “Oakland** Pianos. ■ **’\ years to secure In any other way. In Pidra. wwetll V.— —J w . I w W \ fact, the president of the company rFices will be advanced immediately at the clnssa I I comes out with the statement that he .f.LI- 1 O.aiviy nt me ClOSe 1 I will make a reputation for Oakland • 1013 Sale. gsHstjfea. @ JflHeigßßEMr• j pianos in one year's time such as it has , . ». >,.< -T. \1 taken makers of other high-grade pianos - I fifty years to secure. He will do It. too V® Ofll ' t ! for a plan like his. that saves the people waPS I J; I money, cannot help but succeed. It is / well said that "The nearest way to \ T/'. -.. Stf K , 1 > a person’s heart is through his pocket- dk MBB mm \>>, iff Naturally, the competitors of the Oak- "■! / land Piano Company are not well ■ # W W K W Vff < ■ g s I 7,1 pleased with the plan and are fighting ■ > ■ > ■ S '< • * >•/ it hard, but Ifs a dltileult matter to ■ TT W A f I ■ BC. pull an American citizen away from a W ■ > W ■ V W ff* > ■ ■ S \ .SHBSMSL£., gMgKy;-rr;r---yr ProposlHon that means money in his X X A X -J W IVJ I \ 7M The Oakland Piano Company are thoroughly responsible, and it will be i ./ interesting to watch their rapid progress. ■ : 'r*: — North Second Street Decatur, Indiana " 1 " Oakla nd factoriesDo Not Forget That Our Line of Furilure is the Largest in the Citv