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Day
29
Month
August
Year
1895
Copyright
Public Domain
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About Knives A cheap Focket-knife ear? 'i: at every Store, but it is not th e you want. # One dollar is the lowest prieè ihi a really good knife can be sold for. 1 ïiloumn is placed in this paper to ar' i e the very best Poekei-knife sold. It is J. C. Tid.maksh's Shet' steel Knife. Never buy a knife only becaa--looks wel!. Jf blades are r.ji rhe Sheffield stee] they will bood bond, mt tbey wil: want a íine-looking kniíe. The United States law provides ,tii t oniy eampleB to agentsand toth trad.will be admitted fj-ee of ánty. Yoi can, therefore, see the aiivantage-íha; I have in sending s;irp ís to gsat over thoe who deal in öueöield goos! in America. I am an advertising agent .' f aan e3trusted with a eertain amumt to s advertising these knives {the )öes value ever seen in America at ODollar each). Nou-, the Lnifeis own best advertisement. Imagine a Pocket-knife (i ine-he long) with the most beautifiüly-gvainec. vory handle - genuine African Wov;y mand with two blades of the very beiï Sheffield steel that will last a ufeïiai - and tut like a razor. The tips eí ifa handles are heavily plated wiih tt ing silver. And then a very ïis chamois leatrer case goes with 8eiï knife. Now, vould it not be easy -wovk selling this knife at One Dollar earti? I know it would. for it looks as itit were worth two dollars. And so it is if you compare it vrfsh the value otfered in the ordiuary Store. Is not this knife its own oest wIjw tisement. You can make $4 per day seiïirtg t' es knives. This is a geniiine . 8trui?tforward statement. Ibiseounting that you show it to asiij twelve buyera every day. And etta? one that sees it will say it is a g:Mm value for $1. The knives are sold 4 you at $8 per dozen : you sell then a'iO each. # I deterrained to use larfre sam 93 ö- vertisirg money entrusted to at áu sendiny out free samples to tbose ili te act as agents for the stuft Ml Ihese kim'es I will send you a tree sample, ba you must si;n the promise at the fwA of thiscolumc, and make a deposH t show that in asking for the knife yma are acting in good faith The deposit that I ask of you is 4# cents about half the wholesale cost oü the knife, and less than one-third what you would have to pay for a knife lik it, if you bought one. Send the money by a Postti Order or one-cent stamps for 44cts., and put a ñve-eent stamp on the letter, which must not weigh more than one-i ounce. The deposit of 44 cents will be pïaeeöf to your credit, and will be deducteá from your first order at the dozen ïdta I am an advertlsing agent, contraciffT and publiflher with one of the lar. Advertistngbusinesses in the worW absolutely guarantee tosend, postugt.paid and duty free. the knife descrjbot'j Iabove free to anyone who signs promise below, and sends it with deposit as stated. Let me advise you not to part v-:imple, even if yon should lose s sale at $1 by refusing, as it will tok time to replaco it. J could not senO you another even if you sent the full$l. A f ter the sample they can only be suj plied to you by the dozen as thero i =? duty on them to be paid. Any English Banker can give yoaa information about my high standing, eswrite to the publisher of this paper, who knows that I do a large aaiJ gtraightforward advertising basines and that I do exactly as I say. I have taken this pace in thi pttp&r for three years ! The first one ans.wering this advertisement after this njber of the paper has come out wi1 he likes, hava his name printed in thi1 gpaee as agent for these knives. The Editor of the Springleid (Obi) .V' ■ Era writes, in his paper of Junfe 1: - "I have received a sampie knife from Mr. Sears, and am vwrjr much pleased with it. He is the owa&ar of a verv large advertising business in London. and is, I believe, perfectljf responsible and straightforward. " Sign your name and address to the followiiig, eut it out and send it witJ Postal Order or stamps for 44 centa and you will receive by return of peet the beautiful knife as described above. F. V. SEARS, Adyertising Agent and Contractor, Wholesale Knips. Advertising Department, 138 Flket Street, Londokí. Dear Sir,- I faithfully promise on sa? and honour to show the Sample Knilkr you have promised to send me to onv or more of my friends, thereby constó- tnting myself an agent. Thi make me "in the trade" as ao. Pocket-cutlery is coDcerned. Bjt ttiii promise I am entitled to & eanaple # your beautiful Dollar kniíe with chamois leather case, to be Ban.; me post-paid and duty free. I abo encelóse 44 cents Postal Order or stamps. which please hold for me until I seiJ you an order at the dozen rate. Name. . . Address ,- Address all letU i F. W. 5EARS, Wholesale Kniíe Adívertisement DepL 328 FLEF.T ST.; LONDON ENCi

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