The Phonogram (1901-12)

Page scan 0004 from The Phonogram

Record Details:

Title:
The Phonogram
Date:
1901-12
Volume:
The Phonogram (II), Issue 20
Leaf #:
0004
Language:
English
Subjects:
honograph,"Phonograph History, Thomas Edison","National Phonograph Company","Sound Recording History
Collection:
Recorded Sound
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Date Added:
July 20, 2022
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record, discovered it was the one I had been searching for, and which was my aunt’s last will and testament, her fur- well to the world. This is what I heard: “ Know all men by this, that I, Mrs. Jane Early, being in sound mind, but knowing my hours are numbered, da give and bequeath, without reserve, all my wordly goods, personal property, real estate, stocks and bonds, all chattels and moneys belonging thereunto, to my beloved nephew, George Bradley, of Greenepoint, Ohio, and appoint him the Executor of the Estate, knowing the said nephew, George Bradley, to be an honest, upright man, and worthy of the good fortune which has come to him. Further- more, I hereby enjoin all persons from interfering in any manner with his taking peaceful occupation and entering into possession of said property. Witness this day, my voice. Signed, Jane Early.” " Imagine, if you can, my emotions, when I heard my aunt’s voice from the grave. No one who had ever heard my aunt speak in life would fiul to recognize it. I took the record, or will, and deposited it in the Surrogate’s Office, who admitted it to probate. I proved it to be my aunt’s voice beyond question, by fifty witnesses, and am now waiting for the decision of the Court as to whether this most novel will on a record would stand in law.”