The tunes are:
00:00 Love me and the World is Mine
03:05 Will You Love me in December as You do in May?

Played at 78 rpm. '78R' is printed on the label, which might be the speed?

The catalogue number, 340, is embossed onto the shellac.
I am pretty sure this gives a date of 1909.

The performances are not great, to put it mildly, but I don't think it matters!

The turntable is a Philips GA212, modified to run at 78/80 rpm instead of 33/45.
This was done by changing resistors on the motor controller PCB.
The cartridge is a Stanton 500A, with an original Stanton 3.0 78 stylus.

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