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By |f ARY JAMIESON
AT 11 O’CLOCK, Wednesday, July 4, 12 different shops will open for business and hawk their bargains oh the streets and lawns of Washington, Va. Colorful decorations, music 2nd good food under shade umbrellas, will set the old-timey atmosphere.
“The Ladies Elite Boutique on the George Davis’ lawn,” says its head designer, Mrs. Waldron O’Connor, “is assembling the finest of Hong Kong brocades, Italian knits, pure wool sweaters, hoochiGucci bags and a lot more great bargains for your pleasure.”
Ian Pryde, Super Junk Yard merchant, promises “We’ll have the finest junk outside any scrap heap displayed for perusal on Mr. Giles’ pasture. Some of our things are in one piece and work, others are precious parts.”
A ladies’ department store, a Men’s Haberdash
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