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In Abilene, Texas, a homeowner advertised a glass-top dining table with rot iron legs. They’re the sturdiest kind. The Rock Hill (S.C.) Herald offered a console organ with full petals, possibly for flowery music.
A damsel in distress put an ad in the Bryan-College Station Eagle in Texas. She has lost a circular pin fashioned of red and clear crystal. The piece of jewelry had simmental value. Holy Cow!
The Seattle Times carried an ad for a garage sale that sounded irresistible. Among the pieces of furniture was a hand-carved mid-evil style bedroom set. In between sins?
Advertisers pay good money to promote their wares. You would think they would proofread their ads. But here is Publishers Choice, for heaven’s sake, promoting a book that will help us break bad grammer habits. And these people sell books!
A jeweler in Montrose, Pa., offers “all new necklesses.” A grocery in Portsmouth, Ohio, offers “hydrophonic cucumbers.” In Pensacola Beach, Fla., one may go to the Bushwhacker for a champaign Sunday brunch. In Renton, Wash., a store specializing in audio equipment offers a preamplifier “for the most decerning audiophile. ”
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