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Tuesday: “We regret having erred in R.D. Smith’s ad yesterday. It should have read: FOR SALE: R.D. Smith has one sewing machine for sale. Cheap. Phone 958 and ask for Mrs. Kelly who lives with him after 7 p.m.’
Wednesday: ‘R.D. Smith has informed us that he has received several annoying telephone calls because of an error we made in his classified ad yesterday. His ad stands corrected: FOR SALE: R.D. Smith has one sewing machine for sale. Cheap. Phone 958 after 7 p.m. and ask for Mrs. Kelly who loves with him.’
Thursday: ‘NOTICE: I, R.D. Smith, have no sewing machine for sale. I smashed it. Don’t call 958, the phone has been taken out. I have not been carrying on with Mrs. Kelly. Until yesterday, she was my housekeeper.’
There are times, as may „ be seen here, when the wellworn slogan, ‘It Pays to Advertise,’ backfires.”
MARY JAMIESON
Sperryville
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