Polyglot Drollery and Promoted Votes in Curious Letter
A mosaic of garbled text and advert style prose discusses geography from California places to Yosemite and Merced with questions about college buildings Berkeley Palo Alto and Sacramento. It shifts to a campaign pitch promising votes for trips, coupon values and a chorus about Polly Perkins of Paddington Lane.
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Petluma
San Francisco
Yosemite National Park
Sacramento
Berkeley
Palo Alto
Merced
Axwburn
Chicken
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Los
Polly Perkins
Paddington Lane
Millie
Sallie
Fanny
Grace
Rule book for state wide trade extension vote scheme
The text outlines a manipulated voting plan with merchant controlled ballots giving votes for currency, merchandise, or due bills. It lists rules on eligibility, casting, stamping, transferability, and timing, plus a newspaper coupon system to boost votes and a nominated candidate process with 1000 nominating votes per entrant.
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