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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1909
Page
9
A garbled passage portrays a jewelers talk of watches and a town’s odd beliefs about deformed elders and widowed spouses. It mentions specific gravity woods, pomegranate plants, and a doctor’s musings on cures, torpedoes, and a minister’s admonitions amid rough local characters and a singing, stylized speech.
A fragmentary, humorous pastiche strings together a Pekin duck tale with digressions on urban manners and a parade of oblique quotations. The speaker notes the duck’s awkwardness and inability to turn over, jokes about commissions to study fraternal disparities, and weaves in stray anecdotes about diplomacy, weddings, and a riotous dance of the gods.
Coupon redeemable at Leverty's three Bridgeport stores promises a regular package of Ames Pleasant Specific for constipation and dyspepsia at half price with a money back guarantee if no lasting benefit. Ad lists symptoms and urges quick purchase noting phenomenal sale and limited time remaining.
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