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Fragments of a Humorous Yet Offensive Local Column
A fragmentary piece describes two figures: Necro Purtosoruy Jphn Cunepel a diminutive man with a black servant Sambo who jokes about illness and death then shifts to A Tia Paup a Newark merchant who discovers counterfeit tea boxes hidden with porcelain in Philadelphia noting loss worth substantial sums. The text blends racial stereotyping with a shop fraud anecdote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Damancus
Stata
Mohammed-Pacha-el-Adme
Damascus
Mohammed
Mourad
Constantinople
Mohamed
Ali
Neve
Ghammed
Hiam - Tien
John Cunepel
Sambo
John
A. Tia Paup
Newark
N.J
Philadelphia