“CHICKENS —NOT CHILDREN”
MISTAKE IN PRINTING
It was all a mistake, folks; a typographical error if you want to be technical about it, states a message from America. That’s what Mr and Mrs Anderson have been telling telephone callers who responded to a newspaper advertisement that read: “For Sale: Wardrobe trunk, 20 dollars; candid camera, dollars; reversible raincoat, two children and a duck. 48-9977.” ‘We meant chickens—not children”—frantically explained the Andersons, who added that some of their callers wanted to adopt the children and others became almost abusive because of the error.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 10, Issue 49, 13 November 1946, Page 7
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92“CHICKENS—NOT CHILDREN” Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 10, Issue 49, 13 November 1946, Page 7
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