APRIL FOOLING
Perhaps the most sueoee-ful April fooling occurred in tho United S aim =omc yeßiE ago. it v;m whoa i-hc depr-.ijit'i.oa-: of toe Colorado beei-hs in the potato fields wore ala,.jniisg the whole communhy, and enormous sums wero ofiiet-d for tlie oevunwion of the insect.. An advertisement appeared in tho lcidling Auk-. Scan papers m wi ioh the advertiser rriodesiiy claimed that fr.r five dollar*; he wniki w.nd an yb-ffiutc.'y certain remedy for dr.d toying rlie p-rvl. In Older, he added, that tie p- I h>■ Id be Maw pad out eamiltiin- oiwly tlnvuchout the coaaiiy, he would forward it to all applicant - * that It would roach lb"in all on the Morning of April 1, TJawaards of farunn forwarded- five dollars, and on April 1 received by post a kbk',l] w.-oden n-alkd, wcrlh. about 2d, with msttnetions to so forth, and tdiltu the beetles with it. “They have never been known to survive the blow," the advertisement added.
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Evening Star, Issue 17084, 1 July 1919, Page 4
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159APRIL FOOLING Evening Star, Issue 17084, 1 July 1919, Page 4
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