Lady: “Can 1 send a telegram to Aborai?” Postal Clerk: “ Where is it, madam?” Lady: “J don’t know; it might bo Asia or even Africa.” Clerk (after long search): “ Ah, hero it is— Abomey, in Africa.” Lady: “is it spelled with a ‘ y Clerk: “ Yes.” Lady: “Thank yon very much. I wanted it for ray cross-word puzzle.”
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Evening Star, Issue 20592, 18 September 1930, Page 16
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57Page 16 Advertisements Column 5 Evening Star, Issue 20592, 18 September 1930, Page 16
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