Indianapolis Times, Volume 45, Number 306, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 May 1934 — Page 12

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I\ sweeping flood recently carried away a 3-room cottage. It was one of those good old-fashioned floods which have such taking ways. (River, stay away from my door!) The cottage floated as easily as a Peruvian bond issue. Fortunately the landlubber owner was absent from home at the time. He was a very poor sailor —and, anyway, he did not have a pilot’s license. And the incident, incidentally, seemed to offer a

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chance to free himself of his floating indebtedness. However, he had a certain sentimental attachment for his truant dwelling and —believing devoutly in the power of advertising—he inserted this advertisement to acquaint the world with his unusual plight: LOST: A 3-room cottage—Painted white, green trimming; from Terrace Park, Sunday morning. Reward. The cottage was found stranded on an unpopulated reef several miles down the river—and restored to the owner

as a direct result of the advertisement No doubt the advertiser’s next advertisement will read: WANTED: Good second-hand anchor , a stout cable , a capstan, a barrel of grog, a sextant, and a copy of Moby Dick. ~~~ _ / The moral of this story is not limited to those who have built their houses upon the sand.lt pays to useTimesWantAds —not only when your house if lost, strayed or stolen, but when you wish to buy, sell or rent. It’s really very easy, merely call Rileysssl and learn the meaning of quick, effective results.

MAY 3, 1934