Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-07-30
LOOK FOR NAN WITH
THE SOAKED GOODS
Captain Swatch of Good Ship Corona
Putting Circulars on Front
Porches.
BY THE B1NG.BAT.BUNCE co.

Captain Swatch of the good ship
Corona" (may its hull rest in
peace at the bottom OF the ocean,, is
about to sell several hundred
thousand dollars worth of damaged
merchandise that was saved when
his ship went down. He is about to
sell these alleged shipwrecked goods
to the housewives of Omaha, accord
ing to the posters he has been dis
tributing on the front porches
throughout omaha.
When did the Corona" sink? No
body knows.
been sent to the bottom in the warfare
OF the last twelve months, 50 II II n
good time TO begin TO talk "shipwrecked"
goods since there have been no big fires
recently.
Who is Captain Swatch? Nobody
knows. He is not listed in the registers
Of seaKoinE men.
But then there have been lots OF cap
tains Of various names in the shipwrecks
oocasioned by the submarine and no
housewife of Omaha could be expected
TO remember the names OF all OF them.
or to question the poster when Il says
that Captain Swatch commanded the
Corona"
Dough I'm New York.
Captain Swatch. according to the
poster, is no longer as heavily interested
in the merchandise as is a company in
New York that bought most of the cargo
saved. This company il given on the
poster as the Bling Bat-Bunce company
of Broadway.
| Who is "Bing-Bat-Bunce?"
Nobody knows. But then there are
lots OF clothing and general merchandise
houses on Broadway, whose names are
not known TO the housewives of Omaha,
and for that reason 'Bing-Bat- Bunce'
serves the purpose for the poster as well
as any other.
Robert Cowel of the Thomas Kilpa-
trick company, however. got one OF tho
envelope. although it did not come by
mail.
Mr.. Cowell had never heard OF tn,
Corona" He had never heard of Gap
tain Swatch" Also. although he make
| iHdiAg lElRH " NtW lOTkt ne ndu neNe
heard OF the Bling Bat-Bunce" company
Wants to See Samples.
So he informed his family that whei
the agents como to his home TO shoy
their samples OF water-soaked goods, h
wants them to receive encouragement {
bring their entire collection of sample
to the house. In the meantime he want
to be called, for he wants TO see tn
samples.
Although IL was a week ago, or more
that the poster was left, the agent ha
not yet appeared at the Cowell hame. II
has appeared, however, at homes In Dun
dee. At one place he took the order O
servant girl for a dozen pairs of sill
hose at q cents a dozen. Just what I'll
scheme is ir the hose sale has not com
to light; but when other members OF III
family showed keen interest. the ageI
got away without taking more orders.
Merchandise Soaked.
The poster states that when the shi
s sank, most of the cargo OF merchar
, disc was saved, although some OF it wa
/ water soaked. II represents that the res
, cued portion was sortad out, the soake
part cut away and tho rest put UP 1
shape for the market 1t represents thE
because of the tremendous bargain Z
, which it was bought, 1t can DO sold 6
, a stupendous discount.
The Associated Retailers are intereste
in the scheme. because they hold that
cannot be genuine. The Ad club is ir
terested from the standpoint of its can
paign for honest advertising.
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