New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-17

Mostly You will find coored classified
columns Of The Evening Telegram which itself should be sufficient
warning TO the wary For here o as IN the iurnl'ufe
pink it's punk Even in this hospabe medium there perhaps
thoroughly drepuabe than the takers
Of the secondhand typewriter represented by the
which presented little free advertising above
family father and the leading opponents so
far as The Tribune of the phony second hand
typewriter gameS Womser the father ana NJ "ose' III" %
The proprietor The National Outlet Co., 1872 Broadway
the Broadway Typewriter Exchange at 99 Broadway
had formerly connection with The Pubic typewriter ana lrag
Co.. said he has had store in BROOKLYN The
The Public Typewriter and Trading CO. until us
The senior Won without nana rauhg OF cfeU VIII"
the typewriter Of the largest manufacturing
frankly that it sells to him only for cash or on
check which invariably presented for payment before e goods are
legitimate secondhand typewriter trade which unable
the liberal offered mot lived up to- by the
regard them with either admiration or ahecO Inc
favote medium of the pair is naturally The Evening
Telegram, $3.50
In tho columns the fake Mr. Irving Meze had his
first second and experience National Outlet Co. and
wormser particular occasion the appeared in print
anonymously store 1872 Broadway offering as BAIT ypewes at 90
up The up" principal feature Mr. Mees first DEAL as
he purchased Underwood for $3.50 cash Stamped his
receipt this guarantee:
The above typewriter guaranteed for from date same
kept repair of charge if out Of order by usual wear
Mtzer tell his story he told 1t IN writing his
to saw this machine could do everything typwrite
delivered teephoned Mr. Wormser about dozen
get the machine and after each
conversation faithfully promised to have call finally
the machine down myself where was given another in
exchange" . .
The willy exchange giving him
Pittsburgh brand and extracting $3.50
additional for it, guarantee the stamped his
could
within return the machine al o discount mere
writing this the second receipt although on the first
there appears which this meaning For
machine the Pittsburgh Visible Typewriter performed strange
Presently ceased perform all Ihereupon the disguised
purchaser sent boy Wonnser demanded
the work When Mr. Mtzer pointed TO the guarantee
handspring broken and hazad conjecture that the
Office boy subsequently Wormses employees told
Mr. Me that the handspring was not broken al an a Nornef
deliberately The customer then proposed that he
return with WOmser WOrmer
turned his back him Rather than have any further dealings with
Mr. Meer took his purchase another shop where
he was charged brought the paid
the Pittsburgh Visible y up to SS This machine IS Purchaabe
anywhere himself offered Tribune
senayes price He therefore made his sale $50 to
Mr. Me profit typical bit of trade
Like father like Public Typewriter
Tribune complainant had much the
rience Metzer's with s. wOrmser She writes:
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paid 5sS %5S5
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lions as thought no1 wei. spent two until po:i
needed suddenly repair word The Public
EVER ST9s TO Pray man esTprG he could do the next day
Them As'S 'G', ~sn 6Gns % hi but could not
sss iS % wSf S was S UG hi he was his Brooklyn until
-o s s1's telling s.sl ss my n s Tw had a.,
Yesterday
rcsu-he he be in
beat After talking
ng time to look hay-
machine repaired by tina
DID not count nobody
lie offered 10 would him
fellow his
times N'''
@ store "a
them Of ~ ght
} a that
Is
themselves |
living started little Of
bitten machine
certain conditions from the business and
left ( Iwante
q
o storeo cared The Fplon
winter Company Brooklyn, and shortly will
10
writing this my sake | haven now learned nv
n ome formto stop
rom
KATHERINE l..
Possibly NJ Wornser oerdd the going about
? attitude for his has disappeared the world Of fake