$100.Pearl in Oyster

[jeff of pa]

The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]), 28 Dec. 1908.



https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/...&proxValue=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=442

 

[jeff of pa]

Clam / Oyster Sales must have Increased in Pottsville after That


Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.), 22 April 1909.



https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/...&proxValue=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=446

 

[Megalodon]

Sounds like marketing by the seafood dealer. Or too much Yuengling.

I eat a fair number of oysters (ok, my doc says too many) and pearls in this area are common - and worthless.

 

[Megalodon]

I think this Pottsville correspondent must have enjoyed and then emulated Mark Twain's story "How I edited an agricultural paper".