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Washington, District Of Columbia
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A new itinerant vendor has taken the place of the 'Microscopic man' at the corner of 7th Street and the Avenue, attracting a crowd with exaggerated claims about his 3-cent polishing balls that supposedly brighten metal in seconds and even improve faces en route to the scaffold.
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Corner Of 7th Street And The Avenue
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Last Evening
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A crowd gathered to watch a vendor announce the superiority of his polishing balls, claiming they brighten silver, Britannia, brass, platina, or tin-ware in two-and-a-half seconds or forfeit the price of a large apple, and that the article brightens countenances on the way to the scaffold, sold for only 3 cents.