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...swankest suburb, proceeded to give it away to some 18,000 Brooklinites. By last week at least one reader had looked the gift horse in in the mouth and found it not to his liking. On the Citizen's editorial page appeared this letter from one Peter McMurrer: Will you kindly refrain from having the Citizen deposited at my door and thus save me the necessity of carrying it to the the ash can. ... Following the letter the Citizen printed this note: At our regular rate of $3.50, any disgruntled reader may have his own particular doorknob meticulously ostracized...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Nuisance Value | 10/7/1935 | See Source »

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