Character mistake: When Nanny is coming home from getting the collars, she calls for Roger and Anita to come downstairs. Plowright accidentally says "Roderick, " rather than "Roger."
Character mistake: When Pongo and Perdita escape from the house, Roger is reading a newspaper with the headline "Fifteen puppies stolen." To the right of this, another headline reads "Mortgages cheapest for over 30 years," where "mortgages" is misspelled as "mortages."
Answer: It was typical for marriages to be announced in the print newspapers, just like births and deaths. They are public notices.
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