Amusing Newspaper Typo Tales From Editors and Compositors
Curiously mixed lines show how readers glimpse comic slips caused by careless compositors and proofs readers. Examples include phrases like all feet instead of all fair and misreadings turning serious names and events into humorous distortions.
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Hamton Journal
Minneapolis
Europe
Bowdoin
Portland
Montreal
John Macdonald
Richard’ Cartwright
John
Thalia Theater
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Trawis
Eno
Perfunctory Politeness in Costa Rica Customs
A San Francisco Chronicle excerpt contrasts polite greetings in Costa Rica with petty deceit. Laborers bow to passersby and workers salute women, while rural men offer well wishes. Yet the author notes that many will lie about distances and show little concern for travelers.
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Costa Rica
San Francisco Chronicle
Indian Brahmin student earns first honorable mention
The graduating class of forty homeopathic pupils at the New York Medical College Brahmin in Bombay India received the first honorable mention for excellence in his studies.
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New York Medical College , Brahmin
Bombay
India
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