Shark tales and sea perils amid lines of truth and myth
A fragment from a civil service exam transcript features a student’s description of sharks and their habits. It includes misstatements about sharks living on land, hunting on ships, and even a lurid tale of a slave ship captain’s cruelty. The piece blends disparate clippings from the London Church Times Washington Star and Boston Transcript, illustrating early 20th century compilation journalism.
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Fey
Iada
Civil Service
Indiad
Sailory
England
Nile
America
London Church Times
Whitney House Promotes Lodging and Local Goods
In Trovkee the Whitney House advertises best accommodations for short or long stays and promotes sale of fencing, pine and red-wood shingles, timber from Foulks and Pawning, Verdi or Reno. It warns hunters not to trespass on premises under threat of prosecution and notes low prices on mountain pine and common lumber. A health notice treats Viava treatment by Mrs B Fowler as reliable information.
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Verdi
Reno
Fowler
Bargain Cabin for Cash in Desirable Location
A 12 by 12 cabin with full outfit including stove dishes bedding and a pool sized lot is offered for cash. Apply at Dinvarcn office.
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Dinvarcn
Traveling Agents Offer In-Town Mail Rates
Local notice urges customers to avoid traveling mail sellers and use town offices or post offices for the same rates. Sellers promise equal prices and claim to be at the district office or post office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Disraten Ofice
Post Office
Fresh Candies Nuts and Stationery Offer
A. W. MacPherson advertises a stock of fresh candies and nuts, cigars, tobacco, and stationery. The notice invites readers to call for suet and view the sweet offerings at the P O Building in Wadsworth.
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A. W. MacPherson
Wadsworth
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Prop'r
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Pioneer Dairy
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Lothrop
Miln
Nevada
THE
San Francisco
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Ladies’ Journals
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J. F. Condon
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Onpens
Verdi Mill CO
Venot, Nzvana
Olumbus Saloon
Chiocciora
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C. D. Lorman
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Pinriger’s Pharmacy
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