How did mr Wilson learn of the vacancy? What were the qualifications needed to apply for the vacancy in the red headed league?
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How does Mr. Wilson learn of the newspaper ad in "The Red-Headed League"?
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WILLIAM DELANEY eNotes educator| CERTIFIED EDUCATOR
Jabez Wilson is a very thrifty man. As such, he does not subscribe to a newspaper or go out and buy one off a news vendor, although newspapers in those days probably only sold for a penny. Even if he did buy a newspaper he might not have bought the one in which Clay ran the ad about the vacancy in the Red-Headed League. (In "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle," Holmes mentions the following newspapers by name: the Globe, Star, Pall Mall, St. James's, Evening News Standard, Echo.) Obviously, Clay bought the newspaper in which he had run the ad and then pretended to have just found it when he showed it to his employer. Clay had to explain quite a lot about the League, since Wilson had never heard of it. Clay ended up escorting Wilson to the office rented for the purpose and introducing him to the man who called himself Duncan Ross, since Ross had probably never seen Wilson and they wouldn't want to hire the wrong man or reject the man they wanted to deceive.
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He has to copy the Briticanna encyclopedia. He is there from 10-2. The purpose is to keep mr. Wilson away from his business so that vincent can build the tunnel in the basement.