Cardiff Hill Monument to Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn
A commemorative statue on Cardiff hill in Hannibal honors Mark Twain's Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. The piece recalls youth adventures near the haunted house and the graveyard as symbols of American imagination and literary heritage.
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Tom
Huck
Cardiff Hill
Joe
Tom and
Robin Hood
Friar Tuck
Hannibal
Mark Twain
Tom Sawyer
Huckleberry Finn
Yowler the Bob Cat Faces the Red Terror in the Green Forest
In Burgess Bed Time Stories Yowler the Bob Cat stalks Mrs Lightfoot the deer and her spotted twins hiding beyond the old road. The scent of danger, the Red Terror, drives Yowler away as the two prey and predator share a common fear and a tense standoff.
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Yowler
Bob Cat
Mrs. Lightfoot
Green Forest
Mrs. Grouse
Old Wood Road
Piace
O'D
Fowler
Viscount FitzAlan Receives Garter Honor in King’s Ceremony
Viscount FitzAlan of Derwent is named Knight of the Garter by King George, succeeding Lord Curzon. A younger brother of the late Duke of Norfolk, he was once Lord Edmund Talbot and a famed unionist whip, later viceroy of Ireland, and South African War veteran. He is the only Roman Catholic among non-Royal Garter Knights.
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Great Britain
Viscount FitzAlan of
Derwent
Order of the Garter
George
Lord FitzAlan
Lord Curzon
Duke of Norfolk
Edmund Talbot
Ireland
House of Howard
Dukes of Norfolk
Jockey
Butte High School Graduates Largest Class in History
The public high school in Butte confers diplomas on 229 graduates, with many heading into business and work, while others seek further college study. Teachers praise the pupils' discipline and potential as the city offers support and well wishes for their futures.
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Butte
Butte High
Debt funding progress noted with Italy and France
The American debt funding commission reports progress with Italy and France on restructuring tens of billions in debts. Italy seeks close consideration of its economic needs, while France moves to raise revenues under Minister Caillaux. Estonia and smaller nations also approach Washington, aiming for a broad settlement.
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State Department
American
Italy
United States
Rome
France
Caillaux
Senate
Chamber
Esthenia
Washington
Twain characters honored with lifelong memorial monument
A plan to memorialize Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn with a lasting monument aims to keep their memories alive in American youth. The project seeks to give tangible form to Mark Twain’s iconic figures revered by readers, especially boys.
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Tom Sawyer
Mark Twain
Industrial Possibilities Advocated by Westinghouse Executive
General Tripp of Westinghouse Electric outlines vast future prospects in science. He predicts electricity costs drop to one fiftieth, cities have no night, and storage batteries may revolutionize power. He cites heat to electricity, direct generation, and durable storage as future avenues, while confirming hydro power remains efficient.
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General Tripp
Westinghouse Electric Company
Haldane
Tripp
Knavery and a Parisian Edge in a Royal Egg Scam
The column recounts four farmers in smocks who staged a prewar egg sale in Place Herbert to lure buyers. Police arrested them after they admitted stealing the case, noting the fools among rogues and the folly of undercutting prices. It ends with cautions about rascality and too easily provoked authorities.
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Herbert
The Unwise Choice Poem by Alice Cary
Two poor youths offer wealth and love at my door. I send one away and keep his image in my eyes. Years later wealth fades, longing remains for the day I was rich in pain and sight. Alice Cary.
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Suil
HITS OR MISSES Bob Wants It All to Himself
An assembly of quotes from multiple papers sketches shifts in industrial plants leaving Wisconsin. Senator La Follette is cited pushing for this change. The collection notes cultural debates from music to politics and foreign events shaping public mood.
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Associated Press
Gee
Bob
Wisconsin
Senator la Follette
Pittsburg
Mercury Rules This Day Says Horoscope for Financial Inquiry
The article forecasts that Mercury governs the day with beneficial effects on press and editors while Neptune and Mars bring adversities. It predicts interest in periodicals and finance, possible international moves led by women, and caution about long journeys and digestive health. It notes potential domestic discord and a year of activity for birthdate individuals.
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Neptune
Mars
Leo
Gemini
McClure
Crossword puzzle clues and solutions by Ruth von Phul
Crossword champion Ruth von Phul solved the puzzle in a seven minute bogey time. The page lists clues and answers across and down including Across Asseverate Overwhelms Cloth maker Lasso Deserted That thing Seizes again and many more with entries like Sun protector and Suffix meaning footed.
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Ruth von Phul
Atlantic
Hillock
U. S
Newport News
Appreciation of Art Growing in America Says Sculptor
Famous American sculptor Paul Bartlett forecasts rising art appreciation in the United States as museums expand nationwide. Bartlett, a Paris resident with Washington studio, notes Europe remains more artistic but praises U.S. cultural growth. He discusses the 150th anniversary of the Declaration and plans to fund Monticello as a national shrine while arranging for a delegation of young women to visit France.
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Paul Bartlett
France
Bartlett
Washington
Paris
America
Thomas Jefferson
Monticello
Jefferson
Charlottsville
American Jefferson Memorial Foundation
United States
Europe
England
Italy
Rome
Greece
General Lafayette
Louvre
Michelangelo
Christopher Columbus
Library of Congress
Bartholdi
New York Harbor
Idle Rich and Ills Mentioned in Local Court Tales
A collection of brief vignettes portrays domestic trouble, a sick boy awaiting his father, a magistrate's view on marital distress, idle rich spouses, a tired salesgirl, a ploy about charges for a lost blouse, and a quarrel with an organ grinder who is arrested after a dispute at a house. The magistrate questions language barriers and cultural miscommunications in the street scene at the police court.
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Jimmy Skunk
George C. Butte
Ma” Ferguson
Texas
Porto Rico
University of Tezes Law School
Viscount Fitzalan
Standard Publishing Company Publishers and Proprietors
Anaconda
West Park Street
Ness Department
Saitorial Department
Deer Lodge
Dillon
Bozeman
Philipsburg
Nada
MPANY
Butte, Mont
National Representatives
Prudden, King & Prudden, Inc
Fifth Avenue
New York
Globe
Boston
Steger
Chicago
Sharon Building
San Francisco
San Fernando
Los Angeles
Tom and Huck
Walstead
Alice Cary
Glasgow
Detroit News
Bryan
Houston Post-Dispatch
League
Portugal
Balkans
Indianapolis News
Des Moines Register
Soviet Russia
Chicago News
Daily Cross
A. J. Blackhall
Barrack Tavern
Tommy
Jean Norris
Morrie
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