Mark Twain centennial beacon memorial lights Hannibal
The article recounts Hannibal Missouri’s Mark Twain centennial celebration with a memorial lighthouse on Cardiff Hill guiding river traffic. It details Twain's life from boyhood in Hannibal to pilot on the Mississippi and literary fame, and notes related honors in Florida Missouri and ongoing nationwide commemorations.
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Memorial Lighthouse
Hannibal
Samuel Langhorne Clemens
Mark Twain
Cardiff Hill
Tom Sawyer
Huckleberry Finn
Aunt Polly
Roosevelt
Detroit
Clara Clemens Gabrilowitsch
Missouri
Guy B. Park
Memorial
Cardiff
Mississippi
Walter Russell
Becky Thatcher
Prince and the
Joan of Arc
Clemens
Mark
Twain
Sam Clemens
Florida
John Quarles
Sam
John Marshal Clemens
Virginia
Kentucky
Jane Lampton
Tennessee
Orion Clemens
Hannibal Journal
New York
Philadelphia
Keokuk
Iowa
Orion
South America
Cincinnati
Ohio
New Orleans
Steamboat - Inspection Service
United States Department of Commerce
Fort Sumter
St. Louis
Salt River Tigers
Mark ‘Twain
Absalom Grimes
Yale University Press
Tigers
Orson
Nevada Territory
Nevada
Daily Territorial Enterprise
Virginia City
San Francisco
Erners
Pacific
Mike Swain
San Francisco Mint
Bret Harte
Harte
Calaveras County
Hawaiii
Sandwich Islands
Holy Land
Alta California
Conserve Moisture Early Plowing Advised by Agronomist
Ohio State University agronomist Richard Bradfield urges early plowing to conserve soil moisture amid drought concerns. He explains soil can store significant water, with eight feet of depth holding about 24 inches of rainfall, and notes crops like corn require large water amounts, drawing from winter and spring reserves.
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Richard Bradfield
Ohio
State University
Wu Service
Sweet Clover Fronts as Soil Fertility Booster in Illinois Farmland
L B Miller of the University of Illinois notes sweet clover shifts from weed to valuable soil improver during the Depression era. From 1929 to 1933 fertilizer use fell while sweet clover acres rose, reaching nearly a million statewide by 1934. The legume aids green manure, pasture, and seed harvests, with inoculation boosting soil nutrients.
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L. B. Miller
College of Agriculture
University of Niinois
Mitnois
AAA
Bitter Milk From Cold Weather Says Missouri Farmer
The Missouri Farmer notes winter milk bitterness stems from cool temperatures slowing bacteria that sweeten milk while bitter-tasting bacteria thrive. Diet and alfalfa are less influential than the cold, with some feeds affecting flavor only marginally.
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Missouri
Deep Furrows Across Nations Highlight Agricultural Trends
The report notes farm fire losses reaching 100 million dollars annually and urges Irish free state farmers to increase wheat production. It mentions over 200 cooperative oil and gas stations, Australia’s export of 70 million bushels of wheat, and corn ranking high as a staple food. It cites grass-green milk bottles for milk freshness, deep moisture use in Ohio alfalfa, waning demand for Chinese wool in U S carpet making, and dams in Saskatchewan’s Surprise Valley to flood flats for hay growth.
Try This Dish: Mash Potatoes with Carrots for Color
A household tip suggests boiling two small carrots with potatoes then mashing them together to add color and flavor. More carrots can be added if desired for a stronger carrot taste.
Friendship tests show twelve year olds value character most
A piece notes that friendship tests by 160 young English girls reveal social qualities of character matter more at age twelve than fourteen. It reports fourteen-year-olds citing mutual understanding and shared tastes as key to friendship and adds an advertisement for Dr. Pierce's Pellets claiming benefits for liver, bowels and stomach with one laxative pellet and three cathartic pellets.
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Artemus Ward
Europe
Columbus
Adam
Mark Twain
Oxford
Clemens
Charles J. Langdon
Elmira
N. Y
Olivia Langdon
Twain
Langdon
Hartford
Conn
Stedding
Sam Clemens
Robert Underwood
Johnson
Tolstoy on Self-Control as Path to Good Life
Quote attributed to Tolstoy emphasizes that self control is essential for any good life. It asserts that without self restraint, goodness cannot be imagined or attained, and that true virtue starts with mastering oneself.
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Tolstoy
Baby Eczema Relief Promises Safe Cuticura Remedy
Mrs Neal Gladney of Brighton Tennessee reports her infant's two month eczema on forehead and scalp cleared after about three weeks using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. Advertisement lists Soap 25c Ointment 25c and 50c Talcum 25c with free sample offers from Cuticura Laboratories Malden Massachusetts.
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Neal Gladney
RF. D
Brighton
Tenn
Cuttcura Laboratories
Dept. R
Malden
Mass
Adv
Watch Your Kidneys Use Doan s Pills for Kidney Support
Doan s Pills promote normal kidney function to help remove poisons from the bloodstream. The ad urges cleanup of impurities and relief from backache dizziness and urinary symptoms, claiming nationwide user recommendations and drugstore availability.
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Doan
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United States
Surprise Valley
Saskatchewan
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