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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1937
Page
6
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Union naval leader David Dixon Porter bombarded Forts Jackson and St Philip at the Mississippi mouth and, with Farragut blocking the west, moved past New Orleans and Vicksburg. Porter converted 120 river steamers into gunboats, aided Grant in capturing Vicksburg, later becoming admiral and Annapolis superintendent, dying in 1891 at 78. His portrait appears with Farragut on a 3 cent navy stamp.
A reader asks Uncle Ray why Jupiter shows about five hours of daylight and five of night Mars has a 24 hour 37 minute day Uranus 10 hour 50 minute rotation and how tilt causes seasonal shifts The piece also mentions the origin of 24 hours and notes the cuckoo's value to farmers and tree growth with cambium and bark changes.
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