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100 Years

Feb 21, 1924 Vol. 40, No. 15

Harry B. Helms & J. H. Doyle, Owners & Publishers

This was Mark’s Answer: Mark Twain, in his early days, worked on a Missouri newspaper. A superstitious subscriber wrote in, saying that he found a spider in his paper, and asked whether that was a sign of good or bad luck. The humorist wrote this answer and printed it: “Old subscriber: Finding a spider in…