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Memories for the Week of November 25, 2015

100 years ago

November 28, 1915

Mark Twain on advertising

When Mark Twain was editing the Virginia City Enterprise, a superstitious subscriber once wrote and said he had found a spider in his paper and asked whether it meant good or bad luck.

Mark replied and said it meant neither good luck or bad luck. The spider was merely looking over the pages to find out what merchant was not advertising, so that it could spin its web across his door, and lead a free and undisturbed existence forever after.

Assessed Valuation and School Census

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