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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Marshall, industrious son of Adam, grew more bushels of corn to an acre than any other man, was hailed corn monarch of the world.* Last week he was summoned from his farm near Ada, Ohio, to tell President Coolidge how he makes corn grow. Farmer Marshall's formula: good seed, fertilizer heavily applied, and a careful rate of planting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: The Coolidge Week: Mar. 14, 1927 | 3/14/1927 | See Source »

...with the words: "The Reed investigating committee is dead. There may be strong, healthy men on the committee, but of course, although a burglar may try to jimmy a strong box, there is such a thing in the law as forcible entry." To which Mr. Reed of Missouri replied: "Tell Senator Reed of Pennsylvania that when I want a burglar I will send to his State for a recommendation." The Missouri Reed intends to continue the activities of his committee, to seize, but not open, ballot boxes in four more Pennsylvania counties. After he finishes defending Henry Ford...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Bad-Natured End | 3/14/1927 | See Source »

Captain Robert A. Bartlett, Arctic explorer, will tell of his adventures on the Putnam Expedition last summer to North Greenland, in the Living Room of the Union tonight at 7:30 o'clock...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BARTLETT, EXPLORER, IS AT UNION TONIGHT | 3/11/1927 | See Source »

...persons curious in the world there is a peculiar alluring enchantment in any lands beneath the Southern Cross. Certain it is that there are few more fascinating stories than those of the rise of the nations of South America. At 10 o'clock in Harvard 2 Professor Haring will tell History 56 and the Vagabond of the genesis of the Argentine Republic...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE STUDENT VAGABOND | 3/9/1927 | See Source »

...tide," declared John Skeehan to a Crimson reporter on one of his visits to not well-known, but in dispensable Harvard employees "In 1885 the then marshy ground where the Boston Elevated power plant now sits, was sold for half a cent a foot, and I'll tell you it was a bargain...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Charles Flowed Over Site of Freshman Dormitories 42 Years Ago--Library Guardian Says T. R. Was Bright Fellow | 3/8/1927 | See Source »

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