Thursday, May 9, 1901

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The Headlines

NIGHT OF EXCITEMENT IN THE WALDORF; Brokers Anxiously Seek News of a Conference of Leaders. Surging Crowds Nervously Look for Information on To-day's Stock Market -- Fears of Another Big Slump.

Best-selling Sheet Music

Blaze Away

Abe Holzmann

The must-have

Lionel Trains

On This Day

• Australia opens its first national parliament in Melbourne.

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You Share a Birthday With

• J. M. Barrie (1860)
• Howard Carter (1874)
• José Ortega y Gasset (1883)
• John Brown (abolitionist) (1800)
• Gaspard Monge (1746)

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Tech Check

Transatlantic Radio Signal, Vacuum Cleaner & Meccano.

Cost of Living (1900)