Tuesday, May 20, 1902

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The Headlines

GAYNOR AND GREENE TAKEN TO QUEBEC.; When Remanded to Jail in Montreal, Writs of Habeas Corpus Were Is- sued to Take Them Back.

Best-selling Sheet Music

Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home

Hughie Cannon

The must-have

Teddy Bear

On This Day

• Cuba gains independence from the United States. Tomás Estrada Palma becomes the country's first President.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Honoré de Balzac (1799)
• John Stuart Mill (1806)
• Sigrid Undset (1882)
• Eduard Buchner (1860)
• Max Euwe (1901)

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Tech Check

Air Conditioner, Hearing Aids & Lie Detector (Polygraph).

Cost of Living (1900)