Saturday, January 23, 1904

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The Headlines

UP-STATE RIVERS DANGEROUS.; Railroad Tracks Are Under Water and Telegraph Wires Are Badly Crippled.

Best-selling Sheet Music

Meet Me in St. Louis, Louis

Kerry Mills

The must-have

Land's Lord (Precursor to Monopoly)

On This Day

• Ålesund Fire: The Norwegian coastal town Ålesund is devastated by fire, leaving 10,000 people homeless and one person dead. Kaiser Wilhelm II funds the rebuilding of the town in Jugendstil style.

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You Share a Birthday With

• David Hilbert (1862)
• Stendhal (1783)
• Édouard Manet (1832)
• Subhas Chandra Bose (1897)
• Otto Diels (1876)

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Tech Check

Offset Printing Press, Vacuum Diode Tube & Teabags.

Cost of Living (1900)