Friday, November 9, 1906

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The Headlines

CHANLER JUST LEADS ON REVISED RETURNS; New Figures on the Vote Put Him 946 Ahead of Bruce. PROBABLY WILL STAY THERE If He Becomes Lieutenant Governor His Plurality Will Be the Smallest on Record.

Best-selling Sheet Music

You're a Grand Old Flag

George M. Cohan

The must-have

Rook (Card Game)

On This Day

• Theodore Roosevelt is the first sitting President of the United States to make an official trip outside the country, doing so to inspect progress on the Panama Canal.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Ivan Turgenev (1818)
• Muhammad Iqbal (1877)
• Edward VII (1841)
• George II of Great Britain (1683)
• Hermann Weyl (1885)

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Tech Check

AM Radio Broadcasting, Victrola Phonograph & Sonar Concepts.

Cost of Living (1900)