Wednesday, December 23, 1908

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The Headlines

CASTRO DEPOSED, GOMEZ NIPS PLOT; Plan to Assassinate Acting President of Venezuela Foiled by His Daring Act. ALONE ARRESTS PLOTTERS One of Them Threatens Him with Revolver, but Is Overcome and Taken to Prison. PRESIDENT IS INVOLVED Castro Charged in Court with Being a Party to the Conspiracy, and His Impeachment Will Be Demanded. CASTRO DEPOSED, GOMEZ NIPS PLOT

Best-selling Sheet Music

Shine On, Harvest Moon

Nora Bayes & Jack Norworth

The must-have

Rook (Card Game)

You Share a Birthday With

• Alexander I of Russia (1777)
• Joseph Smith (1805)
• Jean-François Champollion (1790)
• Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve (1804)
• Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa (1896)

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Tech Check

Ford Model T (Assembly Line), Geiger Counter & Cellophane.

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