Tuesday, February 2, 1909

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The Headlines

STANDARD OIL SEEKS STATE AS A PARTNER; Willing That Missouri Help Run Its Business if Permitted to Continue Trade There. MAKES THE PLEA TO COURT Would Appoint One Managing Trustee and Have State Name the Other Without Investing a Cent.

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Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet

Percy Wenrich

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Rook (Card Game)

On This Day

• The Paris Film Congress opens, an attempt by European producers to form an equivalent to the MPPC cartel in the United States.

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You Share a Birthday With

• James Joyce (1882)
• Ayn Rand (1905)
• Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (1754)
• Pope Benedict XIII (1650)
• Justin I (450)

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Toaster, Silencer for Guns & Instant Coffee.

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