Thursday, September 30, 1909

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The Headlines

WRIGHT AEROPLANE FLIES OVER THE BAY; Circles Around Miss Liberty and Hovers Over the Outgoing Lusitania. THEN UP IN 15-MILE BREEZE Three Flights Altogether -- Glenn Curtiss Makes One, Too -- Sight Thrills Many Thousands. WRIGHT AEROPLANE FLIES OVER THE BAY

Best-selling Sheet Music

Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet

Percy Wenrich

The must-have

Rook (Card Game)

On This Day

• The Cunard Line's RMS Mauretania makes a record-breaking westbound crossing of the Atlantic, that will not be bettered for 20 years.

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• Nevill Mott (1905)
• Hans Geiger (1882)

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Toaster, Silencer for Guns & Instant Coffee.

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