Sunday, August 6, 1911

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The Headlines

DOES MERIT SUCCEED BETTER IN SMALL COMMUNITIES?; Noted Men of Affairs Comment on Mayor Gaynor's Statement That the Late Edward M. Shepard Would Have Been a Greater Man in State and National Politics Had He Lived in a Small Town -- In the City Mediocrity, Even Ignorance and Corruption, Win, He Says.

Best-selling Sheet Music

Alexander's Ragtime Band

Irving Berlin

The must-have

Rook (Card Game)

You Share a Birthday With

• Alexander Fleming (1881)
• Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809)
• Lucille Ball (1911)
• Paul Claudel (1868)
• Johann Bernoulli (1667)

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Tech Check

Air Mail, Hydroplane & Electric Starter for Cars.

Cost of Living (1910)