Thursday, June 6, 1912

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The Headlines

HIGHEST JUMP EVER IS MADE BY HORINE; Six Feet Eight and a Quarter Inches Recorded in a Trial at Travers Island.

Best-selling Sheet Music

It's a Long Way to Tipperary

Jack Judge & Harry Williams

The must-have

Rook (Card Game)

On This Day

• The eruption of Novarupta in Alaska begins. It is the largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Alexander Pushkin (1799)
• Diego Velázquez (1599)
• Thomas Mann (1875)
• Sukarno (1901)
• Pierre Corneille (1606)

Slang

Tech Check

Motorized Movie Cameras, Stainless Steel & Traffic Control Towers.

Cost of Living (1910)