1/11/11...That's 1911

Wednesday, January 11, 1911

Top News Headlines This Week:
Jan 13 - Gerhart Hauptmann's "Die Ratten" premieres in Berlin   Jan 13 - Roald Amundsens anchors at Walvis Bay   Jan 13 - South Africa's 1st win over Australia, at Adelaide   Jan 16 - Pandora becomes 1st 2-man sailboat to round Cape Horn west to east   Jan 17 - Failed assassination attempt on premier Briand in French Assembly   Jan 17 - Percy Mackaye's "Scarecrow" premieres in New York City NY

Top Songs for 1911
Ragtime Violin by Irving Berlin     Baby Rose by Louis Weslyn     Jimmy Valentine by Edward Madden     All Alone by Will Dillon     Daly's Reel by J.M. Daly     Honey-Love by Jack Drislane     The Oceana Roll by Roger Lewis     When You're Away by Seymour Brown

1911 Prices		US President
Bread:	$0.05/loaf	William Howard Taft
Milk:	$0.34/gal	US Vice President
Car:	$500	James S. Sherman
House:	$4,800
Stamp:	$0.02/ea
Avg Income:	$983/yr
DOW Avg:	82

People born on January 11
1757 - Alexander Hamilton, West Indies, 1st US Sec of Treasury ($10 face)

Top Books in 1911
Zuleika Dobson by Max Beerbohm

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