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I found your page when I did an internet search on Bummy Davis. The reason I was doing a search on Bummy Davis is that last night I subscribed to a website called newspaperarchives.com. I found this site after doing a search on my surname, Davidorf, on Google in the News-Archives section. The
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Yeah that's the truth. There should be some kind of disclaimer on the site. I might be mistaken, but I think attribution is required in the
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