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Saturday, July 16, 1910
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The Headlines
GRIPPEN'S NEIGHBOR HEARD WOMAN'S CRY; Seemed to Come from Cellar Where Slain Wife's Body Was Found Buried.
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Let Me Call You Sweetheart
Leo Friedman
The must-have
Rook (Card Game)
On This Day
John Robertson Duigan makes the first flight of the Duigan pusher biplane, the first aircraft built in Australia.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Roald Amundsen (1872)
- Barbara Stanwyck (1907)
- Trygve Lie (1896)
- Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (1796)
- Frits Zernike (1888)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
lousysnapshotmovies
Soldiers
over the topblightyno man's landcooties
Suffragette
deeds not wordsvotes for women
Tech Check
Neon Lamps, Headsets & Seaplane.
Style of 1910
Silhouette: Tubular and columnar
Material: Chiffon and velvet
- Hobble skirts
- Wide-brimmed hats
- Orientalism
Cost of Living (1910)
Loaf of Bread
$0.06
Gallon of Gas
$0.15
Average Home
$3,600
New Car
$950
Time Elapsed
42,328 days ago
(115 years, 353 days)