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Friday, January 6, 1911

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The Headlines

JURY TRIES TO FREE WARNER SUSPECTS; Returns Verdict of "Death at the Hands of Unknown Persons," Despite the Evidence.

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Alexander's Ragtime Band

Irving Berlin

The must-have

Rook (Card Game)

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

lousysnapshotmovies

Soldiers

over the topblightyno man's landcooties

Suffragette

deeds not wordsvotes for women

Catchphrases of 1911

  • Dr. Livingstone, I presume?

Tech Check

Air Mail, Hydroplane & Electric Starter for Cars.

Cost of Living (1910)

Loaf of Bread

$0.06

Gallon of Gas

$0.15

Average Home

$3,600

New Car

$950

Time Elapsed

42,154 days ago

(115 years, 179 days)