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Tuesday, January 17, 1911
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The Headlines
16-HOUR BATTLE IN MEXICO; Between 100 Insurrectos and 70 Federals -- No Details Yet Received.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Alexander's Ragtime Band
Irving Berlin
The must-have
Rook (Card Game)
You Share a Birthday With
- Benjamin Franklin (1706)
- David Lloyd George (1863)
- Anne Brontë (1820)
- Al Capone (1899)
- Pedro Calderón de la Barca (1600)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
lousysnapshotmovies
Soldiers
over the topblightyno man's landcooties
Suffragette
deeds not wordsvotes for women
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
42,143 days ago
(115 years, 168 days)