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Monday, April 17, 1911
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The Headlines
FAST TRAIN KILLS THREE AT STATION; Passengers on Local See Express Hurl Two Elderly Women and a Man from Tracks.
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
- J. P. Morgan (1837)
- Thornton Wilder (1897)
- Pedro de Valdivia (1497)
- Alain Poher (1909)
- Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria (1573)
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
42,054 days ago
(115 years, 79 days)