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Sunday, May 7, 1911
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The Headlines
DOUBTFUL THINGS BOUGHT AT HOE SALE; Dr. Baer of Frankfort Questions 'Henry III.,' Sold for $2,600, and the $10,000 Ovid Manuscript. DOESN'T CHARGE BAD FAITH Cataloguers Didn't Know About These and Other Supposed Rarities -- American Authority Answers Him. DOUBTFUL THINGS BOUGHT AT HOE SALE
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You Share a Birthday With
- Rabindranath Tagore (1861)
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840)
- David Hume (1711)
- Johannes Brahms (1833)
- Josip Broz Tito (1892)
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
42,033 days ago
(115 years, 58 days)