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Tuesday, July 4, 1911
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The Headlines
OFFER MRS. JENKINS $20,000 TO GO AWAY; It Is Not Disclosed Who Is to Pay It, but It Is Supposed to be Linked with Smuggling Cases.
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On This Day
A massive heat wave strikes the northeastern United States, killing 380 people in eleven days and breaking temperature records in several cities.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Calvin Coolidge (1872)
- Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807)
- Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804)
- Murad III (1546)
- Gloria Stuart (1910)
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
41,976 days ago
(115 years, 1 days)