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Friday, July 14, 1911

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The Headlines

ATWOOD IN FLIGHT CALLS ON CONGRESS; Circles the Capitol and Dashes Over Pennsylvania Avenue to Washington Monument.

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Alexander's Ragtime Band

Irving Berlin

The must-have

Rook (Card Game)

On This Day

  • Harry Atwood, an exhibition pilot for the Wright brothers, is greeted by President Taft after he lands his aeroplane on the South Lawn of the White House, having flown from Boston.

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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

41,965 days ago

(114 years, 355 days)