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Thursday, October 26, 1911
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The Headlines
VANIMAN READY FOR A TRIAL.; Will Launch the Balloon Akron on Saturday and Make a Test Flight.
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
- Georges Danton (1759)
- Napoleon Hill (1883)
- Domenico Scarlatti (1685)
- Helmuth von Moltke the Elder (1800)
- Andrei Bely (1880)
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
41,862 days ago
(114 years, 252 days)