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Wednesday, December 27, 1911
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The Headlines
TO MEET CABLE RATE CUT.; German Company Hopes to Inaugurate New System on Jan. 1.
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Alexander's Ragtime Band
Irving Berlin
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Rook (Card Game)
On This Day
"Jana Gana Mana", the national anthem of India, is first sung in the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Louis Pasteur (1822)
- Marlene Dietrich (1901)
- Johannes Kepler (1571)
- Ghalib (1797)
- Bohdan Khmelnytsky (1595)
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
41,799 days ago
(114 years, 189 days)