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Tuesday, July 9, 1912
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The Headlines
SUMMER HOTEL AT ALLENHURST BURNS; The Dunes Completely Destroyed, with Belongings of 150 Guests.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
It's a Long Way to Tipperary
Jack Judge & Harry Williams
The must-have
Rook (Card Game)
You Share a Birthday With
- Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (1578)
- Franz Boas (1858)
- Jan Neruda (1834)
- Ann Radcliffe (1764)
- John Archibald Wheeler (1911)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
lousysnapshotmovies
Soldiers
over the topblightyno man's landcooties
Suffragette
deeds not wordsvotes for women
Tech Check
Motorized Movie Cameras, Stainless Steel & Traffic Control Towers.
Cost of Living (1910)
Loaf of Bread
$0.06
Gallon of Gas
$0.15
Average Home
$3,600
New Car
$950
Time Elapsed
41,605 days ago
(113 years, 360 days)