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Wednesday, July 9, 1913
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The Headlines
DIPLOMATIC POSTS RANKED AS SPOILS; Signs That Wilson Administration Has Discarded Merit System for Ministers.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Peg o' My Heart
Fred Fischer
The must-have
Erector Set
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
The Zipper, Refrigerator for Home Use & Crossword Puzzles.
Cost of Living (1910)
Loaf of Bread
$0.06
Gallon of Gas
$0.15
Average Home
$3,600
New Car
$950
Time Elapsed
41,239 days ago
(112 years, 359 days)