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Saturday, December 20, 1913

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The Headlines

CURRENCY BILL PASSES SENATE; Owen Measure Adopted, 54 to 34, Six Republicans and One Progressive Supporting It. TRIUMPH FOR PRESIDENT Hitchcock's Substitute Measure, Offered as a Test of Strength, Beaten on Earlier Vote. CONFERENCE MEETS TO-DAY La Follette's Radical Amendment Barring Congressmen from Serving on Bank Boards Accepted. CURRENCY BILL PASSES SENATE

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Peg o' My Heart

Fred Fischer

The must-have

Erector Set

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

lousysnapshotmovies

Soldiers

over the topblightyno man's landcooties

Suffragette

deeds not wordsvotes for women

Catchphrases of 1913

  • An apple a day keeps the doctor away

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

41,075 days ago

(112 years, 195 days)