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Friday, January 8, 1915

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The Headlines

WOMAN OF MYSTERY SUES MRS. TWOMBLY; Ida Bowen Asks $25,000 Damages for Unsigned Letter Calling Her a Thief. NOTE SHOWS ILLITERACY Contains Epithet Used in Letter Ida Bowen Sent Mrs. Twombly -- Absurd, Says Latter's Secretary.

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Best-selling Sheet Music

I Didn't Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier

Al Piantadosi

The must-have

Raggedy Ann Doll

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

lousysnapshotmovies

Soldiers

over the topblightyno man's landcooties

Suffragette

deeds not wordsvotes for women

Catchphrases of 1915

  • I didn't raise my boy to be a soldier

Tech Check

Pyrex Glass, Transcontinental Telephone Call & Sonar (Active).

Cost of Living (1910)

Loaf of Bread

$0.06

Gallon of Gas

$0.15

Average Home

$3,600

New Car

$950

Time Elapsed

40,692 days ago

(111 years, 177 days)