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Wednesday, May 5, 1915
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The Headlines
GREY QUESTIONED ON OUR ARMS SALES; No War Materials Furnished by This Government, Foreign Secretary Tells House of Commons.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
I Didn't Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier
Al Piantadosi
The must-have
Raggedy Ann Doll
You Share a Birthday With
- Karl Marx (1818)
- Søren Kierkegaard (1813)
- Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846)
- Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (1747)
- Nellie Bly (1864)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
lousysnapshotmovies
Soldiers
over the topblightyno man's landcooties
Suffragette
deeds not wordsvotes for women
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
40,574 days ago
(111 years, 59 days)