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Sunday, November 21, 1915
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The Headlines
JAMES SMITH, JR., FAILS IN BUSINESS; New Jersey's ex-Senator Has Liabilities of $1,750,000 and Assets of $2,000,000. TRUSTEES TO TAKE CHARGE Action Due to Reverses of His Firm, J.H. Halsey & Smith, a Newark Leather House. QUITS AS BANK PRESIDENT Controller Williams Forces the Political Foe of President Wilson to Make an Assignment. JAMES SMITH JR., FAILS IN BUSINESS
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You Share a Birthday With
- Voltaire (1694)
- Pope Benedict XV (1854)
- Isaac Bashevis Singer (1903)
- René Magritte (1898)
- Friedrich Schleiermacher (1768)
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
40,375 days ago
(110 years, 225 days)