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Saturday, January 8, 1916
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The Headlines
DEFENSE PLANS LAG, APATHY IN CONGRESS; Almost Unexampled Confusion Over Preparedness and Our Policy Toward Europe. CLARK WARNS THE HOUSE Chides Committees for Dilatoriness -- Strong Opposition to the Continental Army Scheme. DEFENSE PLANS LAG, APATHY IN CONGRESS
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Poor Butterfly
Raymond Hubbell
The must-have
Lincoln Logs
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
lousysnapshotmovies
Soldiers
over the topblightyno man's landcooties
Suffragette
deeds not wordsvotes for women
Tech Check
Toggle Light Switch, Electric Clock & Submachine Guns.
Cost of Living (1910)
Loaf of Bread
$0.06
Gallon of Gas
$0.15
Average Home
$3,600
New Car
$950
Time Elapsed
40,326 days ago
(110 years, 176 days)