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Sunday, January 9, 1916

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The Headlines

GIANAKOPULOS WINS FROM KOLEHMAINEN; Wonderful Finish by Greek Runner Gives Him Victory in Cross-Country Race. SPRINGSTEEN IS THIRD Irish-American A.C. Secures Team Prize, with Millrose A.A. in Second Place.

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Poor Butterfly

Raymond Hubbell

The must-have

Lincoln Logs

On This Day

  • World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli concludes with an Ottoman Empire victory when the last Allied forces are evacuated from the peninsula.

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Slang

Slang of the decade

General

lousysnapshotmovies

Soldiers

over the topblightyno man's landcooties

Suffragette

deeds not wordsvotes for women

Catchphrases of 1916

  • He kept us out of war

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

40,325 days ago

(110 years, 175 days)