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Thursday, January 27, 1916
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The Headlines
SEEK CRAZED FATHER FOR DOUBLE MURDER; Bodies of His Wife and Daughter Found After Pullman Flees from Bronx House.
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Poor Butterfly
Raymond Hubbell
The must-have
Lincoln Logs
On This Day
World War I: The British government passes the Military Service Act that introduces conscription in the United Kingdom.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756)
- Lewis Carroll (1832)
- Wilhelm II (1859)
- Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling (1775)
- Abbas the Great (1571)
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
40,307 days ago
(110 years, 157 days)