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Saturday, February 12, 1916
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The Headlines
Wilson Means to Fill Garrison's Post Quickly; Would Like a Man in Touch With Defense Plans
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Poor Butterfly
Raymond Hubbell
The must-have
Lincoln Logs
You Share a Birthday With
- Abraham Lincoln (1809)
- Charles Darwin (1809)
- Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (1768)
- Anna Pavlova (1881)
- Lou Andreas-Salomé (1861)
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
40,291 days ago
(110 years, 141 days)