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Sunday, February 13, 1916

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The Headlines

CITY'S PARKS AS ATHLETES' NEST; Thousands of Youths in Outdoor Season Develop Skill and Strength Therein. TOURNAMENTS A FEATURE Contests in Which Each Park Puts Forward Its Best Cause Healthy Rivalry. LADS TRAINED BY EXPERTS Baseball and Basket Ball Teame and Track Athletes of Merit Developed -- Girls Not Neglected. CITY'S PARKS AS ATHLETES' NEST

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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

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

40,290 days ago

(110 years, 140 days)