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Thursday, February 17, 1916
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The Headlines
NEW AIR DEFENSE PLAN FOR BRITAIN; Navy to Execute It at Sea and Army on Land, Sir Percy Scott Directing. BALFOUR BEWAILS ERRORS Sorry, He Tells Parliament, That England Did Not Develop the Zeppelin Type of Airship. NEW AIR DEFENSE PLAN FOR BRITAIN
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
40,286 days ago
(110 years, 136 days)