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Saturday, February 19, 1916
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The Headlines
LEADS SHONTS UP TO 'SLUSH FUND' AS SESSION ENDS; Thompson Committee Counsel Starts Witness on Stevens Contract Story. REPEATS LANE'S PROTEST Boston Banker Told Interborough President He Didn't Like All His Associates. 3 DIRECTORS QUIT LATER Shonts Letter to Freedman Tells of Visit to Morgan with Belmont to Get Loan Offer. LEADS SHONTS UP TO 'SLUSH FUND'
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Poor Butterfly
Raymond Hubbell
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You Share a Birthday With
- Nicolaus Copernicus (1473)
- Svante Arrhenius (1859)
- André Breton (1896)
- Shivaji (1630)
- Élie Ducommun (1833)
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
40,284 days ago
(110 years, 134 days)