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Tuesday, April 18, 1916

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The Headlines

HARD TO IDENTIFY THE BODY; Villa's Alleged Grave Is Two Days by Wagon from Railroad. CARRANZA MAY DECIDE IT Mexico's Formal Declaration of Outlaw's Death May Satisfy Washington. OFFICIALS NOT SUSPECTED Mexicans Believed to Have No Object in Circulating Misleading Rumor.

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Poor Butterfly

Raymond Hubbell

The must-have

Lincoln Logs

On This Day

  • World War I: During a mine warfare in high altitude on the Dolomites, the Italian troops conquer the Col di Lana held by the Austrian army.

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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

40,225 days ago

(110 years, 75 days)