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Thursday, June 29, 1916

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The Headlines

TREVINO ORDERS RELEASE; 23 Cavalrymen With a Scout Put on Train for Jaurez. DUE THERE THIS MORNING Arms and Accoutrements Given Up with Men Taken in the Carrizal Battle. MEXICAN OFFICIALS REJOICE Conference in Chihuahua City to Decide Attitude Toward Pershing's Column.

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Poor Butterfly

Raymond Hubbell

The must-have

Lincoln Logs

On This Day

  • British diplomat turned Irish nationalist Roger Casement is sentenced to death for his part in the Easter Rising.

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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

40,153 days ago

(110 years, 3 days)