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Monday, July 31, 1916
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The Headlines
STRIKE TIES UP 3D AV. SYSTEM AND MAY EXTEND; General Manager Hedley Gets Police Protection for N.Y. City Railways' Cars. ORGANIZING SUBWAY MEN From Battery to Westchester, Including Crosstown and Belt Lines, No Red Cars Move. SERVICE IS PROMISED TODAY System Carries 250,000 Passengers Daily ;- Union Officials Busy in All Five Boroughs. STRIKE TIES UP THIRD AV. SYSTEM
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Poor Butterfly
Raymond Hubbell
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You Share a Birthday With
- Milton Friedman (1912)
- Louis de Funès (1914)
- Premchand (1880)
- Friedrich Wöhler (1800)
- Jean Dubuffet (1901)
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
40,122 days ago
(109 years, 337 days)