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Sunday, August 6, 1916
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The Headlines
BROOKLYN ESCAPES STRIKE; Staten Island Men Go Out at 6 o'Clock Without Giving Warning. INTERBOROUGH THREATENED Mahon Declares Men Have Met Secretly and Prepared Demands for Recognition. SMALL RIOTS MARK THE DAY Manhattan Public Little Inconvenienced ;- Police Record Shows Majority Are Out.
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Poor Butterfly
Raymond Hubbell
The must-have
Lincoln Logs
You Share a Birthday With
- Alexander Fleming (1881)
- Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809)
- Lucille Ball (1911)
- Paul Claudel (1868)
- Johann Bernoulli (1667)
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
40,115 days ago
(109 years, 330 days)