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Tuesday, August 8, 1916

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The Headlines

3D. AVENUE ROAD AGREES, TOO; Dispute in Queens and Richmond Expected to be Settled Today. CONCESSIONS TO EMPLOYES New York Railways Co. Grants the Right of Organization to Its Force. VICTORY FOR ARBITRATION Agreement Provides That Any Future Disputes Shall Be Submitted to a Board of Three.

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Poor Butterfly

Raymond Hubbell

The must-have

Lincoln Logs

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

40,113 days ago

(109 years, 328 days)