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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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Poor Butterfly
Raymond Hubbell
The must-have
Lincoln Logs
You Share a Birthday With
- Paul Dirac (1902)
- Emiliano Zapata (1879)
- Ernest Lawrence (1901)
- Saint Dominic (1170)
- Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist (1881)
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
40,113 days ago
(109 years, 328 days)