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Saturday, August 26, 1916
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The Headlines
8 KILLED IN LONDON BY ZEPPELIN RAIDER; 36 Others Injured by Bombs Dropped ;- Some Raiders Were of New Giant Type. LITTLE DAMAGE REPORTED But Berlin Says Naval Batteries at Harwich and Folkestone Were Assailed with Good Results.
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Poor Butterfly
Raymond Hubbell
The must-have
Lincoln Logs
You Share a Birthday With
- Mother Teresa (1910)
- Antoine Lavoisier (1743)
- Guillaume Apollinaire (1880)
- Julio Cortázar (1914)
- Robert Walpole (1676)
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
40,095 days ago
(109 years, 310 days)