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Monday, August 28, 1916
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The Headlines
WM. A. BRADY HURT IN MOTOR ACCIDENT; Jules E. Goodman and John Turk Also Injured as Manager's Car Breaks Down. TAKEN TO JERSEY HOSPITAL Mishap Occurs After the First Production in Plainfield of "The Man Who Came Back."
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Poor Butterfly
Raymond Hubbell
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On This Day
World War I: Italy declares war on Germany.
Wikipedia →World War I: Germany declares war on Romania.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749)
- C. Wright Mills (1916)
- George Whipple (1878)
- Andrei Platonov (1899)
- Tjalling Koopmans (1910)
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
40,093 days ago
(109 years, 308 days)