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Thursday, August 31, 1916
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The Headlines
THREE MEASURES DRAFTED; Provide for Commission To Study Effect of Eight-Hour Day. NO RATE RISE CONSIDERED Unions Expected to Postpone a Walkout While Legislation Is Pending. HEARING IS SET FOR TODAY Senate Committee to Listen to Representatives of Both Sides in Dispute.
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Poor Butterfly
Raymond Hubbell
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You Share a Birthday With
- Maria Montessori (1870)
- Théophile Gautier (1811)
- Commodus (161)
- Hermann von Helmholtz (1821)
- Jahangir (1569)
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
40,091 days ago
(109 years, 306 days)