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Sunday, September 3, 1916
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The Headlines
WILSON ACCEPTS; STANDS ON RECORD OF ADMINISTRATION; Notified at Shadow Lawn of His Renomination, He Vigorously Defends His Policies. NO FEAR OF HYPHENATES Seeks No Favors of 'Small Alien Element' Which Puts Loyalty to a Foreign Power First. 15,000 CHEER HIS SPEECH President Leaves for Washington to Sign the New Eight Hour Bill Today. 15,000 Cheer President "Wilson as He Tells of Administration's Achievement WILSON ACCEPTS; STANDS ON RECORD
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On This Day
World War I: Leefe Robinson destroys the German airship Schütte-Lanz SL 11 over Cuffley, north of London; the first German airship to be shot down on British soil.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Carl David Anderson (1905)
- Urho Kekkonen (1900)
- Ferdinand Porsche (1875)
- Fritz Pregl (1869)
- Macfarlane Burnet (1899)
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
40,087 days ago
(109 years, 302 days)