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Sunday, October 1, 1916
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The Headlines
ROOSEVELT HITS EIGHT-HOUR LAW; President Wilson Cowed by the Labor Unions, Colonel Tells Battle Creek Throng. CALLS IT A SURRENDER Recounts His Own Triumph in Anthracite Strike as Contrast to Railroad Situation. HAS PRAISE FOR HUGHES Again Assails President's Course with Mexico and the European Belligerents. ROOSEVELT HITS EIGHT-HOUR LAW
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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
40,059 days ago
(109 years, 274 days)