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Monday, October 9, 1916
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The Headlines
International Marine Holds in Port Ships Which Carry British Flag; First to Cancel Sailings, But General Tie-up Is Expected -- Marine Insurance Agents Will Meet Today to Discuss Higher Rates.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Poor Butterfly
Raymond Hubbell
The must-have
Lincoln Logs
You Share a Birthday With
- Ivo Andrić (1892)
- Max von Laue (1879)
- Léopold Sédar Senghor (1906)
- Emil Fischer (1852)
- Charles X of France (1757)
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
40,051 days ago
(109 years, 266 days)