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Sunday, October 29, 1916
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The Headlines
HARVARD SMASHES CORNELL DEFENSE; Crimson Avenges Defeat of Last Year, Winning by Decisive Score of 23 to 0. 25,000 SEE LISTLESS GAME Cambridge Line Gives Way at Times, but Backfield Stops Gaps -- Casey Backbone of Attack.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Poor Butterfly
Raymond Hubbell
The must-have
Lincoln Logs
You Share a Birthday With
- Joseph Goebbels (1897)
- Franz von Papen (1879)
- Jean Giraudoux (1882)
- A. J. Ayer (1910)
- Marie of Romania (1875)
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
40,031 days ago
(109 years, 246 days)