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Sunday, November 19, 1916

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The Headlines

TALK OF PARLEY AT WHITE HOUSE ON 8-HOUR DAY; Reported That the Brotherhood Heads, Now in Washington, Will Consult President. MOVEMENT FOR REFERENDUM Chamber of Commerce to Ask Business Men How to Avert Nation-Wide Strikes. WILSON TO THE FEDERATION Tells Visiting Labor Delegates He Has Tried to Get Rid of Class Division. TALK OF PARLEY ON 8-HOUR DAY

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Poor Butterfly

Raymond Hubbell

The must-have

Lincoln Logs

On This Day

  • Samuel Goldwyn and Edgar Selwyn establish Goldwyn Pictures.

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Slang

Slang of the decade

General

lousysnapshotmovies

Soldiers

over the topblightyno man's landcooties

Suffragette

deeds not wordsvotes for women

Catchphrases of 1916

  • He kept us out of war

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

40,010 days ago

(109 years, 225 days)