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Sunday, December 17, 1916
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The Headlines
U.S. STEEL WILL PAY BONUS OF MILLIONS; Christmas Distribution Will Be on Same Basis as in Recent Years. PART PAYMENT IN STOCK Many Other Concerns Join Movement to Help Employes Meet High Cost of Living.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Poor Butterfly
Raymond Hubbell
The must-have
Lincoln Logs
You Share a Birthday With
- Humphry Davy (1778)
- Willard Libby (1908)
- Joseph Henry (1797)
- Émilie du Châtelet (1706)
- Simo Häyhä (1905)
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
39,982 days ago
(109 years, 197 days)