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Sunday, January 20, 1918
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The Headlines
SHUTDOWN TO BE GENERAL; Industry Here Will Be on Basis of National Holiday Tomorrow. DEPARTMENT STORES CLOSE Retail Dry Goods Association Decides to Pay Its Employes in Full. FREIGHT STILL TIED UP New York Receives 30,000 Tons of Anthracite, or Only Two-thirds of Normal. Violations Due to Ignorance. Less Coal Dumped Here. CITY PREPARES FOR WORKLESS MONDAY Reports Progress in Bunkering. Plan Approved by Stores. Issues Statement on Traffic. Seventy-five Extra Deputy Marshals.
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Till We Meet Again
Richard A. Whiting
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You Share a Birthday With
- André-Marie Ampère (1775)
- Johannes V. Jensen (1873)
- Aristotle Onassis (1906)
- Charles III of Spain (1716)
- Gordian III (225)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
lousysnapshotmovies
Soldiers
over the topblightyno man's landcooties
Suffragette
deeds not wordsvotes for women
Tech Check
Superheterodyne Radio Receiver, Enigma Machine (Early Version) & Hydraulic Brakes.
Cost of Living (1910)
Loaf of Bread
$0.06
Gallon of Gas
$0.15
Average Home
$3,600
New Car
$950
Time Elapsed
39,584 days ago
(108 years, 164 days)