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Tuesday, May 21, 1918
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The Headlines
RED CROSS TOTAL HERE $4,500,000; First Day of Drive Gives Good Promise of Oversubscribing Quota of $25,000,000. G.F. BAKER GIVES MILLION U.S. Steel Donates $500,000, J.P. Morgan & Co. $325,000, and H.C. Frick $250,000. W.C. Breed Presides at Luncheon. Starting of the Various Teams. List of Yesterday's Subscriptions. RED CROSS TOTAL HERE $4,500,000 Mayor's Wife Sells Buttons. Theatrical Profession Assists. Theatrical Committee Announced. Colonel Roosevelt Speaks Today. Message from British Red Cross. Red Cross Issues Warning.
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Till We Meet Again
Richard A. Whiting
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You Share a Birthday With
- Albrecht Dürer (1471)
- Philip II of Spain (1527)
- Willem Einthoven (1860)
- Henri Rousseau (1844)
- Charles Albert Gobat (1843)
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
39,462 days ago
(108 years, 42 days)