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Friday, August 9, 1918
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The Headlines
IRISH HOME RULE, DESPITE ULSTER; Secretary Shortt Announces Bill Is Being Drafted and Predicts Its Passage. TO DISARM ULSTERITES 50,000 Rifles Will Be Seized, by Force if Necessary, Commons Is Told. MRS. SKEFFINGTON SEIZED. Woman Who Evaded the English. Police Arrested in Dublin.
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Richard A. Whiting
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You Share a Birthday With
- Jean Piaget (1896)
- Amedeo Avogadro (1776)
- Tove Jansson (1914)
- William Alfred Fowler (1911)
- P. L. Travers (1899)
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
39,382 days ago
(107 years, 327 days)