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Wednesday, January 29, 1919
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The Headlines
PALISADE VICTIM BRIDE OF SOLDIER KILLED IN FRANCE; Served Red Cross Here, Hoping to be Sent Abroad, Till Word Came of Husband's Death. USED ONLY MAIDEN NAME Lived Alone in Apartment, Seemed Well to Do, and Drove Her Own Car in War Service. HAD THREATENED SUICIDE Daughter of G.H. Packwood, a Tampa Business Man--Had Secretly Married Major Fenton. "Wife of the Major." PALISADE VICTIM BRIDE OF SOLDIER Wept for Dead Husband.
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- Anton Chekhov (1860)
- William McKinley (1843)
- Romain Rolland (1866)
- Emanuel Swedenborg (1688)
- Vicente Blasco Ibáñez (1867)
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General
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Soldiers
over the topblightyno man's landcooties
Suffragette
deeds not wordsvotes for women
Tech Check
Pop-Up Toaster, Shortwave Radio & Arc Welding.
Cost of Living (1910)
Loaf of Bread
$0.06
Gallon of Gas
$0.15
Average Home
$3,600
New Car
$950
Time Elapsed
39,209 days ago
(107 years, 154 days)