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Monday, May 5, 1919
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The Headlines
GREAT LOAN RALLY AT HIPPODROME NETS $11,250,000; Cardinal Mercier's Autographed Photograph Brings $1,600,000 Subscription.$2,060,000 BOX PARTY POOLMarie Dressier, George T. Wilson, and Jack McGowanProve Winning Auctioneers.ADMIRAL SIMS SPEAKSTells How Men "Over There" WereHeartened by Oversubscriptions of Earlier Loans. GREAT LOAN RALLY AT HIPPODROME
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles
John Kellette
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You Share a Birthday With
- Karl Marx (1818)
- Søren Kierkegaard (1813)
- Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846)
- Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (1747)
- Nellie Bly (1864)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
lousysnapshotmovies
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
39,113 days ago
(107 years, 58 days)