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Sunday, August 3, 1919
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SERVE NOTICE ON CONGRESS; Brotherhoods Have Plumb Plan Bill Introduced in House.APPROVED BY GOMPERSProvides for Operation by 15 Directors--Public and Employes Represented.LOWER RATES PROVISIONValuation of Roads Would BeFixed by Courts--Bonds toPay Owners of Stock. Insist on Federal Ownership. Says Public Will Pay. The Plumb Plan Bill. Plumb Plan Propaganda.
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- Habib Bourguiba (1903)
- Stanley Baldwin (1867)
- Haakon VII (1872)
- Frederick William III of Prussia (1770)
- Alfred Deakin (1856)
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Slang of the decade
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
39,024 days ago
(106 years, 334 days)