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Monday, December 1, 1919
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The Headlines
MORE MINE OWNERS ACCEPT NEW SCALE; Central Pennsylvania Operators Agree on Condition Miners Return at Once. EMPLOY 75,000 UNION MEN Are Outside Central Competitive District and Produce 60,000,000 Tons a Year. Text of Telegram to Garfield. MORE MINE OWNERS ACCEPT NEW SCALE
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On This Day
Lady Astor becomes the first female Member of Parliament (MP) to take her seat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. (She had been elected to that position on November 28.)
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You Share a Birthday With
- Georgy Zhukov (1896)
- Nikolai Lobachevsky (1792)
- Hasan ibn Ali (624)
- Louis VI of France (1081)
- Anna Komnene (1083)
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
38,904 days ago
(106 years, 214 days)