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Tuesday, December 2, 1919
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The Headlines
CHEER LADY ASTOR WHEN SHE TAKES SEAT IN COMMONS; First Woman M.P. Self-Possessed as She GoesThrough Ceremony.HER FIRST VOTE RECORDEDShe Casts It Against PremiumBonds Soon After BeingSworn In. SPONSORED BY PREMIER New Member in No Wise Abashedin Trying Moment Before the Speaker. Enters the House Smiling. CHEER LADY ASTOR AS SHE TAKES SEAT Balfour Seems Embarrassed. Votes Against Premium Bonds. Gives a Dinner to Leaders. Called the "Angel in the House."
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
- Pedro II of Brazil (1825)
- Georges Seurat (1859)
- Otto Dix (1891)
- Ivan Bagramyan (1897)
- George Minot (1885)
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
38,902 days ago
(106 years, 212 days)