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Thursday, December 11, 1919
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The Headlines
CARMANIA IN CRASH WITH FREIGHTER EAST OF HALIFAX; Cunarder Damaged Above the Waterline--Maryland Sustains Only Slight Injuries.BOTH VESSELS PROCEEDING Carmania Refuses Aid, Wirelessing "All Right"--Has Many Americans on Board. SHE WILL COAL AT HALIFAX And Then Resume Voyage to NewYork--Maryland is an Outward-Bound Freighter. Carmania Has 950 Passengers.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Naguib Mahfouz (1911)
- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918)
- Hector Berlioz (1803)
- Robert Koch (1843)
- Max Born (1882)
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
38,894 days ago
(106 years, 204 days)