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Friday, February 12, 1915
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The Headlines
VAN DYKE PROTESTS AGAINST GERMANY; Tells Washington His Diplomatic Notes to Luxemburg Have Been Held Up. DEMANDED AN APOLOGY But in a Later Communication He Says the Difficulties Seem Likely to be Adjusted.
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I Didn't Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier
Al Piantadosi
The must-have
Raggedy Ann Doll
You Share a Birthday With
- Abraham Lincoln (1809)
- Charles Darwin (1809)
- Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (1768)
- Anna Pavlova (1881)
- Lou Andreas-Salomé (1861)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
lousysnapshotmovies
Soldiers
over the topblightyno man's landcooties
Suffragette
deeds not wordsvotes for women
Tech Check
Pyrex Glass, Transcontinental Telephone Call & Sonar (Active).
Cost of Living (1910)
Loaf of Bread
$0.06
Gallon of Gas
$0.15
Average Home
$3,600
New Car
$950
Time Elapsed
40,656 days ago
(111 years, 141 days)