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Wednesday, March 31, 1915

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The Headlines

WHITMAN SHIFTS ON COMPENSATION; Has Senate Put Through, Under Gag Rule, Thorn Bill for Advance Payments. DEMOCRATS STORM IN VAIN Call Measure "Sop to Governor's Conscience" and Denounce "Strong-Arm Methods." THEY HINT AT "LOBBY" Governor Now Expected to Sign the Direct Settlement Bill as Well as New Measure. WHITMAN SHIFTS ON COMPENSATION

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Best-selling Sheet Music

I Didn't Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier

Al Piantadosi

The must-have

Raggedy Ann Doll

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

lousysnapshotmovies

Soldiers

over the topblightyno man's landcooties

Suffragette

deeds not wordsvotes for women

Catchphrases of 1915

  • I didn't raise my boy to be a soldier

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

40,609 days ago

(111 years, 94 days)