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Friday, May 14, 1915

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The Headlines

ITALIAN CABINET RESIGNS; ANTI-WAR PARTY THE CAUSE; King Victor Reserves Decision as to Whether He Will Let Ministers Go. COUNCIL HELD HURRIEDLY Country Thrown Into Turmoil by Former Premier's Determined Stand for Neutrality. UNITED NATION KING'S HOPE D'Annunzio Arrives in Rome and Is Greeted by Great Crowds That Roar for War.

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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

40,566 days ago

(111 years, 51 days)