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Sunday, May 16, 1915

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The Headlines

IMPORTANT STATE AND NATIONAL QUESTIONS BOUND UP IN BARNES-ROOSEVELT LIBEL TRIAL; Its Significance to the Two Men Playing Leading Roles Overshadowed by Far-Reaching Political Consequences Which It Will Bring -- Atmosphere Surrounding It More Like That of a Convention Than a Trial -- Will Affect Next Presidential Campaign.

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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

40,563 days ago

(111 years, 48 days)