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Monday, October 18, 1915

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The Headlines

GERMANY CHARGES MURDERS AT SEA; Bernstorff Sends to Lansing Nicosian Affidavits Accusing British of Killing Submarine Men. USE OF OUR FLAG ASSERTED Four Muleteers on American Boat Swear Drowning Men and Prisoners Were Shot. GERMANY CHARGES MURDER AT SEA

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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

40,409 days ago

(110 years, 259 days)