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Monday, October 25, 1915

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The Headlines

GERMAN OFFICIAL DEFENDS KILLING OF EDITH CAVELL; Regrettable, Says Dr. Zimmermann, but the Safety of the Army Required It. WAS A TIME FOR STERNNESS " In War," He Goes On, "One Must Be Prepared to Seal One's Patriotism with Blood." MILDER POLICY CONSIDERED But, if Adopted, He Insists, It Will be No Admission of Harshness in Suspended Sentences. OFFICIALS DEFEND CAVELL SHOOTING

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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

40,402 days ago

(110 years, 252 days)