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Saturday, February 5, 1916
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The Headlines
ALL RESTS WITH PRESIDENT; He Weighs German Proposals and May Await House's Return. BERNSTORFF DELIVERS NOTE Has Short Conference with Lansing and Document Goes to White House at Once. NEGOTIATIONS MAY GO ON Belief at Capital That Grave Talk in Berlin Is for Home Consumption.
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Poor Butterfly
Raymond Hubbell
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Lincoln Logs
You Share a Birthday With
- William S. Burroughs (1914)
- Robert Peel (1788)
- Robert Hofstadter (1915)
- Adlai Stevenson II (1900)
- Joris-Karl Huysmans (1848)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
lousysnapshotmovies
Soldiers
over the topblightyno man's landcooties
Suffragette
deeds not wordsvotes for women
Tech Check
Toggle Light Switch, Electric Clock & Submachine Guns.
Cost of Living (1910)
Loaf of Bread
$0.06
Gallon of Gas
$0.15
Average Home
$3,600
New Car
$950
Time Elapsed
40,298 days ago
(110 years, 148 days)