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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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Best-selling Sheet Music

Poor Butterfly

Raymond Hubbell

The must-have

Lincoln Logs

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

lousysnapshotmovies

Soldiers

over the topblightyno man's landcooties

Suffragette

deeds not wordsvotes for women

Catchphrases of 1916

  • He kept us out of war

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)