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Wednesday, February 16, 1916

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The Headlines

AMERICA TO HOLD THAT LINERS MAY ARM FOR DEFENSE; Government Has No Intention of Changing International Law During the War. HOPES FOR AN AGREEMENT Looks to Entente Allies to Join in Modus Vivendi in Interest of Humanity. MAY INQUIRE OF BERLIN Lansing Likely to Ask How New Order Is to be Enforced -- Debate Coming in Senate.

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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

40,288 days ago

(110 years, 138 days)