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Sunday, April 9, 1916

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The Headlines

ALL U-BOATS HEARD FROM; Absolutely Certain None Attacked Channel Boat, Says Berlin. RECALLS PLEDGES TO US Declares Prompt Reparation Would Be Made if Guilt Were Proved. OTHER DENIALS TO FOLLOW Accepts No Blame for Englishman, Manchester Engineer, or Other Recent Attacks.

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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

40,234 days ago

(110 years, 84 days)