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Thursday, April 13, 1916

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The Headlines

Officer's Sketch and Published Picture Cited to Prove It Wasn't Sussex.; TIME DIFFERENCE, 5 MINUTES And the Bow of the Attacked Vessel Was Blown Away as the Sussex's Bow Was. ASKS MORE INFORMATION And, if There Is a Disagreement with Us, Suggests Arbitration. OTHER ATTACKS JUSTIFIED But Some Vessels Sunk Were Not Identified -- Washington Compiling Evidence and Soon to Send Final Word.

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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

40,230 days ago

(110 years, 80 days)