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Saturday, May 6, 1916

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The Headlines

REPLY NOT OUT IN BERLIN; But the Lokal-Anzeiger, Apparently Inspired, Praises Its Tone. AND HOPES FOR ACCEPTANCE Thinks the Concessions to Us Are Such as the Dignity of the Empire Demands. BRITISH COMMENT SEVERE Document Is Denounced as a Humbug and Solely Designed to Gain Time.

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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

40,207 days ago

(110 years, 57 days)