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Thursday, June 15, 1916

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The Headlines

CRUSH DISLOYALTY, CRIES THE PRESIDENT; 25,000 at Washington Cheer Speech Attacking Hyphenates for "Political Blackmail." CALLED CAMPAIGN KEYNOTE Address at Monument Follows a Parade of 60,000, Which He Heads, Marching with a Flag. CRUSH DISLOYALTY, CRIES THE PRESIDENT

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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

40,167 days ago

(110 years, 17 days)