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Tuesday, July 4, 1916
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The Headlines
PERSHING'S PLANS START DISCUSSION OF TROOP RECALL; Retirement Toward the Border Makes Strong Impression on Washington. NO OFFICIAL VERIFICATION Pacific Influences at Work in Mexico City as Our Force Moves North. ARMY DIVIDES THE BORDER Funston Will Command in East, Bell in West ;- Pershing May Accept Third Post. PERSHING'S PLANS START RECALL TALK
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Poor Butterfly
Raymond Hubbell
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You Share a Birthday With
- Calvin Coolidge (1872)
- Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807)
- Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804)
- Murad III (1546)
- Gloria Stuart (1910)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
lousysnapshotmovies
Soldiers
over the topblightyno man's landcooties
Suffragette
deeds not wordsvotes for women
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
40,148 days ago
(109 years, 363 days)