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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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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

40,148 days ago

(109 years, 363 days)