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Tuesday, July 11, 1916

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The Headlines

WILSON DECLARES HE WON'T AID TO EXPLOIT MEXICO; Actions of Some Americans Have Justified Suspicions -- Deplores Force Policy. LONG WAY IS TO FIGHT" But President Insists on Our Right and Duty to Guard the Border. DEFENDS NEW BANK LAW Says It Prevented Panic -- Discusses the Democracy of Business and Praises the Average Man. WILSON WON'T AID TO EXPLOIT MEXICO

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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

40,141 days ago

(109 years, 356 days)