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On the date

Wednesday, July 12, 1916

From the day

Perspective: The Anxious Local · Sight

The glare from the new electric clock on the wall feels like a judging eye, ticking away while the headlines scream about Russians striking new blows across the sea. I can’t stop scratching at my wool collar, terrified that some traveler has brought home a case of cooties from those filthy trenches to our very doorsteps. I clutched my coin purse tight at the bakery today, nearly dropping my last nickel and penny just to afford a single loaf of bread for **$0.06**. With the way prices are climbing and those submachine guns turning the world to scrap, I fear we’re all drifting toward a dark, uncertain no man's land.

Memories from that day

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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

40,140 days ago

(109 years, 355 days)