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Thursday, December 14, 1916

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The Headlines

GERMANY ASKS NO TRUCE; But Seeks a Parley With All Sides Free to Continue Fighting. HOPES THEN TO TALK TERMS Teutonic Circles at Washington Believe Entente Will Consider Such a Plan. PRESIDENT USING CAUTION Likely to Make No Move at First Beyond Submitting Germany's Note to Entente.

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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

39,985 days ago

(109 years, 200 days)