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Monday, January 8, 1917

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The Headlines

HUNGARY IN STRAITS FOR FOOD SUPPLY; Dictator Says Only One-seventh of Nation's Needs to August Is in Sight. MARKET RIOT IN BUDAPEST Women Fight to Buy Chickens and Ducks at $6 Each;-No Potatoes to be Had. Germany's Food Situation.

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Over There

George M. Cohan

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 1917

  • Uncle Sam wants YOU

Tech Check

Modern Zipper & Drone Torpedoes.

Cost of Living (1910)

Loaf of Bread

$0.06

Gallon of Gas

$0.15

Average Home

$3,600

New Car

$950

Time Elapsed

39,960 days ago

(109 years, 175 days)