Thursday, January 18, 1917

From the day

Perspective: The Teenager · Sight

The streetlamp glow catches the sharp crease of my fedora as I dodge a newsboy shouting about Balfour and the Turks; that lousy war is all anyone talks about in the papers. I’m just trying to make it to the corner store, my eyes fixed on the neon-bright labels of the new sweets, though I’ve only got a jingle in my pocket. Ma gave me exactly **$0.06** for a loaf of rye, and not a penny more for a soda or a few Lincoln Logs for my kid brother. I wish I could take a mental **snapshot** of the world before the draft catches us all and sends us over there.

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The Headlines

BRITAIN IN NEW NOTE TO WILSON AMPLIFYING REPLY OF THE ALLIES NAMES BASES FOR DURABLE PEACE; NO RELIANCE ON TREATIES Says Order Must be Guaranteed by Some International Sanction. TURK MUST BE EXPELLED Alsace-Lorraine Restored to France and Italia Irredenta to Italy. DEMANDS END OF TERRORISM Necessary to Bring Methods of Central Powers Into Disrepute Among Their Peoples. Turkish Rule Intolerable. Three Prerequisites of Peace. BRITAIN AMPLIFIES NOTE TO WILSON Purposes of the Note. Will Further Retard Peace. PRESS LAUDS BALFOUR NOTE. Londoners Say It Shows Clearly Belligerent's Aims Are Not Identical. URGES PATIENCE ON NEUTRALS Hanotaux Warns Them Allies Will Accept Only a Just Peace. Criticises Gerard's Speech.

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