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Saturday, January 27, 1917
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The Headlines
MRS. BYRNE IS GAME AS STRENGTH WANES; Workhouse Officials Testify to Her Fast, but Suspect She Has Had Water. DEFER FORCIBLE FEEDING But Physicians Watch Birth Control Prisoner Carefully;-Visit by Her Sister Forbidden.
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Over There
George M. Cohan
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You Share a Birthday With
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756)
- Lewis Carroll (1832)
- Wilhelm II (1859)
- Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling (1775)
- Abbas the Great (1571)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
lousysnapshotmovies
Soldiers
over the topblightyno man's landcooties
Suffragette
deeds not wordsvotes for women
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
39,941 days ago
(109 years, 156 days)