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Wednesday, January 31, 1917
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The Headlines
DARES U-BOAT CAPTAIN TO SINK HIS VESSEL; Plucky Norwegian Skipper Bluffs German Commander and Thus Gets Away Untouched.
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Over There
George M. Cohan
The must-have
Lincoln Logs
On This Day
World War I: Kaiser Wilhelm II orders the resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Franz Schubert (1797)
- Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543)
- Alva Myrdal (1902)
- Irving Langmuir (1881)
- Theodor Heuss (1884)
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
39,937 days ago
(109 years, 152 days)