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Saturday, February 10, 1917

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The Headlines

NOT FOR WAR DECLARATION; President Is Watching Events Which May Change His Course. MAY ARM AND CONVOY SHIPS This Policy Indicated in His Speech Announcing Break with Germany. CABINET TAKES UP DEFENSE Preparations Go On Rapidly and Officials See Little Hope of Averting Crisis. President's Speech Recalled. To Defend Americans Only. May Convoy Merchantmen. To Enforce Our Rights. Rushing Preparedness Plans.

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Best-selling Sheet Music

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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

39,927 days ago

(109 years, 142 days)