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Tuesday, February 20, 1917
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The Headlines
STILL SEE PERIL OF CLASH WITH GERMANY DESPITE THE TALK OF POSSIBLE PEACE BASED ON SETTLEMENT OF MINOR ISSUES; WASHINGTON NOT SANGUINE High Official Points Out That Main Issue of U-Boats Remains. NO SIGN OF BERLIN YIELDING Evidence Accumulating Slowly and May Cause Positive Action at Any Moment. CONGRESS VISIT HELD UP President, It is Said Now, May Not Ask Advance Backing for Drastic Steps. Against Giving Blanket Authority. Deplores Ultra Pacific View. Danger Ever Present. Shipping Protests Pour In.
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George M. Cohan
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General
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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
39,917 days ago
(109 years, 132 days)