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Saturday, April 14, 1917
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The Headlines
HOUSE WILL PASS BOND ISSUE BILL AT SESSION TODAY; Amendments Agreed On Specify Loans Only During War Period to Allies. DEBATE RANGES WIDELY Gardner Urges Command for Roosevelt and an Expedition to the Trenches. KITCHIN PILOTS THE BILL Explains That "Group" Loans Are Not Intended;-Measure Meets No Partisan Opposition. Wide Range of Debate. Leader Kitchin Questioned. HOUSE WILL PASS BOND BILL TODAY
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General
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Cost of Living (1910)
Loaf of Bread
$0.06
Gallon of Gas
$0.15
Average Home
$3,600
New Car
$950
Time Elapsed
39,865 days ago
(109 years, 80 days)