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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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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

39,865 days ago

(109 years, 80 days)