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Monday, May 7, 1917

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200,000 MEN ARE READY TO GO WITH ROOSEVELT; Force from 46 States Could Be Mobilized for Foreign Service in 6 Weeks if Accepted. ALL BEYOND DRAFT AGE Colonel Is Willing to be Junior Commander if Six Brigades Are Authorized. PLENTY OF MONEY OFFERED Southerner Says He Will Raise $1,000,000 if That Sum Would Get Expedition to Front. Card Catalogue of Men. 200,000 WANT TO GO WITH ROOSEVELT

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The must-have

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Slang

Slang of the decade

General

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Soldiers

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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

39,841 days ago

(109 years, 56 days)