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Monday, May 7, 1917
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The Headlines
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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- Rabindranath Tagore (1861)
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840)
- David Hume (1711)
- Johannes Brahms (1833)
- Josip Broz Tito (1892)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
lousysnapshotmovies
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
39,841 days ago
(109 years, 56 days)