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Saturday, May 12, 1917
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The Headlines
ABOLISH TRADING IN MAY WHEAT; Chicago Board Members Decide on This After Conferences with Government Officials. PRICE SHOOTS UP TO $3.25 Trading in July and September Wheat Is Not Affected by the Change. ABOLISH TRADING IN MAY WHEAT CAN'T STOP WHEAT'S RISE. Millers Say Increases Are Bound to Come;-Favor Government Control.
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- Florence Nightingale (1820)
- Katharine Hepburn (1907)
- Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895)
- Dorothy Hodgkin (1910)
- Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828)
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
39,837 days ago
(109 years, 52 days)