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On the date

Monday, May 14, 1917

From the day

Perspective: The Anxious Local · Tactile

The rough wool of my jacket chafes my neck as I lean against the pump, staring at the sign for gas. At $0.15 a gallon, my pockets feel lighter every day, especially with the papers screaming about bombs found in the Kaiser’s palace. I squeeze the slick, notched wood of the Lincoln Logs I bought for my boy, wondering if he’ll even grow up to use them. Between the rumors of drone torpedoes and the posters shouting that "Uncle Sam wants YOU," the world feels like it's unraveling right in my hands.

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Over There

George M. Cohan

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

39,835 days ago

(109 years, 50 days)