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Monday, June 4, 1917
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The Headlines
ROOT COMMISSION REACHES RUSSIA; Speeding to Petrograd in Effort to Foil German Intrigues and Prevent Separate Peace. FREE HAND FOR STEVENS American Engineers Asked to Decide for the Governrment What the Railroads Need.
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On This Day
The first Pulitzer Prizes are awarded: Laura E. Richards, Maude H. Elliott, and Florence Hall receive the first Pulitzer for biography (for Julia Ward Howe). Jean Jules Jusserand receives the first Pulitzer for history for his work With Americans of Past and Present Days. Herbert B. Swope receives the first Pulitzer for journalism for his work for the New York World.
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You Share a Birthday With
- George III (1738)
- Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (1867)
- François Quesnay (1694)
- Heinrich Otto Wieland (1877)
- Robert F. Furchgott (1916)
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
39,813 days ago
(109 years, 28 days)