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Tuesday, June 5, 1917

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The Headlines

ANARCHISTS AWED BY POLICE CLUBS; Speakers at a Mass Meeting Carefully Avoid All References to Registration.RIOT BREAKS OUT LATERTen Men and One Woman Arrested in a Fight Followingthe Abuse of Guardsmen. Crowd Packs Boulevard. ANARCHISTS AWED BY POLICE CLUBS Chairman's Speech Mild. ARREST FOUR IN BROWNSVILLE Home Defense League Uses Clubs in Quelling Disorders at Meetings. SEVEN ARE INDICTED HERE. Court Orders Quick Trial in Anti Draft Cases.

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George M. Cohan

The must-have

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On This Day

  • World War I: Conscription begins in the United States as "Army registration day".

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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

39,812 days ago

(109 years, 27 days)