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Wednesday, June 6, 1917
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The Headlines
ARMY RECRUITING TOTALS 101,493; 4,201 Men Enlisted on Monday, When New York Furnished 614 Recruits. GAINS IN NATIONAL GUARD Over 15,000 Men Were Recruited in Ten Days by Regiments Not in Federal Service.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Alexander Pushkin (1799)
- Diego Velázquez (1599)
- Thomas Mann (1875)
- Sukarno (1901)
- Pierre Corneille (1606)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
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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
39,811 days ago
(109 years, 26 days)