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Friday, June 8, 1917

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The Headlines

WILLING TO DROP MAXIMUM PRICE FROM FOOD BILL; Congress Objects and Hoover Thinks Hoarding Clause Will Curb Extortion. TELLS OF ALLIES' NEEDS Expert Says Europe Must Have a Billion Bushels of Cereals Next Year. BURDEN FALLS ON AMERICA Expert Urges Elimination of Waste, Saying, "He Also Fights Who Helps a Fighter Fight." Meat Consumption Increased. WILLING TO DROP MAXIMUM FOOD PRICE Must Have More Gardens.

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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

39,810 days ago

(109 years, 25 days)