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Wednesday, June 20, 1917

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The Headlines

PRESIDENT'S AIDS AGAIN CONSIDER A WOODEN FLEET; Shipping Board and Cabinet Take Up Question as New Drive Gains Ground. DEFINITE ACTION NEXT WEEK Wilson Will Consult Goethals and Is Expected to Make Final Decision Soon. STONE ATTACKS GENERAL Weeks's Throat to Revive Demand for War Control Committee Ends Hot Debate. Goethals and Denman Silent. Calls Goethals the "Goat." WOODEN FLEET AGAIN TAKEN UP Stone Fears Grafting.

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Best-selling Sheet Music

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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

39,798 days ago

(109 years, 13 days)