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Wednesday, July 11, 1917

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The Headlines

SEES PERIL IN LACK OF WHEAT CONTROL; Hoover Tells President Existing Conditions Menace Both the Producer and Consumer. FEARS GLUT IN THE FALL Government Must Stabilize Shipments Abroad;-President toPress Food Bill Anew. Promise of 1917 Harvest. TELL PRESIDENT OF GRAIN CONTROL NEED

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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

39,776 days ago

(108 years, 356 days)