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Thursday, July 12, 1917

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PRESIDENT DENOUNCES PROFITEERS; SAYS FAIR PRICES MOST PREVAIL IN WAR; ASSAILS SHIP OWNERS FOR HIGH RATES; NATION'S FATE IN BALANCE Prices Mean Efficiency or Inefficiency, Victory or Defeat. OCEAN RATES EXACTING President Asserts Marine Men Took Most Effective Means to Defeat Allies. WANTS ONE PRICE FOR ALL Public and Government Must Be Treated Alike;-Steel Men Confer with Officials. No Profits in Patriotism. Reasonable Profit Plan. Conference with Steel Men. Told of President's Plan.

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  • The Bisbee Deportation occurs as vigilantes kidnap and deport nearly 1,300 striking miners and others from Bisbee, Arizona.

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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

39,775 days ago

(108 years, 355 days)