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Wednesday, July 25, 1917
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The Headlines
GOETHALS RESIGNS; DENMAN DROPPED; New Men in Charge of Shipbuilding.
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Over There
George M. Cohan
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On This Day
Sir Robert Borden introduces the first income tax in Canada as a "temporary" measure (lowest bracket is 4% and highest is 25%).
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You Share a Birthday With
- Elias Canetti (1905)
- Gavrilo Princip (1894)
- Arthur Balfour (1848)
- Ibn Arabi (1165)
- Afonso I of Portugal (1109)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
lousysnapshotmovies
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
39,762 days ago
(108 years, 342 days)