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Saturday, August 4, 1917
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The Headlines
TO TAKE 700 SHIPS NOW BUILDING HERE; Shipping Board Is Ready to Commandeer All Vessels in American Yards. SHIPS AT SEA COME NEXT Expert Says Allies Have Enough Available Tonnage and Shipbuilding Power to Win.
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George M. Cohan
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You Share a Birthday With
- Louis Armstrong (1901)
- Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792)
- Knut Hamsun (1859)
- Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother (1900)
- William Rowan Hamilton (1805)
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
39,752 days ago
(108 years, 332 days)