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Tuesday, August 7, 1917
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PEACE TALK FUTILE NOW,SAYS WILSON; DISTRUSTS BERLIN; President indicates to Senator Lewis That Time Is Not Ripe for Negotiations. WILL LET THE PUBLIC KNOW Lewis Says the President Will Be First to Act When Real Peace Signs Do Appear. WANTS CONGRESS TO HURRY Asks That the Food and Revenue Bills Be Finished Up and Adjournment Taken.
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Cost of Living (1910)
Loaf of Bread
$0.06
Gallon of Gas
$0.15
Average Home
$3,600
New Car
$950
Time Elapsed
39,749 days ago
(108 years, 329 days)