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Tuesday, August 7, 1917

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The Headlines

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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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

39,749 days ago

(108 years, 329 days)