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Thursday, August 16, 1917
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The Headlines
BIG CORPORATION TO CONTROL WHEAT; Hoover Heads $50,000,000 Government Concern as Chairman, with Barnes as President. PRICE-FIXING BOARD NAMED Farmers Represented--Grain Men Serve Unpaid--Millers and Exchanges Co-operate. Price-Fixing Commission. Wheat Corporation and Agents. HOOVER LAUNCHES WHEAT CORPORATION Sacrifices by Grain Men. Millers Name Committee. The President's Proclamation. Form "United States Millers."
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- Zachary Taylor (1816)
- Menachem Begin (1913)
- Gabriel Lippmann (1845)
- T. E. Lawrence (1888)
- Wilhelm Wundt (1832)
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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
39,740 days ago
(108 years, 320 days)