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Sunday, August 19, 1917

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The Headlines

AMERICA TO SEND SEPARATE REPLY TO POPE'S PLEA; President's Answer to Peace Proposals Is Expected to Sound Allies' Keynote. WILL HOLD TIME NOT RIPE And Probably Insist Peace Is Impossible Without an Ending of Prussian Autocracy. U-BOAT WAR MUST STOP This, It Is Believed, Will Be a Prerequisite to Discussion withthe Teuton Powers.

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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

39,737 days ago

(108 years, 317 days)