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Sunday, August 19, 1917
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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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over the topblightyno man's landcooties
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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
39,737 days ago
(108 years, 317 days)