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Monday, August 20, 1917
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The Headlines
WILSON AT WORK ON COAL CONTROL; President Spends Sunday on Price-Fixing Plan Which He May Announce Today. TERMS ARE KEPT SECRET Washington Believes the Government Will Take Over MineOutput and Reselt It.
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Over There
George M. Cohan
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You Share a Birthday With
- Benjamin Harrison (1833)
- H. P. Lovecraft (1890)
- Salvatore Quasimodo (1901)
- Jöns Jacob Berzelius (1779)
- Raymond Poincaré (1860)
Slang
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
39,737 days ago
(108 years, 317 days)