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Sunday, August 26, 1917
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The Headlines
ARGENTINA IS ANGRY, MAY SEND ULTIMATUM; Failure to Get Reply from Berlin Arouses Keen Resentment in Buenos Aires.
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Over There
George M. Cohan
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Lincoln Logs
You Share a Birthday With
- Mother Teresa (1910)
- Antoine Lavoisier (1743)
- Guillaume Apollinaire (1880)
- Julio Cortázar (1914)
- Robert Walpole (1676)
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
39,730 days ago
(108 years, 310 days)