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Thursday, August 30, 1917
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The Headlines
REPLY IMPRESSES LONDON PACIFISTS; Advocates of Stockholm Conference Applaud High GroundTaken by Wilson. INDORSE APPEAL TO PEOPLEChronicle Calls President's Notea 'Terrible Judgment'--TimesHails It as Practical. Emphatic Approval in the Press. Pacifist "Cobwebs" Blown Away. REPLY IMPRESSES LONDON PACIFISTS Grateful for American Firmness. An "Impassioned Refusal." Sounds the Note for All.
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Vietnamese prison guards led by Trịnh Văn Cấn mutiny at the Thái Nguyên penitentiary against local French authority.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Ernest Rutherford (1871)
- Mary Shelley (1797)
- Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff (1852)
- Jacques-Louis David (1748)
- Edward Mills Purcell (1912)
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
39,726 days ago
(108 years, 306 days)