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Friday, August 31, 1917
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WISCONSIN TOWN EXPELS PACIFISTS; Lochner and Others Forced to Return to Minneapolis with All Arrangements Upset. FARGO PLAN ALSO GIVEN UP New York Delegates Leave Without Knowing Where They Are Going. Seven Minutes to Leave Town. Following Russia's Model. PACIFISTS IN A DILEMMA. Leave City for Council and Don't Know Where They're Going. WISCONSIN TOWN EXPELS PACIFISTS
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Tech Check
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Cost of Living (1910)
Loaf of Bread
$0.06
Gallon of Gas
$0.15
Average Home
$3,600
New Car
$950
Time Elapsed
39,725 days ago
(108 years, 305 days)