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GERMANS RESENT WILSON REPLY TO POPE; CALL IT ATTEMPT TO SPLIT THE NATION; SOCIALISTS ALONE SEE NO BAR TO PEACE; NOTE PUBLISHED IN BERLlN Press Angered by President's Plain Speech Against Autocracy.DENOUNCED AS "MEDDLING"Government-Inspired Papers Assert That the NationSustains the Kaiser.GREATER UNITY PREDICTED'Grotesque Nonsense,' CologneGazette Says--Lozal-AnzeigerDenounces 'Mendacity.' Says Wilson Differs from Entente. Asserts Germans Sustain Rulers. Inspired Organ Denounces Reply. ITALIAN PAPERS APPLAUD. Has Put the Case in a Decisive Way, Says the Tribuna. DUTCH PEACE HOPES CRUSHED. Some Amazement Expressed at Wilson's Determination. SAYS GERMANS TRUST ARMY. Nearly All Expect Victory, Returning Belgian Nurse Reports. WINS MORE FRENCH PRAISE. Wilson's Reply Held to Have Put Allies on Unshakable Ground. SHAW SUMMARIZES REPLY. Says Wilson Means: "Go On Kaiserink and We Will Smash You." "MASTERLY," SAYS MARCONI. Wilson's Words Excel in Frankness and Clearness.
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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
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