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Monday, October 8, 1917

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The Headlines

URUGUAY BREAKS WITH GERMANY ON GROUND OF HONOR; Rupture Announced Officially After Deputies Vote For It, 74 to 23. CHAMPIONS SMALL NATIONS President Viera Declares It Necessary to Defend the Cause of Justice. PERU CALLS BACK MINISTER Fifteen Countries Have Followed Our Lead in Severing Diplomatic Relations. HOSTILITY TO BERLIN GROWS. Argentina Expected to Follow Uruguay in Breaking Relations. PERU RECALLS HER MINISTER. Also Orders Withdrawal of All Consuls from Germany.

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Best-selling Sheet Music

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George M. Cohan

The must-have

Lincoln Logs

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

lousysnapshotmovies

Soldiers

over the topblightyno man's landcooties

Suffragette

deeds not wordsvotes for women

Catchphrases of 1917

  • Uncle Sam wants YOU

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

39,688 days ago

(108 years, 268 days)