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Sunday, October 21, 1917
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The Headlines
IMPLORES WILSON TO RELEASE SHIPS; Head of Netherlands Overseas Trust Denies Substantial Aid to Germany. CALLS NATION'S NEED DIRE Cites Dutch Assistance in Our Revolution as Deserving a Return from America. Hints of Might Before Right. Denies Important Aid to Germany. Recalls Aid in Revolution. IMPLORES WILSON TO RELEASE SHIPS
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- Alfred Nobel (1833)
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772)
- Alphonse de Lamartine (1790)
- Hongwu Emperor (1328)
- Dizzy Gillespie (1917)
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
39,674 days ago
(108 years, 254 days)