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Thursday, October 25, 1917

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The Headlines

LOAN SALES HERE NEARLY A BILLION; Applications for $120,000,000 Pour In, Bringing Total to $935,000,000. EFFORTS TO BE REDOUBLED Committee Determined to Raise Maximum Quota--Big Parade Will Be Held Today. Plans for Parade Rearranged. List of Yesterday's Subscriptions. LOAN SALES HERE NEARLY A BILLION Produce Exchange Takes $1,785,000. Arion Society Takes $5,000.

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Best-selling Sheet Music

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George M. Cohan

The must-have

Lincoln Logs

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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

39,670 days ago

(108 years, 250 days)