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Friday, November 9, 1917

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The Headlines

THREAT OF DICTATOR IN GERMAN SNARL; Government Attempts to Force Dropping of Demand for Radical Vice Chancellor. HERTLING DENIES PROMISES Opposition to Attack Chancellor as Soon as Reichstag Meets Unless He Yields.

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Over There

George M. Cohan

The must-have

Lincoln Logs

On This Day

  • The Balfour Declaration is published in The Times newspaper.

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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

39,656 days ago

(108 years, 236 days)