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Saturday, December 1, 1917

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The Headlines

NEW BOND ISSUES TO REACH TOTAL OF $8,500,000,000; Congress Likely to Authorize Two Liberty Loans Between Feb. 1 and July 1. VAST SUM FOR COLLECTION Means of Getting In Returns from Taxes and War Savings to be Determined.FURTHER LEVIES PROPOSEDHigher Income and Excess Profits Imposts Urged--Loaning to Allies May Cease. Question of Loans to Allies. Problems of Excess Profits.

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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

39,633 days ago

(108 years, 213 days)