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Saturday, May 25, 1918
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The Headlines
OUR MEN TO FIGHT WITH THE ITALIANS; Baker's Announcement Wildly Cheered at Italy-America Gala Concert. TELLS OF TRANSPORT LOSS Secretary Says He Hears Few Perished--Hughes Presides at the Festival. Concert Brings in $40,000. The President's Greeting. OUR MEN TO FIGHT WITH THE ITALIANS Secretary Baker's Address. Americans Now in Italy. History's Motives Invariable. Mr. Hughes's Speech. Italy's Achievements in War. All Have Loved Italy. Italian Exhibition Opened.
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- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803)
- Pieter Zeeman (1865)
- Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803)
- Igor Sikorsky (1889)
- Jacob Burckhardt (1818)
Slang
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General
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Soldiers
over the topblightyno man's landcooties
Suffragette
deeds not wordsvotes for women
Tech Check
Superheterodyne Radio Receiver, Enigma Machine (Early Version) & Hydraulic Brakes.
Cost of Living (1910)
Loaf of Bread
$0.06
Gallon of Gas
$0.15
Average Home
$3,600
New Car
$950
Time Elapsed
39,459 days ago
(108 years, 39 days)