Friday, June 26, 2015
Today -100: June 26, 1915: No flame, no gain
Headline of the Day -100:
Germany again claims that Britain and France used gas first. In fact, they’re now claiming that the Lusitania was secretly carrying tetrachloride of tin to be used in Allied poison gas shells.
The British government asks the public to eat less meat.
Momentarily Puzzling Headline of the Day -100:
And why would the French government be attempting to place an order with the Essex Novelty Company of New Jersey, you ask? Is Gen. Joffre secretly Wile E. Coyote? Reading further, it turns out that the Essex Novelty Company makes fireworks and France asked them to make detonator caps, but they refused.
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