On This Day In History: October 7, 1915

What was happening 100 years ago? The New York Times archive provides a fascinating glimpse, with the complete paper from this day in 1915 now available online. Although the country and the world were in the throes of World War 1, which had started on July 28, 1914 and wouldn't end until November 11, 1918, the lead story was about the personal life of President Woodrow Wilson: 

"President to wed Mrs. Norman Galt, intimate friend of his daughters; also comes out for woman suffrage." 

If you're not familiar with the quaint-sounding word "suffrage," it refers to the right to vote, which American women wouldn't enjoy nationally for five more years. 

Other headlines: 

• Wilson indorses woman suffrage [Note: "indorse" is not a typo, that's how the headline is written. According to dictionary.com, it means, no surprise, "endorse."]
• All allied envoys leave Sofia; Bulgar ultimatum sent to Serbs; more French and British troops land" 
• Greece aroused by cabinet crisis
• Venizelos says: "Greece will keep her word to Serbia to the last man and the last drachma" 
• French take a hill in foe's second line
• Midvale steel company heads big merger
• President favors ample defense
• British troops land at Saloniki

I know almost nothing about World War 1 and not much more about the process by which women finally got the right to vote in America. The paper in total consists of 20 pages (and cost one penny,) and I could spend most the the day paging through it and learning about life in America 100 years ago today. I probably won't do that, although it's tempting, and the entire archive is behind the Times' paywall, so I can't disappear completely into the day-to-day world of 1915. Still, if you'd like to read about the president's fiancée and the great war, click here.