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Saturday, April 24, 1915

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The Headlines

GERMANS GAIN; BIG NEW BATTLE ON NEAR YPRES; French Driven from Trenches Northeast of the City; British Hold Fast. CHARGES OF POISON BOMBS Gen. French Says Germans Won by Using Them; Denies German Counter Charges. GERMANS CAPTURE 30 GUNS And 1,600 French and English Prisoners Are in Their Hands, Berlin Reports. BRITISH HOLD HILL NO. 60 Furious and Protracted Bombardment with Heavy Guns Fails to Dislodge Them.

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Best-selling Sheet Music

I Didn't Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier

Al Piantadosi

The must-have

Raggedy Ann Doll

On This Day

  • The arrest of 250 Armenian intellectuals and community leaders in Istanbul marks the beginning of the Armenian genocide.

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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 1915

  • I didn't raise my boy to be a soldier

Tech Check

Pyrex Glass, Transcontinental Telephone Call & Sonar (Active).

Cost of Living (1910)

Loaf of Bread

$0.06

Gallon of Gas

$0.15

Average Home

$3,600

New Car

$950

Time Elapsed

40,586 days ago

(111 years, 71 days)