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Sunday, January 2, 1916

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The Headlines

ALLIES EXPECT TO WIN THE WAR BEFORE '16 ENDS; Unabated Confidence in the Greetings Exchanged at Opening of the Year. POINCARE IS SANGUINE ' We Shall Not Become Wearied,' He Tells the French Armies. LAUDS BRAVERY OF TROOPS And Declares Fervidly: "You Will Win!" -- Entente Rulers Pledge Their Faith. ALLIES EXPECT TO WIN IN 1916

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Poor Butterfly

Raymond Hubbell

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 1916

  • He kept us out of war

Tech Check

Toggle Light Switch, Electric Clock & Submachine Guns.

Cost of Living (1910)

Loaf of Bread

$0.06

Gallon of Gas

$0.15

Average Home

$3,600

New Car

$950

Time Elapsed

40,332 days ago

(110 years, 182 days)