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Friday, February 25, 1916

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The Headlines

VERDUN SAFE, PARIS ASSERTS; Terrific Power of Teuton Assault Fails to Shake the Capital's Confidence. GERMANS RELY ON RAILWAYS New Strategic Lines, Carrying Myriads of Men, Their Main Hope of Success. VERDUN SAFE, PARIS ASSERTS

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Poor Butterfly

Raymond Hubbell

The must-have

Lincoln Logs

On This Day

  • World War I: In the Battle of Verdun, a German unit captures Fort Douaumont, keystone of the French defences, without a fight.

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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 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

40,278 days ago

(110 years, 128 days)