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Tuesday, February 29, 1916

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The Headlines

INFANTRY AGAIN A FACTOR; Paris Sees Vital War Lessons in the Verdun Combat. TRENCHES ARE "SCRAPPED" And the Old-Fashioned Pitched Battle Takes the Place of Deadlock. TWO MILES OF SLAUGHTER Greatest Battle of War Now Concentrated Within Two Narrow Fronts.

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Poor Butterfly

Raymond Hubbell

The must-have

Lincoln Logs

On This Day

  • In South Carolina, the minimum working age for factory, mill and mine workers is raised from 12 to 14 years old.

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  • Tokelau is annexed by the United Kingdom.

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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

40,274 days ago

(110 years, 124 days)