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Wednesday, March 22, 1916

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The Headlines

RUSSIAN VICTORY OVER AUSTRIANS; Destroy Strong Fortifications on the Dniester Held by Enemy for Six Months. BUT GARRISON GETS AWAY Abandons Transports and Cuts Through Uscieczko -- Czar's Troops Mass in South Poland. RUSSIAN VICTORY OVER AUSTRIANS

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Poor Butterfly

Raymond Hubbell

The must-have

Lincoln Logs

On This Day

  • Yuan Shikai abdicates as Emperor of China, restoring the Republic and returning to the Presidency.

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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

40,252 days ago

(110 years, 102 days)