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Wednesday, January 24, 1917

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The Headlines

WASHINGTON ORDERS PERSHING TO RETIRE; Officials Admit Outposts Are Being Drawn in, but Are Silent on Final Withdrawal. ZAPATA ALLIED WITH VILLA Mass 8,000 Men Near Chihuahua for Campaign;-Banks Protest Loans Were Forced. THINK WITHDRAWAL AT HAND. Officers Predict Pershing Will Be Ordered Out This Week.

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Over There

George M. Cohan

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 1917

  • Uncle Sam wants YOU

Tech Check

Modern Zipper & Drone Torpedoes.

Cost of Living (1910)

Loaf of Bread

$0.06

Gallon of Gas

$0.15

Average Home

$3,600

New Car

$950

Time Elapsed

39,945 days ago

(109 years, 160 days)