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On the date

Wednesday, February 28, 1917

From the day

Perspective: The Teenager · Sight

I’m hunkered down in my wool coat, watching the neon glow of the theater sign ripple against the slush while the boys down the street won't stop howling *Over There* like they’re already heroes. I caught a snapshot of a headline about those German U-boats refusing safety to our ships, and it’s got the whole block looking as lousy as a rainy Monday. If the world’s really going to blow up, I’d rather be sporting a new modern zipper jacket than waiting for a draft card. I’m tired of hearing the old folks talk; it’s time for some deeds not words before we all end up sinking into the dark.

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The Headlines

WON'T GUARANTEE CRUISERS' SAFETY; Germany Refuses to Give Assurance That Relief Ships Will Not Be Attacked. REQUEST MADE TO TURKEY State Department Did Not Wish to Send Vessels to Syria Without Promise.

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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

39,909 days ago

(109 years, 124 days)