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Friday, March 2, 1917

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The Headlines

JAPAN FRIENDLY TO UNITED STATES; Plot Note Shown to Envoy Before Publication as Mark of President's Confidence.ASSURANCES BY EMBASSY Under No Circumstances Would German Proposal Be Considered, Statement Says. Source of Alarmist Reports. JAPAN FRIENDLY TO UNITED STATES Japan's Conciliatory Efforts CONSUL YADA BELIEVES IT. Regards Note as Authentic, but Says It Never Got to Tokio.

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Best-selling Sheet Music

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George M. Cohan

The must-have

Lincoln Logs

On This Day

  • The enactment of the Jones–Shafroth Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.

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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 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

39,907 days ago

(109 years, 122 days)