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Thursday, March 22, 1917

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The Headlines

GERMAN FORCES STANDING BEFORE ST. QUENTIN LINE; French Wedge Threatens, However, to Pierce Positions Chosen by Hindenburg. SOMME CANAL IS CROSSED Nivelle's Troops Drive Teutons Back After Seizing Important Rail Junction. BRITISH MOVING RAPIDLY Advance Ten Miles East of the Somme and Occupy Forty More Villages. British Advance Rapidly. GERMANS STAND AT ST. QUENTIN LINE Storms Hinder Advance. Berlin's Brief Reports. GERMANS TOOK ALL FOOD. Even Carried Off Part of American Relief Supplies, Paris States. FRENCH TAKE VERDUN TRENCH Germans Attempt Surprise Attacks Later in the Day, but Are Repulsed. NOYON GREETS NIVELLE. Child with Hair in Tricolor Ribbons Offers Him a Bouquet.

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Slang

Slang of the decade

General

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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

39,887 days ago

(109 years, 102 days)