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Monday, November 5, 1917

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The Headlines

ATTACK BEFORE DAYLIGHT; Forces in Training Held Small Salient of the Front Line Trenches. PERSHING TELLS OF LOSS Reports One Prisoner Taken and Damage Inflicted on Foe Not Known. UNDER FIRE FOR 3 DAYS Artillery Activity on This Part of the Line Beyond Normal-- American Guns Answer.

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Over There

George M. Cohan

The must-have

Lincoln Logs

On This Day

  • Tikhon is elected the Patriarch of Moscow and of the Russian Orthodox Church.

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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

39,660 days ago

(108 years, 240 days)