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Sunday, December 16, 1917

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The Headlines

BRITISH FAILED, ASSERTS BERLIN; Flanders Drive for U-Boat Bases Checked and Defeat Imposed at Cambrai.OFFENSIVE NOW "CLOSED"Haig's Troops at Ypres RecoverPart of the Ground Loston Friday. British Regain Some Lost Ground. BRITISH FAILED, ASSERTS BERLIN Check Germans at Verdun.

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Best-selling Sheet Music

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George M. Cohan

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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

39,618 days ago

(108 years, 198 days)