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Tuesday, February 19, 1918
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The Headlines
GERMAN AIR SCOUTS KEEP BUSY SPYING OVER OUR SECTOR; American Guns, Heavy and Light, Pound Away Steadily at the Persistent Foe. PREVENT CLOSE APPROACH Several Americans, However, Are Wounded by Shells in the Exchange of Missiles. FOUR KILLED BY EXPLOSION Bursting Hand Grenades Reported to Have Caused the Death of Infantrymen. Four Killed in Grenade Explosion. PERSHING INSPECTS SECTOR. Spends Two Days Going Through Trenches and Studying Conditions. GERMAN AIR SCOUTS SPY ON OUR SECTOR Complaint By a Cook. Doubted It Was Pershing.
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- Nicolaus Copernicus (1473)
- Svante Arrhenius (1859)
- André Breton (1896)
- Élie Ducommun (1833)
- Shivaji (1630)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
lousysnapshotmovies
Soldiers
over the topblightyno man's landcooties
Suffragette
deeds not wordsvotes for women
Tech Check
Superheterodyne Radio Receiver, Enigma Machine (Early Version) & Hydraulic Brakes.
Cost of Living (1910)
Loaf of Bread
$0.06
Gallon of Gas
$0.15
Average Home
$3,600
New Car
$950
Time Elapsed
39,553 days ago
(108 years, 133 days)