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Saturday, March 9, 1918

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The Headlines

GARROS TO TRAIN ANEW IN THE ART OF AIR WARFARE; French Airman, Back from Germany, Finds He Must LearnHow All Over Again.SEES GERMANS IN STRAITS They Know Already, He Says,That Their Only Hope Isin Allies Weakening. FOOD CONDITIONS TERRIBLE Guards at Prison Camps Eat StuffNot Fit to Feed tothe Dogs. Trained to Get Away. Germany in Serious Straits. GARROS MUST TRAIN ANEW FOR AIR WAR

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Till We Meet Again

Richard A. Whiting

The must-have

Lincoln Logs

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

lousysnapshotmovies

Soldiers

over the topblightyno man's landcooties

Suffragette

deeds not wordsvotes for women

Catchphrases of 1918

  • The Yanks are coming

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

39,535 days ago

(108 years, 115 days)