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Wednesday, March 13, 1918

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The Headlines

AMERICANS RAID GERMAN TRENCHES NEAR LUNEVILLE; Enter the Enemy's Lines Behind a Barrage and Find Front Positions Evacuated. VICTORS ON TOUL FRONT First All-American Force Runs 300 Yards Into the Foe's Intrenchments. KILL A NUMBER OF GERMANS Raiders Bring Back Much Material and Information, but Take No Prisoners.

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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

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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

39,531 days ago

(108 years, 111 days)