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Friday, March 22, 1918

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The Headlines

FOE ALSO POUNDS PETAIN'S LINES; Heavy Bombardment of French Positions Near Rheims and in Champagne. SHOCK TROOPS DEFEATED Hand-to-Hand Fighting on Verdun Front--Germans DrivenOut of Captured Trenches. FOE ALSO POUNDS PETAIN'S LINES

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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

39,522 days ago

(108 years, 102 days)