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Wednesday, April 10, 1918

From the day

Perspective: The Future Historian · Tactile

I run my thumb over the rough-cut notch of a walnut Lincoln Log, the wood grain a stark contrast to the news of the crumbling Haig line printed on the morning paper. The heavy wool of my trousers itches, smelling of damp April rain and the metallic tang of the city. I press a cold **$0.06** into the baker’s flour-dusted palm for a meager loaf, wondering if the "votes for women" activists marching outside realize how quickly our foundations are shifting. Each notched timber I stack feels like a fragile bulwark against a world being rebuilt by force and fire.

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The Headlines

HAIG LINE PIERCED, BERLIN REPORTS; Germans Penetrated the English and Portuguese Positions, It Is Stated.FRENCH LOSE THREE TOWNSFurther Gains Made by Hindenburg's Troops in RegionSouth of Oise.

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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

39,503 days ago

(108 years, 83 days)