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Thursday, April 11, 1918

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The Headlines

GERMANS CLAIM 100 GUNS; And Capture of First Lines Between Armentieres and La Bassee Canal. CANNON OPEN THE ATTACK Mine Throwers Co-operate in Successful Assault on British-Portuguese Positions.ARMENTIERES IN DANGERGen. Maurice Says Its Loss,However, Would Not Be "a Vital Matter."

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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

39,502 days ago

(108 years, 82 days)