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Tuesday, April 16, 1918

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The Headlines

BRITISH ARE REINFORCED; Fresh Troops, Strongly Supported, Now Hold the First Lines NEUVE EGLISE EVACUATED German Infantry Couldn't Take It but British Were Ordered Out Under Heavy Shellfire. GENERAL LED FIRST WAVE One-Armed Hofer Went Over the Top, Brandishing a Stick as He Charged. Vain Attempts to Surround Bailleul. Grim Fighting at Neuve Eglise. Philip Gibbs's Narrative of the Great Battle Little Change to the South. Fresh British Troops in Line Major General Led a German Charge.

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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

39,497 days ago

(108 years, 77 days)