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Sunday, April 21, 1918

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The Headlines

American Prisoners Suffer Greatly Under German Captors; Paraded Half-Starved About Germany and Cheated of Food Offerings from British Prisoners by Swift Removals-- Ten Smuggle Out a Statement.

Read in The New York Times →

Best-selling Sheet Music

Till We Meet Again

Richard A. Whiting

The must-have

Lincoln Logs

On This Day

  • World War I: German fighter ace Manfred von Richthofen, better known as "The Red Baron", is shot down and killed over Vaux-sur-Somme in France.

    Wikipedia →

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

39,492 days ago

(108 years, 72 days)