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Friday, May 10, 1918
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The Headlines
BAYONET OUR MEN AFTER KILLING; New German Barbarity Causes Spirit of Retaliation to Flame in Our Army. TROOPS HAVE NO ILLUSIONS To Kill Boches Is Their One Aim --Gratified by Evidence of Stiffer Purpose Here. Army Confident of Outcome. BAYONET OUR MEN AFTER KILLING DRIVE OFF A GERMAN PATROL. Americans Not Deceived by New Trick of the Enemy. WAR CROSS FOR KANSAS MAN. Kills One German and Captures Three in Patrol Fight. FRENCH HONOR AMERICANS. Decorate Flags of Companies That Repulsed Toul Attack.
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Till We Meet Again
Richard A. Whiting
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You Share a Birthday With
- Fred Astaire (1899)
- Gustav Stresemann (1878)
- Karl Barth (1886)
- Augustin-Jean Fresnel (1788)
- Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle (1760)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
lousysnapshotmovies
Soldiers
over the topblightyno man's landcooties
Suffragette
deeds not wordsvotes for women
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
39,473 days ago
(108 years, 53 days)