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Wednesday, May 29, 1918

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The Headlines

AMERICANS TAKE CANTIGNY; Advance on Mile and a Quarter Front Into Fortified Village. 200 PRISONERS CAPTURED Germans Suffer Severely in Killed and Wounded, While Our Loss Is Small. BRITISH HIGHLY GRATIFIED Note Hard Hitting and Speed of Ally--"Magnificent!" a French Officer Says. Our Losses Were Light. Salient 600 Yards Deep. Hit Hard and Quickly. AMERICANS TAKE CANTIGNY Causes Good Impression.

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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

39,454 days ago

(108 years, 34 days)