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Wednesday, June 12, 1918

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The Headlines

FOCH STRIKES HARD BLOWS; Drives Back Enemy Right Wing on Front of 7 Miles. RETAKES SEVERAL TOWNS Also Pushes In the German Centre, Which Had Thrust Down to Antheuil. BUT LOSES RIBECOURT Line Along the Oise Is Forced to Withdraw Under Pressure of Heavy Forces. Tell of Successful Counterblow. Admits Loss of Ribecourt. Have 10,000 Prisoners, Berlin Says

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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

39,440 days ago

(108 years, 20 days)