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Wednesday, June 19, 1918

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The Headlines

DRAFT MEN SHOW METTLE AT MARNE; Fine Fighting of Replacements Encourages Those Who Were Awaiting Test. ALL EYES ON NATIONAL ARMY Americans Expect New Thrust by Germans, Chagrined at Being Turned Back. Allies Watching Them. DRAFT MEN SHOW METTLE AT MARNE Foe May Seek Revenge. Allied Offensive to Come. Cut Up German Division. Americans Ahead of Program.

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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

39,433 days ago

(108 years, 13 days)