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Saturday, June 22, 1918

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The Headlines

SEAPLANES FEED AUSTRIANS; Foe in One Section Can Get Supplies in No Other Way. GRIM FLOTSAM DAMS RIVER Outlet to Gulf Obstructed by Debris of Bridges and Boats and by Bodies. CZECHS IN 4-DAY BATTLE Lying in Water and Under Machine Gun Fire, They HoldFirm Until Relieved.

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Till We Meet Again

Richard A. Whiting

The must-have

Lincoln Logs

On This Day

  • The Hammond Circus Train Wreck kills 86 and injures 127 near Hammond, Indiana.

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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

39,430 days ago

(108 years, 10 days)