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Thursday, July 4, 1918

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The Headlines

ENEMY MUST STRIKE SOON; Balance of Initiative Is Being Shifted by the Allied Strokes. 800,000 CASUALTIES SO FAR And Factors Against Them Are Steadily Increasing, with American Army Foremost. ALLIES IN FINE SPIRITS Piave Triumph of Italians Has Solidified the Forces of Whole Western Front. Put German Casualties at 800,000. No Fear of Austria Now. ENEMY MUST STRIKE SOON

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Till We Meet Again

Richard A. Whiting

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On This Day

  • World War I: The Battle of Hamel, a successful attack by the Australian Corps against German positions near the town of Le Hamel on the Western Front.

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  • Mehmed V died at the age of 73 and Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI ascends to the throne.

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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

39,418 days ago

(107 years, 363 days)