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Tuesday, July 9, 1918

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The Headlines

ENEMY AIR SCOUTS MUST FLY HIGH; Crack French Anti-Aircraft Batteries Spoil Their Chancesof Observation.CAN AIM IN A MINUTEYet Six Separate Operations Are Required to Get Range--Germans Take Few Chances. ENEMY AIR SCOUTS MUST FLY HIGH

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Till We Meet Again

Richard A. Whiting

The must-have

Lincoln Logs

On This Day

  • In Nashville, Tennessee, an inbound local train collides with an outbound express, killing 101 and injuring 171 people, making it the deadliest rail accident in United States history.

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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

39,414 days ago

(107 years, 359 days)