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Saturday, July 20, 1918

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The Headlines

AMERICANS DRIVE WEDGE; Gains to the South May Force the Evacuation of Soissons.--TAKE 52 GUNS IN ONE FIGHT Eagerness of Troops Causes Waves of Attack to Overflow and Merge.--MANY WOUNDS ARE SLIGHT Our Men Hailed as Deliverers by French Civilians Behind the Lines. Our Men Take 52 Guns. AMERICANS DRIVE WEDGE Chaplain's Exuberant Bulletin. Foch's Plan Not Developed.

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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

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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

39,402 days ago

(107 years, 347 days)