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Friday, August 2, 1918
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The Headlines
KAISER'S WORRIES IN EAST GROWING; Starving Finnish People Now Hostile to Germans, Though Army Is for Them. UKRAINE RISING SERIOUS Friction Between Germans and Turks in the Caucasus Is Also Increasing. KAISER'S WORRIES IN EAST GROWING MANNERHEIM FOR ALLIES. Ex-Army Chief Bitter at German Occupation of Finland.
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Till We Meet Again
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On This Day
The first general strike in Canadian history takes place in Vancouver.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Mahmud I (1696)
- Constantine I of Greece (1868)
- Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi (1834)
- John Tyndall (1820)
- Myrna Loy (1905)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
lousysnapshotmovies
Soldiers
over the topblightyno man's landcooties
Suffragette
deeds not wordsvotes for women
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
39,389 days ago
(107 years, 334 days)