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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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Best-selling Sheet Music

Till We Meet Again

Richard A. Whiting

The must-have

Lincoln Logs

On This Day

  • The first general strike in Canadian history takes place in Vancouver.

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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

39,389 days ago

(107 years, 334 days)