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Sunday, August 4, 1918
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The Headlines
GERMANS RETIRE ON ANGRE FRONT; Withdraw from West of River in Albert Sector, the British Following Them. UNLIKELY TO START DRIVE Enemy's Hold in That Area Was of Value Only as a Help to a New Offensive.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Till We Meet Again
Richard A. Whiting
The must-have
Lincoln Logs
You Share a Birthday With
- Louis Armstrong (1901)
- Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792)
- Knut Hamsun (1859)
- Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother (1900)
- William Rowan Hamilton (1805)
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
39,388 days ago
(107 years, 333 days)