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Monday, August 5, 1918
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The Headlines
MAY NOT STOP AT AISNE; Possibility That Foe Will Have to Go Back to Chemin des Dames. OUR GUNS SPEED RETREAT Shell Germans on Roads North of Fismes as They Flounder Through Mud. DEAD LIE THICK BEHIND Advance of 40 Kilometers by Americans the Greatest in the Offensive. Sole Explanation of Foe's Failure. Our Losses Now Are Few. MAY NOT STOP AT AISNE
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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
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
39,386 days ago
(107 years, 331 days)