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Wednesday, August 7, 1918

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The Headlines

123 NEW SHIPS OF 631,944 TONS LAUNCHED IN JULY; Total of Ships That Took Water Greater Than Any Previous Year's Record Here. 433,244 STEEL TONNAGE 1,719,536 Added Since Jan. 1 in Fast Monthly Increase of Output. FELICITATION FROM MACLAY British Shipping Minister and Northcliffe Call the Progress "Magnificent." Sixteen Launched in Four Days. 1,571,856 Tons Finished.

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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

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

39,384 days ago

(107 years, 329 days)