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Sunday, August 11, 1918

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The Headlines

PRESS ENEMY ON THE VESLE; Americans Repulse Repeated Counterattacks and Make Gains.PREPARED FOR NEXT TASKThat Will Depend on Outcome toNorth--Taking Vesle-AisneTerrain Not Essential.DISCOVER GERMAN TRAPSExplosives Left Camouflaged inMany Ways and Food andWater Poisoned. Preparing for New Tasks. PRESS ENEMY ON THE VESLE FOE'S COUNTERBLOWS FIERCE. Repeated Attempts Friday Night to Beat Back Americans and French.

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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

39,381 days ago

(107 years, 326 days)