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Tuesday, August 27, 1918

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The Headlines

CLOSING ON GERMAN BASE; French Take Fresnoy to the North and St. Mard, West of Roye. PRUSSIAN GUARD BEATEN Division Thrown In Near Juvigny Forced to Withdraw,Leaving 400 Prisoners.MANGIN REPULSES ATTACKHas Taken 12,224 Prisoners ina Week--256 Cannon Addedto the French Spoils. German Line Cannot Hold. CLOSING ON GERMAN BASE Counterattack Smashed. Germans Fail East of Soissons.

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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

39,364 days ago

(107 years, 309 days)