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Sunday, September 8, 1918
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The Headlines
OUR MEN IN SIGHT OF LAON; Encounter Only Machine Guns in Their Advance to the Aisne. FIND THE REGION A WASTE Fleeing Germans Destroy Everything They Cannot Carrywith Them.AUTO CAVALRY IN ACTIONSmall Cars with Machine GunsAgain Effective--Foe's Plan"Destructive Defense." Machine Guns Ever Present. The Times Special Cable Dispatches from the War Zone OUR MEN IN SIGHT OF LAON Spires of Laon in Site. Ford Cavalry in Action. German Man Power Dwindles.
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Till We Meet Again
Richard A. Whiting
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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
39,353 days ago
(107 years, 298 days)