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Thursday, September 26, 1918

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The Headlines

ALLENBY CLOSING TRAP ON JORDAN; British and Arabs Are Herding Turks East of the River for Final Roundup. FOE HIDES HIS DISASTER Ottoman People Told Retreat Is Being Conducted Successfully According to Plans. Germans at Haifa Welcome British. ALLENBY CLOSING TRAP ON JORDAN

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Till We Meet Again

Richard A. Whiting

The must-have

Lincoln Logs

On This Day

  • World War I: The Meuse-Argonne Offensive began which would last until the total surrender of German forces.

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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

39,334 days ago

(107 years, 279 days)