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Wednesday, October 2, 1918

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The Headlines

EXPLOSIONS IN ST. QUENTIN; French and British Extended Lines East ofthe City.NEW VICTORY ON AISNEBerthelot's Advance Drives theGermans from the PlateauNorthwest of Rheims.BAG OF CAPTIVES NOW 13,000More Than 300 Guns Taken inChampagne Offensive SinceSeptember 26. Menace to Foe Northwest of Rheims. The Official Report. Fires Precede Entry Into St. Quentin. Allies Nearly Encircle the City. AMERICANS MOPPED UP ST. QUENTIN TUNNEL With Australians They Wiped Out Machine Gunners in Underground Canal. GERMANS IN ARGONNE PREPARE TO RETREAT Fires Indicate Burning of Supplies and Transport VehiclesMove to the North. FLOODS HAMPER GERMANS. Communications South of St. Quentin Under Fire, River Behind Them.By G.H. PERRIS.

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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

39,328 days ago

(107 years, 273 days)