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Monday, October 21, 1918
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The Headlines
BRUGES GLORIFIED BY JOY; Her Ancient Belfry Looks Down in Its Beauty on Delirious Crowds. ENGLISHMEN ARE MOBBED And Amid Tears and Smiles the Story Is Told of the Beautiful Town's Martyrdom.BOYS AND MEN TAKEN AWAYBefore They Left the GermansRobbed All Unoccupied Housesof Everything Valuable. On Heels of Germans at Bruges. PHILIP GIBBS'S SPECIAL CABLE DISPATCHES FROM THE BRITISH FRONT BRUGES GLORIFIED BY JOY Greeted by Flag-Decked Crowds. Took Away the Boys and Men. Meant to Defend Ostend. Dream of U-Boat Victory Faded. Seaport a German Rest Camp. Germans Hide and Surrender. Night Horrors in Lille. Thousands More Liberated.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Till We Meet Again
Richard A. Whiting
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You Share a Birthday With
- Alfred Nobel (1833)
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772)
- Alphonse de Lamartine (1790)
- Hongwu Emperor (1328)
- Dizzy Gillespie (1917)
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
39,309 days ago
(107 years, 254 days)