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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.

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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

39,309 days ago

(107 years, 254 days)