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Tuesday, October 22, 1918

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The Headlines

SWEEP NORTHERN BELGIUM; Allied-Armies Force Germans Back Upon Ghent and the Scheldt.CLOSING ON VALENCIENNESBritish Only Two Miles Away, While Anglo-Americans Smash Ahead Further South.FOE RESISTS DESPERATELYSacrifices His Reserves Recklessly to Prevent a General Collapse of Northern Lines. WITH THE ALLIED ARMIES IN BELGIUM AND FRANCE, Oct. 21, (Associated Press.)--In heavy fighting, which proceeded throughout the night and continued today in a heavy rain, the Germans everywhere were... Germans Sacrificing Many Men. SWEEP NORTHERN BELGIUM German Guns Turned on Old Owners. Americans Cross the Oise Canal. Enemy Resistance Stiffens. Haig's Report of Progress. Belated British Report for Sunday. Forcing Germans to Dutch Frontier.

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The must-have

Lincoln Logs

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

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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)