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Friday, August 18, 1916

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The Headlines

WILSON GOES OVER MANAGERS' HEADS; CALLS PRESIDENTS; Railroad Strike Settlement Plan Refused, He Goes to Men in Authority. WILL MEET THEM TODAY President, if Again Rebuffed, May Appeal to Financial Interests Back of Roads. MEN EXPECTED TO ACCEPT Brotherhood Leaders Seek Advantage of Yielding to the President First. WILSON SUMMONS RAILWAY HEADS

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Poor Butterfly

Raymond Hubbell

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 1916

  • He kept us out of war

Tech Check

Toggle Light Switch, Electric Clock & Submachine Guns.

Cost of Living (1910)

Loaf of Bread

$0.06

Gallon of Gas

$0.15

Average Home

$3,600

New Car

$950

Time Elapsed

40,104 days ago

(109 years, 319 days)