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Tuesday, January 1, 1918

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The Headlines

AMERICA'S PART TO BRING VICTORY AND A REAL PEACE; England's Leaders Tell The Times Where Our Efforts Will Avail Most in 1918. SHIPS ARE PUT FOREMOST Business Men Like Stanley, Maclay, and Northcliffe Emphasize Their Vital Necessity. BEATTY SURE OF TRIUMPH Sydenham, Lansdowne, and Haldane Predict a Settlement on Righteous Basis. Bernard Shaw, Prof. Murray, and Lord Burnham Expect America Will Be Potent for a Sane and Lasting Peace Lord Parmoor's Wish.

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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

39,602 days ago

(108 years, 182 days)