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Monday, January 28, 1918

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The Headlines

GIVE BAKER CHANCE TO STATE HIS CASE BEFORE BIG CROWD; Today's Hearing Shifted to a Room in Senate Building Seating 500 Persons. CHAMBERLAIN GIVES ORDER Chairman Deluged with Requests to Allow All to Hear Secretary's Statement. BUREAU CHIEFS ARE NAMED Ayers, Maltbie, McKay, and Willoughby in Supply Department

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Till We Meet Again

Richard A. Whiting

The must-have

Lincoln Logs

On This Day

  • Finnish Civil War: The Red Guard rebels seize control of the capital, Helsinki; members of the Senate of Finland go underground.

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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

39,576 days ago

(108 years, 156 days)