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Saturday, February 16, 1918

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The Headlines

STRIKERS' LEADER DEFIANT TO HURLEY, WHO APPEALS AGAIN; Hutcheson Says Ship Carpenters Stand On Old ProposalCalling for Closed Shop.INSISTS MEN ARE LOYALNew Talk of Labor Conscriptionat Washington, but Gompers Warns Against it. MORE MAY STRIKE HERE Hutcheson Says He Opposes Action,but Cannot Control theLocal Unions. Many Against Conscription. New York Case Up March 1. STRIKERS' LEADER DEFIANT TO HURLEY Hurley Gives No Ground. Mr. Gomper's Statement.

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Till We Meet Again

Richard A. Whiting

The must-have

Lincoln Logs

On This Day

  • The Council of Lithuania unanimously adopts the Act of Independence, declaring Lithuania an independent state.

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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

39,557 days ago

(108 years, 137 days)