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Wednesday, February 27, 1918

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The Headlines

WASHINGTON DISTRUSTFUL; High Official Says Hertling Has Not ChangedSituationDOUBT ATTITUDE TO RUSSIASuggestion That Gains ThereMay Yet Alter German Standon Alsace-Lorraine.LIBERALISM LOSING GROUNDWilson's Stipulation as to People's Peace GuaranteeMeets No Response. Russia Affects Peace Outlook. Wilson Principles at Stake. CAPITAL DISTRUSTS HERTLING PROGRAM Belgian Reference Doesn't Satisfy Good Faith on Russia Doubted. No Progress Toward Liberalism. Colonel House Still in Washington. Congressmen See Camouflage.

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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

39,545 days ago

(108 years, 125 days)