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Friday, May 3, 1918

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The Headlines

GERMANS TAKE SEBASTOPOL; Great Russian Fortress in the Crimea Occupied Without Resistance. RULE SUPREME IN UKRAINE Arrest of Rada at Kiev Shows Republic Is in Revolt Against Its "Guests." MILITARY RULE IN CAPITAL Government, Berlin Explains, " Had Proved Too Weak to Maintain Law and Order." Foe Officially Rules in Ukraine. GERMANS OCCUPY SEBASTOPOL FORT ENVOY ROBBED IN RUSSIA. Streets of Petrograd Still Unsafe, Even in Broad Daylight.

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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

39,480 days ago

(108 years, 60 days)