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Sunday, May 12, 1918
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The Headlines
LORD READING WARNS AGAINST FALSE OPTIMISM; Undue Elation Over Victory or Depression from Defeat Decried by Ambassador.TRIBUTE TO BRITISH RULELike American Democracy, It IsFounded on Justice, He TellsNational Press Club. TAFT FOR A GREATER ARMY Should Be 5,000,000 Men, With Authority for as Many Moreas May Be Needed. Mistakes and Their Value. READING'S WARNING ON FALSE OPTIMISM
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Till We Meet Again
Richard A. Whiting
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Lincoln Logs
You Share a Birthday With
- Florence Nightingale (1820)
- Katharine Hepburn (1907)
- Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895)
- Dorothy Hodgkin (1910)
- Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
lousysnapshotmovies
Soldiers
over the topblightyno man's landcooties
Suffragette
deeds not wordsvotes for women
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
39,471 days ago
(108 years, 51 days)