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Friday, May 24, 1918
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The Headlines
REA AND WILLARD DROPPED BY M'ADOO; But Heads of Pennsylvania and B. & O. Will Remain with the Corporations. WINCHELL GETS NEW POST Appointed Regional Director in South--N.D. Maher Also Named--All Freight Charges on Cash Basis. Crowley May Get a Place. REA AND WILLARD DROPPED BY M'ADOO All Freight Charges in Cash. Rea and Willard Out
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Till We Meet Again
Richard A. Whiting
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You Share a Birthday With
- Queen Victoria (1819)
- Mikhail Sholokhov (1905)
- Jean-Paul Marat (1743)
- Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686)
- William Gilbert (physicist) (1544)
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
39,459 days ago
(108 years, 39 days)