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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

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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

39,459 days ago

(108 years, 39 days)