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Saturday, June 8, 1918

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The Headlines

RETURN RINTELEN, BERLIN DEMANDS; Germany Offers, with Reprisal Threat, to Trade American for the Arch Plotter. LANSING FLATLY REFUSES Reminds Kaiser's Government of Germans Held Here Who Can Be Punished. American Held as Spy. RETURN RINTELEN, BERLIN DEMANDS Proposal for Exchange. Lansing's Sharp Reply. 5,000 Germans Interned Here. RINTELEN A MAN OF MYSTERY. Imprisoned Plotter Is Reputed Relative of the Kaiser.

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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

39,444 days ago

(108 years, 24 days)