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Sunday, June 16, 1918

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The Headlines

JEREMIAH O'LEARY IS UNDER ARREST ON PACIFIC COAST; Caught in the Little Town of Sara, in the State of Washington. HE WAS RAISING CHICKENS Attracted No Attention, but His Hired Man Suspected Him and Told Sheriff. BRINGING HIM TO NEW YORK If convicted on His Now Trial Here He Faces the Penalty of Death by Hanging. Thought He Reached Mexico. JEREMIAH O'LEARY IS UNDER ARREST Conferred With His Brother.

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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

39,436 days ago

(108 years, 16 days)