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Saturday, July 27, 1918

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The Headlines

LIMITS OF LEVY ON WAR PROFITS 30 TO 80 PER CENT; Houre Committee Ratifies Its Tentative Agreement on Revenue Bill. EXEMPTS $2,000 PLUS 10% Rejects Treasury Department's Proposal to Adopt English Profit Tax Plan. DROPS OCCUPATION LEVY Eliminates Section 209 of Old Bill, Which Caused Widespread Protest. Cuts Out Occupational Tax. PUTS TAX ON PROFITS AT 30 TO 80 PER CENT. No Double Taxation.

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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

39,395 days ago

(107 years, 340 days)