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Saturday, September 7, 1918

From the day

Perspective: The Future Historian · Sight

The morning sun glints off the brass buttons of doughboys boarding trains, their wool silhouettes sharp against the soot-stained station glass. Headlines scream of Director McAdoo clashing with Morgan over railroad interest rates, a financial tug-of-war echoing the larger chaos of the front. I hand over my last **$0.06** for a crusty loaf, wondering if the supply lines will hold or if we are all drifting into an economic **no man's land**. Nearby, a newsie’s frantic shouting competes with the mournful whistle of a locomotive, both signaling a world being rebuilt in real-time.

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The Headlines

M'ADOO REJECTS MORGAN DEMANDS; Explains Failure of Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad to Meet Its Notes. WANTED INTEREST AT 9 Excessive and Unwarranted, Says Director General--J.P. Morgan Declines to Comment. Terms Called Excessive. M'ADOO REJECTS MORGAN DEMANDS Correspondence With Morgan. The offer and Rejection

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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

39,353 days ago

(107 years, 298 days)