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Saturday, September 14, 1918

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The Headlines

14,000,000 MEN REGISTER FOR DUTY IN WHOLE NATION; Crowder Promises Pershing Uninterrupted Flow of Troopsto the Front.RETURNS EXCEED ESTIMATESProvost Marshal General Believes Army of 5,000,000 byNext June Is Assured. QUESTIONNAIRES NEXT WEEK Committee of Council of NationalDefense Calls on Women to Take Men's Places. Local Boards Work Rapidly. New York Board Fourth to Report. Questions Left to Local Boards. 14,000,000 MEN REGISTER FOR DUTY Status of Shipyard Employes.

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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

39,346 days ago

(107 years, 291 days)