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Sunday, September 22, 1918

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The Headlines

NET U-BOAT HAVOC 3,362,088 TONS; Total Losses Since World War Started 21,404,913 Tons, Construction 14,247,825. TONNAGE SEIZED 3,795,000 This Country, with Its New Shipyards, Now Leads the World in Construction. 203 Yards, With 1,020 Ways. Expansion of Merchant Marine. NET U-BOAT HAVOC 3,362,088 TONS Deliveries in Last Year. Largest Yards in the World.

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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

39,339 days ago

(107 years, 284 days)