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Wednesday, October 9, 1918

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The Headlines

TURKEY ALSO SEEKS A WAY OF ESCAPE; Cabinet Quits and Smyrna Province Sends Peace Delegates to Athens. ONE IS AN ENGLISHMAN Indications of a Break Up of the Ottoman Empire Increase as Border Lines Crumble. TURKEY ALSO SEEKS A WAY OF ESCAPE

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Till We Meet Again

Richard A. Whiting

The must-have

Lincoln Logs

On This Day

  • The Finnish Parliament elects Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse as King of Finland, but he never accedes to the throne due to Germany's defeat in World War I.

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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

39,321 days ago

(107 years, 266 days)