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Monday, October 14, 1918

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The Headlines

LAST LOAN WEEK STARTS WITH HOPE IN A HARD DRIVE; Corporations and the Rich and Poor Urged to Use Credit to Buy Bonds. McADOO CALLS ON RAILWAYS Suggests That Income from Investments Due in the Coming Year be Anticipated.NEW DEMAND ON WEALTHSecretary Asks for Larger Subscriptions from Those Able to Take $10,000 or More. LAST LOAN WEEK STARTS WITH HOPE Advantage to Corporations. Schwab to Auction Bonds.

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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

39,316 days ago

(107 years, 261 days)