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Sunday, October 20, 1918

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The Headlines

GERMANY'S ANSWER COMING; Likely to Avoid Yielding to Full Demands of Wilson, AND TO DENY CRUELTIES U-Boat Operations Defended as Reprisal for the Entente's Economic Pressure. MORE DISCUSSION INTENDED Germany Rejects Terms That Will "Destroy Her Future," Says Cologne Gazette. Predicts Opening New Discussion. Naval Chiefs Consulted.

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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

39,310 days ago

(107 years, 255 days)