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Wednesday, October 23, 1918

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The Headlines

HOLD OUT, PRINCE MAX ASKS; Tells Germans to Prepare to Resist a Peace of Violence. SAYS PEOPLE DEMAND IT Government Acting Otherwise, He Asserts, Would Fall Before Public Opinion.FEARS AN END OF PARLEY Germans Angrily Dispute About Who Brought AmericaInto the War. Germans Ask Who Forced Us In.

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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

39,307 days ago

(107 years, 252 days)