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Saturday, November 9, 1918

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The Headlines

BAVARIA DEPOSES MONARCH; Diet Decrees the Action, Says Munich Report Reaching Basle. REPUBLIC SAID TO BE SET UP Great Meeting That Preceded Proclamation Demanded That the Kaiser Abdicate. SOLDIERS IN THE THRONG All Arms Represented in MileLong Procession That Wentto the Royal Palace. Dynasty Has Ruled 800 Years. BAVARIA DEPOSES MONARCH

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Till We Meet Again

Richard A. Whiting

The must-have

Lincoln Logs

On This Day

  • Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany abdicates after the German Revolution, and Germany is proclaimed a Republic.

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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

39,290 days ago

(107 years, 235 days)