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Saturday, November 16, 1918

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The Headlines

RAILROAD CONTROL FACES PEACE TEST; Merits of Unified Management Will Be Determined in the Next 21 Months. IMPROVEMENT TO CONTINUE Uniformity in Tickets and Demurrage System Cited as Benefits to the Public. Merits of Unified Control. Central Ticket Office. RAILROAD CONTROL FACES PEACE TEST To Minimize State Control.

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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

39,283 days ago

(107 years, 228 days)