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Wednesday, November 20, 1918

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The Headlines

UTILITIES CONTROL CENTRE OF ATTACK BY REPUBLICANS; Senators in Caucus Warn Administration of United Front on Reconstruction.CONGRESS TO BE ASSERTIVEOwnership of Railroads, Telegraphs, and Cables ChiefPoint of Contention.FACTIONS DISPLAY HARMONYUnexpected Accord Reigns in Caucus, but Fight on Penrose Is Likely to be Renewed. Adopts Six-Committee Plan. Talk of Peace Censorship. UTILITIES CONTROL CENTRE OF ATTACK Penrose to Fight. HURRY CALL FOR HAYS. Chairman Goes to Washington to Quell Republican Row.

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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

39,280 days ago

(107 years, 225 days)