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Wednesday, December 4, 1918

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The Headlines

WILSON OFF ON PEACE TRIP; Arrives at Hoboken at 8 o'clock This Morning and Sails at 10. CROWDS CHEER AT STATION Presidential Party Greeted by Demonstration on Leaving Capital at Midnight. CONVOY HERE IN READINESS Admiral Mayo Announces Warships Will Surround GeorgeWashington on Voyage. Special Train of Cars. Applauded at Station. Big Crowd on Hand. Ambassador Jusserand Greeted. New Secretary to be Named Today

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Till We Meet Again

Richard A. Whiting

The must-have

Lincoln Logs

On This Day

  • U.S. President Woodrow Wilson sails for the World War I peace talks in Versailles, becoming the first US president to travel to Europe while in office.

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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

39,265 days ago

(107 years, 210 days)