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Monday, December 16, 1918

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The Headlines

WILSON TWICE AT CHURCH; Goes Without Announcement to Presbyterianand Episcopal Services.NUNS GREET HIM AT PICPUSImprovised Welcome an Incident of Visit to Cemetery Where Lafayette Is Buried.HOUSE AND HOOVER CALLFood Administrator Brings Latest Information on Conditions in Germany. WILSON TWICE AT CHURCH Invitation from the Pope Expected. Thousands Sign Visitors' Book.

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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

39,253 days ago

(107 years, 198 days)