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Monday, January 13, 1919

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The Headlines

FURIOUS BATTLE IN BERLIN; Troops Blow Down Front of Vorwaerts Building With Mine Throwers. COURTYARD TAKEN BY STORM Liebknecht and Radeck Said to be Among 500 Spartacides Who Surrendered. OTHER BUILDINGS ATTACKED Opposing Forces Fight from Roofs and Windows with Machine Guns and Grenades. White Flag Poked from Ruins. FURIOUS BATTIE IN BERLIN

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Best-selling Sheet Music

I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles

John Kellette

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 1919

  • The Red Scare

Tech Check

Pop-Up Toaster, Shortwave Radio & Arc Welding.

Cost of Living (1910)

Loaf of Bread

$0.06

Gallon of Gas

$0.15

Average Home

$3,600

New Car

$950

Time Elapsed

39,225 days ago

(107 years, 170 days)