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Monday, January 20, 1919

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The Headlines

RADIO TO STARS, MARCONI'S HOPE; Inventor' Says Waves of Ether Are Eternal and Can Reach Other Planets. GETS STRANGE SIGNALS NOW These, He Declares, Might Conceivably Have Proceededfrom Other Worlds.

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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

39,218 days ago

(107 years, 163 days)