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Thursday, January 23, 1919

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The Headlines

FIXED RAILROAD POLICY IS ASKED BY KRUTTSCHNITT; Urges Senators to Establish "One That Does Not Change Every Four Years." TELLS EXECUTIVES' IDEAS Their Suggestion Calls for a Cabinet Post and Avoiding Conflicts on Rates. DENIES LINES BROKE DOWN Southern Pacific Official Questions Superior Efficiency Claimed for Federal Control. Objections to Standardization. Denies Service Failed. FIXED RAILROAD POLICY IS ASKED Outlines a National Policy. Offered as a Suggestion.

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Best-selling Sheet Music

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John Kellette

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On This Day

  • The First Regional Congress of Peasants, Workers and Insurgents is held by the Makhnovshchina at Velykomykhailivka.

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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 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

39,215 days ago

(107 years, 160 days)