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Saturday, February 1, 1919

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The Headlines

WILSON SWINGS HOUSE COMMITTEE FOR BIG NAVY BILL; Unanimous Report Follows Receipt of a Vigorous Messagefrom the President.POWER TO SUSPEND PLANPresident May Defer It if Instrumentality for Peace IsSet Up.NO BUILDING FOR ONE YEARMeasure Is Submitted by Padgett,and Its Early Passage IsPredicted. Text of the Amendment. WILSON SWINGS HOUSE COMMITTEE Enlisted Strength to be 225,000.

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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

39,207 days ago

(107 years, 152 days)