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Monday, February 3, 1919
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The Headlines
RESTRICTION ON BRITISH TRADE NOT PERMANENT; Control of Food and Raw Ma terial Imports Necessaryin Reconstruction. AIMED AT NO ONE NATIONOfficials Point Out That Competition Has Come from Othersas Well as America. SHOE MANUFACTURE CITED Officials Explain Why British FirmsNeed Protection atThis Time. Deny Preparing for Protection. Not Aimed at One Country.
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Lincoln Logs
You Share a Birthday With
- Felix Mendelssohn (1809)
- Alvar Aalto (1898)
- Simone Weil (1909)
- Gertrude Stein (1874)
- Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (1830)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
lousysnapshotmovies
Soldiers
over the topblightyno man's landcooties
Suffragette
deeds not wordsvotes for women
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
39,205 days ago
(107 years, 150 days)