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Sunday, February 23, 1919
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The Headlines
REED CONDEMNS PEACE LEAGUE AS 'INFAMOUS'; Abrogates Monroe Doctrine and Surrenders Our Sovereignty, Missouri Senator Declares. FEARS FOREIGN DOMINATION Says Old World Despotisms Could Outvote and Control United States. OVATION FOLLOWS SPEECH Senators and Galleries Join for Five Minutes In Unchecked Handclapping. Fears English Domination. Wasting Time, Says Pittman. REED CONDEMNS PEACE LEAGUE Reed's Objection to League. Danger of a Rival League. Four Votes to Our One. American Questions Involved. Pressure on Neutrals. Causes of the World War. SENATORS DENOUNCE TAFT. Ashurst Joins Sherman in Attack Based on Condemnatory Letter. ANTI-LEAGUE RALLY HERE. Borah, Reed, and Thomas to Speak at a Mass Meeting.
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- George Frideric Handel (1685)
- Karl Jaspers (1883)
- Kazimir Malevich (1878)
- Pope Paul II (1417)
- Erich Kästner (1899)
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General
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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
39,184 days ago
(107 years, 129 days)