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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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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

39,184 days ago

(107 years, 129 days)