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Friday, March 7, 1919

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The Headlines

BIG FLEET GREETS TROOPS IN HARBOR; 18 Ships with Wildly Cheering Relatives and Friends Meet Homecoming 27th. SONGS RE-ECHO OVER BAY Multitude in Battery Park Shouts Welcome to Leviathan as it Passes. BIG FLEET GREETS TROOPS IN HARBOR General's Family Arrives. Seaplanes Perform. Hungry to See Their Own. BATTERY PARK THRONGED. Windows Overlooking Bay Filled with Cheering Welcomers.

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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

39,172 days ago

(107 years, 117 days)