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Saturday, April 5, 1919

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The Headlines

STORM OF PROTEST MAY SAVE PARADE; Secretary Baker Expected to Withdraw Opposition to March of 77th Division. APPEALS SENT TO CAPITAL Senators Wadsworth and Calder Intervene, Asking Permission for Proposed Reception. Committee is Confident. STORM OF PROTEST MAY SAVE PARADE Appeals to Auxiliaries. Goes Ahead with Plans. BAKER FAVORS PARADE. Hopes to be Able to Facilitate Return of Troops. FOUGHT WITH BRITISH. Mauretania Bringing Many Who Enlisted Before U.S. Entered War. 42D IS ALL PACKED UP. Division Awaits Final Orders to Move Toward Home.

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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

39,143 days ago

(107 years, 88 days)