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Friday, April 11, 1919

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The Headlines

RAILROAD WAGES RAISED $65,000,000 MORE BY HINES; Director Expected to Announce New Increase for Train Crews Today. PAYROLL OF $3,000,000,000 Additional Grant Means Absorption of All Increased RevenueObtained from Higher Rates.400,000 MEN AFFECTEDExpenses Will Exceed Rate Increasesby $550,000,000--80 Per Cent.Pay Increase Since War. RAILROAD WAGES RAISED $65,000,000

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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

39,138 days ago

(107 years, 83 days)