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Saturday, April 12, 1919

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The Headlines

RELIEF OPPOSED BY FRENCH; Say Wilson's Plan Would Be Recognition of Bolshevist Government. AND ANTI-REDS MAY OBJECTNeutral Commission Favors Aidto Famine Region, Where200,000 Die Monthly.AMERICAN ENGINEERS LANDExpedition with Gen. Richardson Reaches Murmansk onthe Galveston and Chester.

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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

39,137 days ago

(107 years, 82 days)