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Wednesday, April 23, 1919

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The Headlines

GERMANS FINANCE RED PROPAGANDA; Trade Chiefs Allot Large Amount for Bolshevist Agitation Among Allies. AIM AT SELF-PROTECTION Strikes Are Forcing Great Mining Companies to Ruin andCrippling Railways. Magnates Helped Reds' Project. GERMANS FINANCE RED PROPAGANDA Strikes Ruining Industry. Mining Companies Face Bankruptcy. Banks Shutting Off Credit.

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Best-selling Sheet Music

I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles

John Kellette

The must-have

Lincoln Logs

On This Day

  • The Estonian Constituent Assembly is held in Estonia, which marks the birth of the Estonian Parliament, the Riigikogu.

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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

39,125 days ago

(107 years, 70 days)