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Wednesday, April 30, 1919

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The Headlines

PREMIER WON'T LEAVE ROME So Leaders in Paris Plan to Proceed and Meet Germans.; ENVOY PAGE SENDS MESSAGE Says Orlando Sees Serious Consequences if He Leaves Italy at This Time. COULD NOT SIGN TREATY Impossible to Agree to It, He Says, Unless Italy's Aspirations Are Met.

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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

39,119 days ago

(107 years, 64 days)