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Sunday, May 4, 1919

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The Headlines

PETROGRAD REPORTED WON; Bolsheviki Beaten on Petrograd Front and Eastern Line. FLEE FROM SIBERIAN ARMY Repulsed by the Allies in the Dvina and Vaga Regions. REDS SUSTAIN HEAVY LOSS Allies Liberate Villages and Feed People in Murmansk Districts. ALLIES DRIVE REDS IN NORTH. Bolsheviki Beaten at Yam Pedrovsky and Taygenitsky.By ARTHUR E. COPPING. PETROGRAD REPORTED WON

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On This Day

  • May Fourth Movement: Student demonstrations take place in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, protesting the Treaty of Versailles, which transferred Chinese territory to Japan.

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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

39,114 days ago

(107 years, 59 days)