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Monday, May 19, 1919

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The Headlines

MORGENTHAU SEES A NEW WORLD WAR; Tells Soldiers at Coblenz That America Will Have to Fight Again in 20 Years. SEEDS SOWN IN CONFERENCE He Deplores Resentment Over its Decisions, but Expresses Faith in League's Influence. MORGENTHAU SEES A NEW WORLD WAR

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Best-selling Sheet Music

I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles

John Kellette

The must-have

Lincoln Logs

On This Day

  • Mustafa Kemal Atatürk lands at Samsun on the Anatolian Black Sea coast, initiating what is later termed the Turkish War of Independence.

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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

39,099 days ago

(107 years, 44 days)