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Wednesday, May 21, 1919

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The Headlines

WILSON MESSAGE EXCITES CRITICISM FROM REPUBLICANS; Say President Offers Few New Ideas on the Questions Pressing for Solution. HE URGES LABOR'S NEEDS Favors Democratization of Industry and Passage of Suffrage Amendment. WANTSWIRES CO-ORDINATED Suggests Revision of the Luxury Tax and Protection for theDye Industry. Salient Features of Message. WILSON MESSAGE EXCITES CRITICISM See Little New in Message. COMMENT ON THE MESSAGE. Largely Favorable or Unfavorable, According to Party Lines. Poindexter Praises Message. Senator Lodge Makes No Comment. Kitchin Finds Message Timely. DRY LEADER WANTS LIGHT. Says President Must Show Demobilization Ends July 1.

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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

39,097 days ago

(107 years, 42 days)