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Monday, June 2, 1919

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The Headlines

SEEK BRITISH 'ACE,' MISSING IN FLIGHT; Air Congress Orders Search of Berkshire Wilds for Captain Mansell R. James, R.A.F. WAS LAST SEEN THURSDAY Left Lee, Mass., Without Compass, for Atlantic City, AfterWinning Prizes. SEEK BRITISH 'ACE,' MISSING IN FLIGHT

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Best-selling Sheet Music

I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles

John Kellette

The must-have

Lincoln Logs

On This Day

  • Anarchists simultaneously set off bombs in eight separate U.S. cities.

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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

39,086 days ago

(107 years, 31 days)