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Sunday, June 8, 1919

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The Headlines

Front Page 1 -- No Title; Bitterness Is Growing Fast Between Germans and Polesin Northern District.PEOPLE TELL OF ATROCITIESNo Prospect of PreventingStruggle Is Found UnlessAllies Send Troops. Variation in Racial Lines. SEES POSEN FACING VENDETTA OF RACES German Oppression of Poles. Charge that Poles Violate Line.

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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

39,079 days ago

(107 years, 24 days)