Saturday, June 21, 1919

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The Headlines

Brockdorff Says Note and New Treaty Differ; Asks Confirmation of 12 Concessions Cited; Coblenz Hears Bernstorff May Be New Peace Envoy

Best-selling Sheet Music

I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles

John Kellette

The must-have

Lincoln Logs

On This Day

• The Royal Canadian Mounted Police fire a volley into a crowd of unemployed war veterans, killing two, during the Winnipeg general strike.

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• Admiral Ludwig von Reuter scuttles the German fleet at Scapa Flow, Orkney. The nine sailors killed are the last casualties of World War I.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Jean-Paul Sartre (1905)
• Pope Leo IX (1002)
• Machado de Assis (1839)
• Siméon Denis Poisson (1781)
• Daniel D. Tompkins (1774)

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Tech Check

Pop-Up Toaster, Shortwave Radio & Arc Welding.

Cost of Living (1910)