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Sunday, June 22, 1919

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The Headlines

INTERNED FLEET SCUTTLED; All Big Warships but One and Many Smaller Craft Go Down. SOME BEACHED BY BRITISH A Few Germans, Trying to Escape in Boats, Are Killed or Wounded by Shots. REST OF CREWS ARRESTED Admiralty Statement DeclaresArmistice Terms ForbadePosting Ally Guards. INTERNED FLEET SCUTTLED Says Allies Are Well Rid of Ships. British Demand "Due Penalty." Our Ships Present at the Surrender

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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

39,065 days ago

(107 years, 10 days)