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Monday, June 23, 1919

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The Headlines

ASSEMBLY FAVORS PEACE; Reservations Made on Responsibilities and Trial of ex-Kaiser. BAUER COMPLAINS OF FORCE Declines Responsibility if Germany Proves Unable to Meet Allied Demands.ASSEMBLY UPHOLDS CABINETGives It a Vote of Confidence --First Bauer Cabinet Existed Only an Hour. Calls Burdens "Unbearable." Disclaims Partisan Spirit. FIRST BAUER CABINET LASTED ONLY AN HOUR Bernstorff Helped to Upset It by Refusing to Take the Foreign Portfolio. ARTICLES OBJECTED TO. Four Related to Guilty Officials, One to War Responsibility. STEPS WHICH LED UP TO GERMAN DECISION Events Crowded Thick and Fast from Time the Armistice Was Signed.

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On This Day

  • Estonian War of Independence: The decisive defeat of the Baltische Landeswehr in the Battle of Cēsis; this date is celebrated as Victory Day in Estonia.

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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

39,064 days ago

(107 years, 9 days)