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Saturday, June 28, 1919

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The Headlines

MOVES TO CLOSE THE RAND SCHOOL; Attorney General Takes Steps Toward Revoking Radical Institution's Charter. PLANNED NEGRO UPRISING Evidence Before Lusk Committee Shows Reds Prepared to Meet Militia. MOVES TO CLOSE THE RAND SCHOOL LEFT WING WEEKLY DROPPED. The Communist, Recently Raided, Not Published This Week.

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Best-selling Sheet Music

I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles

John Kellette

The must-have

Lincoln Logs

On This Day

  • The Treaty of Versailles is signed, ending the state of war between Germany and the Allies of World War I.

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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

39,059 days ago

(107 years, 4 days)