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Monday, July 7, 1919

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The Headlines

R-34 CROSSES OCEAN, LANDS SAFELY HERE; FUEL ALL BUT EXHAUSTED IN 108-HOUR TRIP; BATTLED WITH FOG AND STORMS FOUR DAYS; Officers of the R-34, with the Giant Dirigible in the Background. R-34 WILL START BACK TOMORROW 800 Men on Duty. Greetings to The Times. FEW AT MONTAUK SAW R-34. Big Dirigible Passed Over Town While Most Folk Were Abed.

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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

39,050 days ago

(106 years, 360 days)