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Wednesday, July 16, 1919

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The Headlines

ALLIED ULTIMATUM TO MAGYAR REDS?; Reported Threat to Occupy Budapest Unless Bela Kun Government Resigns. PARIS CONSIDERING ACTION Council Hesitates to Use Force, but There Is Talk of Blockades. May Recognize Kolchak Soon. Consider Bela Kun Case.

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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

39,042 days ago

(106 years, 352 days)