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Monday, July 21, 1919

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The Headlines

AUSTRIA GETS FULL TREATY; It Cuts Her Army to Volunteer Force of 30,000. TO REPAIR INVADED AREAS Supplies of Live Stock Required for Italy and Serbia--Ton for Ton of Shipping INDEMNITIES RUN 30 YEARS First Installments of "A Reasonable Sum " to be Collected This Year. No Ceremony Over Delivery. Three Months for Reducing Army. AUSTRIA GETS FULL TREATY Commission to Fix Damages. Details of Financial Terms. Ton-for-Ton Shipping Replacement. Austria to Restore Art Loot.

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The must-have

Lincoln Logs

On This Day

  • The dirigible Wingfoot Air Express crashes into the Illinois Trust and Savings Building in Chicago, killing 12 people.

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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

39,036 days ago

(106 years, 346 days)