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Saturday, July 26, 1919

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The Headlines

AIR MAIL STRIKE TIES UP SERVICE; PILOTS TO RETURN; Fliers Promise to Resume Trips Pending Conference at Washington. PRAEGER DEFENDS PLANES Post Office Department Denies That the Type of Craft Used Is Unsafe. ASKS FOR AN INQUIRY Resolution Introduced in House of Representatives for Report on Situation. Name Dismissed Flier. AIR MAIL STRIKE TIES UP SERVICE Fatalities Stir Men. Club Backs the Pilots.

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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

39,031 days ago

(106 years, 341 days)