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Saturday, August 9, 1919
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The Headlines
PRESIDENT OFFERS PLANS; Seven Suggestions Made for Legislation to Solve High Prices Problem. FOOD CONTROL EXTENSION Licensing of Corporations and Curb on Security Issues Proposed. URGES THE PEACE TREATY Appeals to Producers, Middlemen, and Retailers to Deal Fairly. Lines of Present Excutive Action. The Plan to Curb Stock Issues. America Alone Holds World Steady.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Jean Piaget (1896)
- Amedeo Avogadro (1776)
- Tove Jansson (1914)
- William Alfred Fowler (1911)
- P. L. Travers (1899)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
lousysnapshotmovies
Soldiers
over the topblightyno man's landcooties
Suffragette
deeds not wordsvotes for women
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
39,017 days ago
(106 years, 327 days)