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Saturday, August 16, 1919

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The Headlines

ENVOYS MINIMIZE KOLCHAK RETREAT; Put It at 450 Miles Instead of 800, as Reported to State Department. SET TOBOL RIVER AS LIMIT But Admiral's Recognition Is Said in Washington to Have Been Put Off Indefinitely. ENVOYS MINIMIZE KOLCHAK RETREAT

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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

39,011 days ago

(106 years, 321 days)