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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
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
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John Kellette
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You Share a Birthday With
- Zachary Taylor (1816)
- Menachem Begin (1913)
- Gabriel Lippmann (1845)
- T. E. Lawrence (1888)
- Wilhelm Wundt (1832)
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
39,011 days ago
(106 years, 321 days)