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Sunday, August 17, 1919

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The Headlines

B.R.T. LINES HERE TO RUN; Otherwise Buses and Taxis Must Carry New Yorkers Today. NO DISORDER AT TERMINALS Men Bring in Their Trains and Leave Work Confident of Gaining Their Demands. 14,000 WERE ORDERED OUT Bitter Wrangle Ended Final Meeting with the Mayor, Who Vainly Sought Postponement. Men Depart Quietly. Won't Try to Run Trains. Conciliation Facts. B.R.T. Prospects.

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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

39,010 days ago

(106 years, 320 days)