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Sunday, August 31, 1919

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The Headlines

SAY KNOX TURNED THE TIDE; Wilson Leaders Believe Demand for Rejection insures Their Victory. NELSON CRITICISES KNOX For Counseling "Ignominy of Deserting Stricken Worid" in Hour of Crisis. OWEN POKES FUN AT LODGE Asserts That He "Sees Ghosts" in Predicting Dangers Threatened by the League. Owen Says Lodge "Sees Ghosts. Assails Lodge's Democracy. Partisan Gain is Amendments.

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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

38,996 days ago

(106 years, 306 days)