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Sunday, September 21, 1919

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The Headlines

GREAT CROWDS GREET WILSON IN LOS ANGELES; Man Jumps on Running Board of His Auto and is Knocked Off by Guard. TWO TALKS BY PRESIDENT He Speaks at a Dinner and Later to a Large Audience at Shriners' Auditorium. TAKES UP VOTES IN LEAGUE Fear of Britain Outvoting Us "Nonsense," Because We Have EqualPower in Council. Many Republicans on Platform. GREAT CROWDS GREET WILSON Los Angeles Strong for League. Gage a League Adherent.

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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

38,974 days ago

(106 years, 284 days)