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Friday, October 17, 1919

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The Headlines

FLEET SHELLS RUSSIAN PORT; Warships Said to Have Entered Harbor After Bombardment. REDS LEAVING PETROGRAD Troops Mutinous and Advancing Army of Yudenitch Only 16 Miles from City. RED RETREAT IN SIBERIA Kolchak Reports Retirement on His Whole Front--Bolsheviki Claim Recapture of Kiev. Army Closing in on Petrograd. FLEET SHELLS RUSSIAN PORT General Retreat Before Kolchak. Denikin Continues to Gain.

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Best-selling Sheet Music

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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

38,948 days ago

(106 years, 258 days)