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Tuesday, October 21, 1919
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The Headlines
AMERICA KEPT OUT OF TREATY BOARDS; Participation Awaits Ratification Decision--Baker Announces Same Course on Silesia. SENATE MAKING PROGRESS Reading of Text Finished, and Early Vote on Johnson Amendment Is Expected. JOHNSON AMENDMENT UP. Treaty Reading Finished in Senate --Irish Plan Assailed. AMERICA KEPT OUT OF TREATY BOARDS
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- Alfred Nobel (1833)
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772)
- Alphonse de Lamartine (1790)
- Hongwu Emperor (1328)
- Dizzy Gillespie (1917)
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
38,944 days ago
(106 years, 254 days)