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Tuesday, November 11, 1919

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The Headlines

CALLS CITY HEADS IN TRACTION 'CRIME'; Grand Jury Questions Whalen, Enright, and Others, in Its Plot Investigation. ALL HYLAN LETTERS SOUGHT Not an Inquiry Into Police Matters, Enright Says--Mayor'sCorrespondence Guarded. People vs. Hedley. CALLS CITY HEADS IN TRACTION 'CRIME' Whalen Waives Immunity. Hints of Politics.

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Best-selling Sheet Music

I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles

John Kellette

The must-have

Lincoln Logs

On This Day

  • The Industrial Workers of the World attack an Armistice Day parade in Centralia, Washington, ultimately resulting in the deaths of five people.

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  • Latvian forces defeat the West Russian Volunteer Army at Riga in the Latvian War of Independence.

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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

38,923 days ago

(106 years, 233 days)