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Monday, November 17, 1919

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The Headlines

SURROUND I.W.W. FUGITIVES IN CABIN; Second Battle Expected Today With Men Accused of Centralia Killings.ANOTHER POSSE SENT OUTSpecial Details Ordered to Recover Body of Forester Killedin First Encounter. TAKE I.W.W. AT THEIR WORD. Omaha Police Arrest Seventeen in Hall Whence Came Defiance. I.W.W. Roundup Near Walla Walla

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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

38,918 days ago

(106 years, 228 days)