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Tuesday, December 2, 1919

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The Headlines

CHEER LADY ASTOR WHEN SHE TAKES SEAT IN COMMONS; First Woman M.P. Self-Possessed as She GoesThrough Ceremony.HER FIRST VOTE RECORDEDShe Casts It Against PremiumBonds Soon After BeingSworn In. SPONSORED BY PREMIER New Member in No Wise Abashedin Trying Moment Before the Speaker. Enters the House Smiling. CHEER LADY ASTOR AS SHE TAKES SEAT Balfour Seems Embarrassed. Votes Against Premium Bonds. Gives a Dinner to Leaders. Called the "Angel in the House."

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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

38,902 days ago

(106 years, 212 days)