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Wednesday, December 3, 1919

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The Headlines

SENATE PREPARES ACTION ON MEXICO; CARRANZA CONFERS; Summons Governors of States to Meet Him After Secret Cabinet Session. SENATE TO SUPPORT LANSING Evidence of Recent German and Radical Activity in Mexico to be Brought Out. NO ACTION ON LAST NOTE Mexico City Reports It Was Delayed and Had Not Bean Received Up to Monday Night. SENATE PREPARES ACTION ON MEXICO

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Best-selling Sheet Music

I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles

John Kellette

The must-have

Lincoln Logs

On This Day

  • After nearly 20 years of planning and construction, including two collapses causing 89 deaths, the Quebec Bridge opens to traffic.

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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

38,902 days ago

(106 years, 212 days)