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Monday, December 22, 1919
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The Headlines
ITALIAN CABINET ESCAPES DEFEAT; Chamber by 242 to 216 Votes an Order of the Day, Expressing Confidence in it.SCIALOIA HOPES IN ALLIESThey Incline to Solution ofAdriatic Question Differingfrom Wilson's, He Says. ITALIAN CABINET WINS BY 26 VOTES
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles
John Kellette
The must-have
Lincoln Logs
You Share a Birthday With
- Giacomo Puccini (1858)
- Jean Racine (1639)
- Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887)
- Diocletian (244)
- Filippo Tommaso Marinetti (1876)
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
38,882 days ago
(106 years, 192 days)