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Wednesday, December 31, 1919

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The Headlines

ESTIMATE BOARD WILL OPEN BOOKS OF TRACTION LINES; Investigators to Depend on Documentary Evidence RatherThan Oral Testimony.AIM TO VALUE SECURITIESWill Seek to Discover Disposition Made of Moneys Invested by the Public.CITY OWNERSHIP WANTEDDelaney Offers a Plan--ResolutionAdopted Unanimously--Hylanthe Only Speaker. Details Not Revealed. WILL OPEN BOOKS OF TRACTION LINES Criticises Reports. Traction Security Losses. Resolution of Inquiry. Calls for New Contracts. Interborough Asks Higher Fare. No Cost to City Treasury. Situation Improved.

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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

38,873 days ago

(106 years, 183 days)