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Wednesday, February 4, 1920

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The Headlines

BRITISH FINANCIERS CONFER IN LONDON AS EXCHANGE MAKES LOWEST RECORD; PRODUCTION URGED ON LABOR LEADERS; SEE WORK AS SOLE REMEDY London Conferees Find No Panacea for the Economic Crisis. RECOVERY WILL BE SLOW Must Be Achieved by Increased Production and Private and Public Retrenchment. SEEK LABOR'S CO-OPERATION Belief America Clamors for Goods and Exports Would Offset Adverse Trade Balance. SAYS AMERICA MUST HELP. Allies Incapable of Saving Europe's Needy Populations. BLAME PUT ON WILSON. Money Trust Also Assailed in London Paper for Europe's Chaos.

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Whispering

John Schonberger

The must-have

Raggedy Andy

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

applesaucebaloneycheaterscrush

Flapper

bee's kneescat's pajamasgiggle watershebahotsy-totsy

Gangster

big cheesebump offstool pigeongatfall guy

Catchphrases of 1920

  • Return to normalcy

Tech Check

Commercial Radio Stations (KDKA), Hair Dryer & Band-Aid.

Style of 1920

Silhouette: Straight and drop-waisted (Flapper)

Material: Beaded silk and rayon

  • Bobbed hair
  • Cloche hats
  • T-strap heels

Cost of Living (1920)

Loaf of Bread

$0.11

Gallon of Gas

$0.30

Average Home

$6,296

New Car

$575

Meanwhile

  • Post-WWI RecessionSevere deflation and collapse of agricultural prices.

Time Elapsed

38,838 days ago

(106 years, 148 days)