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Monday, April 26, 1920

From the day

Perspective: The Anxious Local · Sound

The newsboys are shouting about Nitti and the Bolsheviks again, but the rising clatter of streetcars and the price of a loaf hitting eleven cents is what truly keeps my nerves frayed. I caught a glimpse of a real sheba flouncing past in beaded silk, her heels clicking a rhythmic backdrop to that new "Whispering" tune drifting from a neighbor’s open window. I tightly gripped the parcel containing a brand new Raggedy Andy, worrying if the stuffing was worth the exorbitant cost while everyone warns us to just "smile" and forget the Great War. It’s all a load of baloney when my wallet feels lighter by the hour and the air is thick with the hum of these new commercial radio signals.

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The Headlines

LEARN TO SMILE, SAYS NITTI; The World Has Forgotten How and Still Thinks in War Terms. HE WOULD OPEN UP RUSSIA Revealing Failure of Bolshevism --Diplomatic Relations Would Follow Trade. FOR RESTORING GERMANY Would Force Her to Disarm and Have Other Nations Follow-- 'Forget the War,' His Advice.

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Whispering

John Schonberger

The must-have

Raggedy Andy

On This Day

  • Ice hockey makes its Olympic debut at the Antwerp Games with center Frank Fredrickson scoring seven goals in Canada's 12–1 drubbing of Sweden in the gold medal match.

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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

38,756 days ago

(106 years, 66 days)