Saturday, August 14, 1920

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The Headlines

BELA KUN REACHES RUSSIA.; Communist Ex-Dictator of Hungary Now in Petrograd.

Best-selling Sheet Music

Whispering

John Schonberger

The must-have

Raggedy Andy

On This Day

• The 1920 Summer Olympics, having started four months earlier, officially open in Antwerp, Belgium, with the newly adopted Olympic flag and the Olympic oath being raised and taken at the Opening Ceremony for the first time in Olympic history.

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You Share a Birthday With

• John Galsworthy (1867)
• Hans Christian Ørsted (1777)
• Pope Pius VII (1742)
• Frederick William I of Prussia (1688)
• Guangxu Emperor (1871)

Slang

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)