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Tuesday, August 24, 1920
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The Headlines
REDS IN DESPERATE RALLY TO SAVE ARMY; POLES, WARNED BY WILSON, WON'T INVADE; PREMIERS BAR DEMAND TO DISARM POLAND; TRAPS ARE CLOSED ON REDS Northwest Troops Must Cut Through, Yield, or Flee Into Prussia. ESTIMATE 75,000 PRISONERS Bialystok Taken as Two Armies Under Haller and Pilsudski Strike Russian Centre. LEMBERG SAVED FROM FOE Budenny's Cavalry Retreats Toward Southeast--7,000 Reds Interned in Prussia.
Read in The New York Times →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
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 Recession — Severe deflation and collapse of agricultural prices.
Time Elapsed
38,636 days ago
(105 years, 311 days)